Martin Short
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.
Born: 26 March 1950
Played In
Movie
Sep 2026
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Self / Jeffrey
Movie
May 2026
Marty, Life Is Short
Self
Movie
Apr 2026
Lorne
Self
Movie
Dec 2025
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Self
Movie
Dec 2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
Self
Movie
Oct 2025
Downey Wrote That
Self
TV Show
Sep 2025
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast
Self
Movie
Sep 2025
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor, SCTV
Movie
Jan 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
Movie
Jan 2025
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
Self (archive footage)
TV Show
Mar 2024
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Self
TV Show
Jan 2024
Grimsburg
Otis Volcanowitz (voice)
Movie
Dec 2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
Movie
Dec 2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Kingfish (voice)
Movie
Apr 2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
Movie
Dec 2022
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Lumière
Movie
Aug 2022
Mack & Rita
Cheese (voice)
TV Show
Aug 2022
Password
Self - Celebrity Guest
Movie
Oct 2021
Back Home Again
Justin Beaver (voice)
TV Show
Aug 2021
Only Murders in the Building
Oliver Putnam
TV Show
Jul 2021
Schmigadoon!
Oscar the Leprechaun
TV Show
Jul 2021
Schmigadoon!
Steve the Leprechaun
Movie
Oct 2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Martin Short
Movie
Sep 2020
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Franck
TV Show
Jul 2020
Tough As Nails
Self
Movie
Apr 2020
The Willoughbys
The Father (voice)
TV Show
Mar 2020
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
TV Show
Mar 2020
Stars in the House
Self
Movie
Jan 2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(archive footage)
Movie
Dec 2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Self - Performer
TV Show
Nov 2019
The Morning Show
Dick Lundy
Movie
Oct 2019
The Addams Family
Grandpa Frump (voice)
TV Show
Jul 2019
Lights Out with David Spade
Self - Panelist
Movie
Nov 2018
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen (voice)
Movie
May 2018
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
Self
Movie
Apr 2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Self
Movie
Apr 2018
Love, Gilda
Self
Movie
Nov 2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Self
TV Show
Sep 2017
Big Mouth
Gordie (voice)
Movie
Feb 2017
The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Space!
The Cat in the Hat
Movie
Jan 2017
Who Is the Real Martin Short?
Movie
Dec 2016
Hairspray Live!
Wilbur Turnblad
Movie
Oct 2016
The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween!
The Cat in the Hat
Movie
Jul 2016
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping!
The Cat in the Hat
TV Show
Jun 2016
Match Game
Self - Host
TV Show
May 2016
Maya & Marty
Self - Host
Movie
Sep 2015
Being Canadian
Self
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
TV Show
Aug 2015
Difficult People
Martin Short
TV Show
Mar 2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Dr. Franff
TV Show
Mar 2015
The Last Man on Earth
Murder victim
Movie
Jan 2015
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
TV Show
Dec 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Movie
Dec 2014
Inherent Vice
Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.
TV Show
Oct 2014
Mulaney
Lou
TV Show
Aug 2014
BoJack Horseman
Poppy Stilton (voice)
Movie
May 2014
All In
Self
Movie
May 2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
The Appraiser / The Jester (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
TV Show
Feb 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
TV Show
Jul 2013
Hollywood Game Night
Self
Movie
Nov 2012
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
The Cat in the Hat
Movie
Oct 2012
Frankenweenie
Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
TV Show
Jul 2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
Movie
Jun 2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Stefano (voice)
Movie
Jun 2012
Cat in the Hat: Ocean Commotion
Movie
May 2012
Cat in the Hat: Miles & Miles of Reptiles
Cat in the Hat
Movie
Apr 2012
I, Martin Short, Goes Home
TV Show
Mar 2012
Canada's Got Talent
Self - Judge
TV Show
Jan 2012
Inside Comedy
Self
Movie
Aug 2011
Cat in the Hat: Tricks and Treats
The Cat in the Hat
Movie
Apr 2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
Kirk the Woodsman (voice)
Movie
Apr 2011
Cat in the Hat: Tales About Tails
The Cat in the Hat
TV Show
Nov 2010
Conan
Self
Movie
Sep 2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!: Wings and Things
The Cat in the Hat
TV Show
Sep 2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
The Cat in the Hat (voice)
Movie
Mar 2010
The Cat in the Hat: Surprise, Little Guys!
The Cat in the Hat
TV Show
Feb 2010
The Marriage Ref
Self - Panelist
TV Show
Sep 2009
Modern Family
Merv Schechter
TV Show
Jul 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Movie
Feb 2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Thimbletack (voice)
Movie
Sep 2007
O Canada!
