Martin Short
Acting·March 26, 1950 — 76 years old·Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He has also starred in many popular comedic films such as Three Amigos, Innerspace, Pure Luck, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mars Attacks!, Father of the Bride, and Father of the Bride Part 2.
Known For
The Simpsons
1989·8.0
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012·6.6
Mars Attacks!
1996·6.4
How I Met Your Mother
2005·8.1
Treasure Planet
2002·7.6
The Prince of Egypt
1998·7.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999·8.0
Frankenweenie
2012·7.0
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023·6.5
Modern Family
2009·7.9
BoJack Horseman
2014·8.5
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008·6.7
Filmography · 199
2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...Self / Jeffrey2026Marty, Life Is ShortSelf2026LorneSelf2025Starring Dick Van DykeSelf2025I'm Chevy Chase and You're NotSelf2025Downey Wrote ThatSelf2025Only Murders in the Building: Official PodcastTVSelf2025John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Actor, SCTV2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf2025This Is the Tom Green DocumentarySelf (archive footage)2024STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 piecesTVSelf2024GrimsburgTVOtis Volcanowitz (voice)2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicSelf2023Aquaman and the Lost KingdomKingfish (voice)2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + LoveSelf - Guest2022Beauty and the Beast: A 30th CelebrationLumière2022Mack & RitaCheese (voice)2022PasswordTVSelf - Celebrity Guest2021Back Home AgainJustin Beaver (voice)2021Only Murders in the BuildingTVOliver Putnam · Executive Producer2021Schmigadoon!TVOscar the Leprechaun · Steve the Leprechaun2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverMartin Short2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)Franck2020Tough As NailsTVSelf2020The WilloughbysThe Father (voice)2020Stars in the HouseTVSelf - Special Guest · Self2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU(archive footage)2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Self - Performer2019The Morning ShowTVDick Lundy2019The Addams FamilyGrandpa Frump (voice)2019Lights Out with David SpadeTVSelf - Panelist2018Elliot: The Littlest ReindeerLemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen (voice)2018Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your LifeSelf · Executive Producer · Writer2018Bathtubs Over BroadwaySelf2018Love, GildaSelf2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism ProgramsSelf2017Big MouthTVGordie (voice)2017The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Space!The Cat in the Hat2017Who Is the Real Martin Short?2016Hairspray Live!Wilbur Turnblad2016The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween!The Cat in the Hat2016The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping!The Cat in the Hat2016Match GameTVSelf - Host · Executive Producer2016Maya & MartyTVSelf - Host2015Being CanadianSelf2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTVSelf2015Difficult PeopleTVMartin Short2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtTVDr. Franff2015The Last Man on EarthTVMurder victim2015Misery Loves ComedySelf2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsTVSelf2014Inherent ViceDr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.2014MulaneyTVLou2014BoJack HorsemanTVPoppy Stilton (voice)2014All InSelf2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnThe Appraiser / The Jester (voice)2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTVSelf · Self - Guest2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTVSelf - Guest · Self2014Off Camera with Sam JonesTVSelf2013Hollywood Game NightTVSelf2012The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!The Cat in the Hat2012FrankenweenieMr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)2012Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeTVSelf2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedStefano (voice)2012Cat in the Hat: Ocean Commotion2012Cat in the Hat: Miles & Miles of ReptilesCat in the Hat2012I, Martin Short, Goes Home2012Canada's Got TalentTVSelf - Judge2012Inside ComedyTVSelf2011Cat in the Hat: Tricks and TreatsThe Cat in the Hat2011Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. EvilKirk the Woodsman (voice)2011Cat in the Hat: Tales About TailsThe Cat in the Hat2010ConanTVSelf2010The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!: Wings and ThingsThe Cat in the Hat2010The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!TVThe Cat in the Hat (voice)2010The Cat in the Hat: Surprise, Little Guys!The Cat in the Hat2010The Marriage RefTVSelf - Panelist2009Modern FamilyTVMerv Schechter2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTVSelf - Guest2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesThimbletack (voice)2007O Canada!Narrator2007DamagesTVLeonard Winstone2007Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish WomenSelf2007Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four AnniversarySelf2006The Santa Clause 3: The Escape ClauseJack Frost2006Rachael RayTV2006Second City: First Family of ComedyTVSelf2005Sit Down Comedy with David SteinbergTV2005Earth to AmericaNathan Thurm2005The Colbert ReportTV2005How I Met Your MotherTVGarrison Cootes2005WeedsTVSteward Havens2005Jiminy Glick in LalawoodJiminy Glick / David Lynch · Producer · Writer2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundSelf2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonTVSelf2004Barbie as The Princess & the PauperPreminger (voice)2004Dennis MillerTV2003Arrested DevelopmentTVUncle Jack2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTVSelf2003Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5Self2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventureLars (voice)2003Real Time with Bill MaherTVSelf · Jiminy Glick2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!TVSelf · Self - Guest Host · Jiminy Glick2002Treasure PlanetB.E.N. (voice)2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf2001Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusOoblar (voice)2001Good Day LiveTVSelf2001Prince CharmingRodney2001Primetime GlickTVJiminy Glick · Executive Producer · Creator2001Get Over ItDr. Desmond Forrest Oates2000Curb Your EnthusiasmTVMartin Short1999The Early ShowTVSelf1999MumfordLionel Dillard1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTVSebastian Ballentine1999The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to ScreenSelf (archive footage)1999The Martin Short ShowTVSelf - Host1999Alice in WonderlandMad Hatter1998The Prince of EgyptHuy (voice)1998Junket WhoreSelf1998Hollywood SquaresTVSelf - Panelist1998MerlinTVFrik1997The Wonderful World of DisneyTV1997The ViewTVSelf · Self - Guest1997A Simple WishMurray1997The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!Self - Host1997Jungle 2 JungleRichard Kempster1996Mars Attacks!Jerry Ross1996The Daily ShowTVSelf1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowTVSelf - Guest1996Muppets TonightTVSelf1995Father of the Bride Part IIFranck Eggelhoffer1995MADtvTVSelf · Jiminy Glick1995The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short ShowSelf / Various · Executive Producer · Writer1995The Pebble and the PenguinHubie (voice)1994The Martin Short ShowTVMarty Short · Creator1994Inside the Actors StudioTVSelf1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Ed Grimley (archive footage)1994CliffordClifford Daniels1993We're Back! A Dinosaur's StoryStubbs the Clown (voice)1993Friends of GildaSelf · Director1993Money For NothingHarrison Kilray1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienTVSelf - Guest1993Late Show with David LettermanTVSelf - Guest1992A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-OutMartin Short1992Captain RonMartin Harvey1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTVSelf1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesTVNarrator (voice)1992Martin Short: Home SafeSelf1992Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of ComedyTVSelf1991Father of the BrideFranck Eggelhoffer1991Pure LuckEugene Proctor1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf1990The Earth Day SpecialNathan Thurm1989The SimpsonsTVGuthrie Frenel (voice)1989The Making of MeSelf1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf1989Dink, the Little DinosaurTV1989The Big PictureNeil Sussman - Nick's Agent1989Screen OneTVHarrison Kilray1989Andrea Martin... Together Again1989I, Martin Short, Goes HollywoodVarious Roles · Songs · Writer1989Three FugitivesNed Perry1988The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed GrimleyTVEd Grimley (voice) · Producer1988The Best of SCTV1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkTVSelf - Guest1987Cross My HeartDavid Morgan1987On Location: Women of the NightHost1987InnerspaceJack Putter1986¡Three Amigos!Ned Nederlander1986Johnny AppleseedJonathan Chapman1986Really Weird TalesShucky (segment "All's Well That Ends Strange")1986American MastersTVSelf - Interviewee1986The Canadian ConspiracySelf1986The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry OsgoodKing Louis XVI1985Tall Tales & LegendsTVJohnny Appleseed1985Martin Short: Concert for the North AmericasWriter · Executive Producer1984Jeopardy!TVSelf1983SCTV ChannelTV1983Sunset LimousineBradley Z. Coleman1983Reading RainbowTVSelf - Narrator (voice)1981SCTV Network 90TVVarious1980I'm a Big Girl NowTV1979The Family ManLouie1979The AssociatesTV1979Lost and FoundEngel1979CBS News Sunday MorningTVSelf1978Seer Was Here1978TaxiTVMitch Harris1977The Love BoatTVMelvin1976Second City TelevisionTVSelf - Various Characters1976For the RecordTV1975Saturday Night LiveTVSelf - Various Characters · Self - Host · Self (uncredited) · Self · Self - Co-Host · Jiminy Glick (uncredited) · Writer1974CucumberTVSmokey The Hare1972The David Steinberg ShowTV1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTVSelf1956Tony AwardsTVSelf - Presenter1953The OscarsTVSelf1949The Emmy AwardsTVSelf1944Golden Globe AwardsTVSelf - Nominee