Acting · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada · Born March 26, 1950
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.
MovieYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026
as Self / Jeffrey
MovieMarty, Life Is Short
2026
as Self
MovieLorne
2026
as Self
MovieStarring Dick Van Dyke
2025
as Self
MovieI'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025
as Self
MovieDowney Wrote That
2025
as Self
TVOnly Murders in the Building: Official Podcast
2025
as Self
MovieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Actor, SCTV
TVGood Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
MovieThis Is the Tom Green Documentary
2025
as Self (archive footage)
TVSTEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
2024
as Self
TVGrimsburg
2024
as Otis Volcanowitz (voice)
MovieDick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
as Self
MovieAquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
as Kingfish (voice)
MovieCarol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
MovieBeauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
as Lumière
MovieMack & Rita
2022
as Cheese (voice)
TVPassword
2022
as Self - Celebrity Guest
MovieBack Home Again
2021
as Justin Beaver (voice)
TVOnly Murders in the Building
2021
as Oliver Putnam
TVSchmigadoon!
2021
as Oscar the Leprechaun
MovieIn Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Martin Short
MovieFather of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
2020
as Franck
TVTough As Nails
2020
as Self
MovieThe Willoughbys
2020
as The Father (voice)
TVStars in the House
2020
as Self - Special Guest
MovieThe Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)
MovieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Self - Performer
TVThe Morning Show
2019
as Dick Lundy
MovieThe Addams Family
2019
as Grandpa Frump (voice)
TVLights Out with David Spade
2019
as Self - Panelist
MovieElliot: The Littlest Reindeer
2018
as Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen (voice)
MovieSteve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
2018
as Self
MovieBathtubs Over Broadway
2018
as Self
MovieLove, Gilda
2018
as Self
MovieNight of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
TVBig Mouth
2017
as Gordie (voice)
MovieThe Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Space!
2017
as The Cat in the Hat
MovieWho Is the Real Martin Short?
2017
MovieHairspray Live!
2016
as Wilbur Turnblad
MovieThe Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween!
2016
as The Cat in the Hat
MovieThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping!
2016
as The Cat in the Hat
TVMatch Game
2016
as Self - Host
TVMaya & Marty
2016
as Self - Host
MovieBeing Canadian
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVDifficult People
2015
as Martin Short
TVUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Dr. Franff
TVThe Last Man on Earth
2015
as Murder victim
MovieMisery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieInherent Vice
2014
as Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.
TVMulaney
2014
as Lou
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Poppy Stilton (voice)
All In
2014
as Self
MovieLegends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as The Appraiser / The Jester (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
TVHollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
MovieThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
2012
as The Cat in the Hat
MovieFrankenweenie
2012
as Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
TVComedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self
MovieMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
as Stefano (voice)
MovieCat in the Hat: Ocean Commotion
2012
MovieCat in the Hat: Miles & Miles of Reptiles
2012
as Cat in the Hat
MovieI, Martin Short, Goes Home
2012
Canada's Got Talent
2012
as Self - Judge
TVInside Comedy
2012
as Self
MovieCat in the Hat: Tricks and Treats
2011
as The Cat in the Hat
MovieHoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
as Kirk the Woodsman (voice)
Cat in the Hat: Tales About Tails
2011
as The Cat in the Hat
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!: Wings and Things
2010
as The Cat in the Hat
TVThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
2010
as The Cat in the Hat (voice)
The Cat in the Hat: Surprise, Little Guys!
2010
as The Cat in the Hat
The Marriage Ref
2010
as Self - Panelist
TVModern Family
2009
as Merv Schechter
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
as Thimbletack (voice)
O Canada!
2007
as Narrator
TVDamages
2007
as Leonard Winstone
MovieMaking Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
2007
as Self
MovieBob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
2007
as Self
MovieThe Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
2006
as Jack Frost
TVRachael Ray
2006
TVSecond City: First Family of Comedy
2006
as Self
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
2005
MovieEarth to America
2005
as Nathan Thurm
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
TVHow I Met Your Mother
2005
as Garrison Cootes
TVWeeds
2005
as Steward Havens
MovieJiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Jiminy Glick / David Lynch
MovieSaturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieBarbie as The Princess & the Pauper
2004
as Preminger (voice)
TVDennis Miller
2004
TVArrested Development
2003
as Uncle Jack
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieSaturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003
as Self
Movie101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Lars (voice)
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieTreasure Planet
2002
as B.E.N. (voice)
MovieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
MovieJimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001
as Ooblar (voice)
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
MoviePrince Charming
2001
as Rodney
TVPrimetime Glick
2001
as Jiminy Glick
MovieGet Over It
2001
as Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Martin Short
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
MovieMumford
1999
as Lionel Dillard
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sebastian Ballentine
MovieThe Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Martin Short Show
1999
as Self - Host
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1999
as Mad Hatter
MovieThe Prince of Egypt
1998
as Huy (voice)
MovieJunket Whore
1998
as Self
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
TVMerlin
1998
as Frik
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1997
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieA Simple Wish
1997
as Murray
MovieThe Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
1997
as Self - Host
MovieJungle 2 Jungle
1997
as Richard Kempster
MovieMars Attacks!
1996
as Jerry Ross
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
TVMuppets Tonight
1996
as Self
MovieFather of the Bride Part II
1995
as Franck Eggelhoffer
TVMADtv
1995
as Self
MovieThe Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
1995
as Self / Various
MovieThe Pebble and the Penguin
1995
as Hubie (voice)
The Martin Short Show
1994
as Marty Short
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Ed Grimley (archive footage)
MovieClifford
1994
as Clifford Daniels
MovieWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
as Stubbs the Clown (voice)
Friends of Gilda
1993
as Self
MovieMoney For Nothing
1993
as Harrison Kilray
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieA Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
as Martin Short
MovieCaptain Ron
1992
as Martin Harvey
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
TVShelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMartin Short: Home Safe
1992
as Self
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
1992
as Self
MovieFather of the Bride
1991
as Franck Eggelhoffer
MoviePure Luck
1991
as Eugene Proctor
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MovieThe Earth Day Special
1990
as Nathan Thurm
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Guthrie Frenel (voice)
MovieThe Making of Me
1989
as Self
MovieSaturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
TVDink, the Little Dinosaur
1989
MovieThe Big Picture
1989
as Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent
TVScreen One
1989
as Harrison Kilray
MovieAndrea Martin... Together Again
1989
MovieI, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
1989
as Various Roles
MovieThree Fugitives
1989
as Ned Perry
TVThe Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
1988
as Ed Grimley (voice)
MovieThe Best of SCTV
1988
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieCross My Heart
1987
as David Morgan
MovieOn Location: Women of the Night
1987
as Host
MovieInnerspace
1987
as Jack Putter
Movie¡Three Amigos!
1986
as Ned Nederlander
MovieJohnny Appleseed
1986
as Jonathan Chapman
MovieReally Weird Tales
1986
as Shucky (segment "All's Well That Ends Strange")
TVAmerican Masters
1986
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Canadian Conspiracy
1986
as Self
MovieThe Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986
as King Louis XVI
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as Johnny Appleseed
MovieMartin Short: Concert for the North Americas
1985
TVJeopardy!
1984
as Self
TVSCTV Channel
1983
MovieSunset Limousine
1983
as Bradley Z. Coleman
TVReading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVSCTV Network 90
1981
as Various
TVI'm a Big Girl Now
1980
MovieThe Family Man
1979
as Louie
TVThe Associates
1979
MovieLost and Found
1979
as Engel
TVCBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
MovieSeer Was Here
1978
TVTaxi
1978
as Mitch Harris
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Melvin
TVSecond City Television
1976
as Self - Various Characters
TVFor the Record
1976
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
TVCucumber
1974
as Smokey The Hare
The David Steinberg Show
1972
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVThe Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