Narrator
TV Show
Jul 2007
Damages
Leonard Winstone
Movie
Jun 2007
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Self
Movie
May 2007
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Self
Movie
Nov 2006
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Jack Frost
TV Show
Sep 2006
Rachael Ray
TV Show
Aug 2006
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Self
TV Show
Dec 2005
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
Movie
Nov 2005
Earth to America
Nathan Thurm
TV Show
Oct 2005
The Colbert Report
TV Show
Sep 2005
How I Met Your Mother
Garrison Cootes
TV Show
Aug 2005
Weeds
Steward Havens
Movie
May 2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Jiminy Glick / David Lynch
Movie
Apr 2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
TV Show
Jan 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Movie
Sep 2004
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
Preminger (voice)
TV Show
Jan 2004
Dennis Miller
TV Show
Nov 2003
Arrested Development
Uncle Jack
TV Show
Sep 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Movie
Aug 2003
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
Self
Movie
Mar 2003
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
Lars (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
TV Show
Feb 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jiminy Glick
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jiminy Glick
Movie
Nov 2002
Treasure Planet
B.E.N. (voice)
Movie
May 2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Movie
Dec 2001
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Ooblar (voice)
TV Show
Sep 2001
Good Day Live
Self
Movie
Jul 2001
Prince Charming
Rodney
TV Show
Jun 2001
Primetime Glick
Jiminy Glick
Movie
Mar 2001
Get Over It
Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
TV Show
Oct 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Martin Short
TV Show
Nov 1999
The Early Show
Self
Movie
Sep 1999
Mumford
Lionel Dillard
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sebastian Ballentine
Movie
Sep 1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Self (archive footage)
TV Show
Sep 1999
The Martin Short Show
Self - Host
Movie
Feb 1999
Alice in Wonderland
Mad Hatter
Movie
Dec 1998
The Prince of Egypt
Huy (voice)
Movie
Oct 1998
Junket Whore
Self
TV Show
Sep 1998
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
TV Show
Apr 1998
Merlin
Frik
TV Show
Sep 1997
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self - Guest
Movie
Jul 1997
A Simple Wish
Murray
Movie
May 1997
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
Self - Host
Movie
Mar 1997
Jungle 2 Jungle
Richard Kempster
Movie
Dec 1996
Mars Attacks!
Jerry Ross
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
TV Show
Jun 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
TV Show
Mar 1996
Muppets Tonight
Self
Movie
Dec 1995
Father of the Bride Part II
Franck Eggelhoffer
TV Show
Oct 1995
MADtv
Self
TV Show
Oct 1995
MADtv
Jiminy Glick
Movie
May 1995
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
Self / Various
Movie
Apr 1995
The Pebble and the Penguin
Hubie (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1994
The Martin Short Show
Marty Short
TV Show
Aug 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Movie
May 1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Ed Grimley (archive footage)
Movie
Apr 1994
Clifford
Clifford Daniels
Movie
Nov 1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Stubbs the Clown (voice)
Movie
Nov 1993
Friends of Gilda
Self
Movie
Oct 1993
Money For Nothing
Harrison Kilray
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
TV Show
Aug 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Movie
Dec 1992
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
Martin Short
Movie
Sep 1992
Captain Ron
Martin Harvey
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
TV Show
Apr 1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jan 1992
Martin Short: Home Safe
Self
TV Show
Jan 1992
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
Self
Movie
Dec 1991
Father of the Bride
Franck Eggelhoffer
Movie
Aug 1991
Pure Luck
Eugene Proctor
Movie
May 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Movie
Apr 1990
The Earth Day Special
Nathan Thurm
TV Show
Dec 1989
The Simpsons
Guthrie Frenel (voice)
Movie
Oct 1989
The Making of Me
Self
Movie
Sep 1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
TV Show
Sep 1989
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Movie
Sep 1989
The Big Picture
Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent
TV Show
Sep 1989
Screen One
Harrison Kilray
Movie
Jul 1989
Andrea Martin... Together Again
Movie
Jun 1989
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
Various Roles
Movie
Jan 1989
Three Fugitives
Ned Perry
TV Show
Sep 1988
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
Ed Grimley (voice)
Movie
Sep 1988
The Best of SCTV
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Movie
Dec 1987
Cross My Heart
David Morgan
Movie
Jul 1987
On Location: Women of the Night
Host
Movie
Jul 1987
Innerspace
Jack Putter
Movie
Dec 1986
¡Three Amigos!
Ned Nederlander
Movie
Oct 1986
Johnny Appleseed
Jonathan Chapman
Movie
Oct 1986
Really Weird Tales
Shucky (segment "All's Well That Ends Strange")
TV Show
Jun 1986
American Masters
Self - Interviewee
Movie
Jun 1986
The Canadian Conspiracy
Self
Movie
Mar 1986
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
King Louis XVI
TV Show
Sep 1985
Tall Tales & Legends
Johnny Appleseed
Movie
Jan 1985
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
TV Show
Sep 1984
Jeopardy!
Self
TV Show
Nov 1983
SCTV Channel
Movie
Oct 1983
Sunset Limousine
Bradley Z. Coleman
TV Show
Jun 1983
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
May 1981
SCTV Network 90
Various
TV Show
Oct 1980
I'm a Big Girl Now
Movie
Dec 1979
The Family Man
Louie
TV Show
Sep 1979
The Associates
Movie
Jul 1979
Lost and Found
Engel
TV Show
Jan 1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
Movie
Dec 1978
Seer Was Here
TV Show
Sep 1978
Taxi
Mitch Harris
TV Show
Sep 1977
The Love Boat
Melvin
TV Show
Sep 1976
Second City Television
Self - Various Characters
TV Show
Feb 1976
For the Record
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Co-Host
TV Show
Jan 1974
Cucumber
Smokey The Hare
TV Show
Jul 1972
The David Steinberg Show
TV Show
Oct 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
TV Show
Apr 1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Jan 1949
The Emmy Awards
Self
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee