- Born
- Birth nameMartin Hayter Short
- Nicknames
- Marty
- Shorty
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Martin Hayter Short OC is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has received Medals from Queen Elizabeth II, including in 2002 the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2012 the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- SpouseNancy Dolman(December 22, 1980 - August 21, 2010) (her death, 3 children)
- ChildrenKatherine Elizabeth ShortOliver Patrick ShortHenry Short
- ParentsCharles Patrick ShortOlive Hayter
- RelativesMichael Short(Sibling)
- His Ed Grimley character - a nerd who's obsessed with banal pop culture
- His Jiminy Glick character - an eccentric, obese celebrity interviewer
- Frequently works with Steve Martin
- First acting job was playing a giant Visa card in a TV commercial.
- Majored in social work at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, after beginning as a pre-med student and then studying sociology.
- His wife, actress Nancy Dolman, passed away from cancer on August 21st, 2010. She had been battling the disease since 2007.
- In May 2012, while appearing on the "Today" Show, host Kathie Lee Gifford asked him several questions about his marriage to his wife, Nancy, in the present tense, indicating that she had no idea that Nancy had died two years earlier. After Short's segment was over, Gifford reappeared to apologize for not knowing about the death and the whole line of questioning.
- Is one of very few former Saturday Night Live (1975) cast members to make guest appearances on the rival Saturday night sketch comedy show Mad TV (1995) .
- What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows . . One of my great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife."
- [asked why he remains in show business] Two words, sweetie: balloon mortgage. And the need to be loved.
- [in 2000] I'm totally aware of how lucky I am. I have health, family, children. I do work that gives me total joy and allows me to make a living, and maybe, if I'm lucky enough, I'll feel I've fulfilled a little bit of service to society because I brought other people some laughter.
- [on his 2006 Broadway show "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me"] This is satire. I am a satirist. Modern-day society has this obsession with needing to know every ounce of angst about performers' lives, to the point that it becomes more important than whether they can perform.
- [in 2000] I truly believe that when you're funny, you're blessed. Your whole life is kind of golden. I was happy, although it was not perfect happiness. There was illness and sadness and death.
- Only Murders in the Building (2021) - $600,000 per episode
- Saturday Night Live (1975) - $20,000 /week
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