Martin Short

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-03-26 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Martin Short

Biography

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.

Acting

1996

Mars Attacks!

as Jerry Ross

2001

Get Over It

as Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates

1987

Innerspace

as Jack Putter

1994

Clifford

as Clifford Daniels

1999

Mumford

as Lionel Dillard

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as Mad Hatter

1989

Three Fugitives

as Ned Perry

1986

¡Three Amigos!

as Ned Nederlander

1991

Father of the Bride

as Franck Eggelhoffer

1995

Father of the Bride Part II

as Franck Eggelhoffer

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Thimbletack (voice)

2002

Treasure Planet

as B.E.N. (voice)

1997

Jungle 2 Jungle

as Richard Kempster

2021

Back Home Again

as Justin Beaver (voice)

2005

Earth to America

as Nathan Thurm

1998

The Prince of Egypt

as Huy (voice)

1979

1992

Captain Ron

as Martin Harvey

2011

2012

Frankenweenie

as Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)

1997

A Simple Wish

as Murray

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Jiminy Glick / David Lynch

1991

Pure Luck

as Eugene Proctor

2001

1995

1987

Cross My Heart

as David Morgan

2011

2014

Inherent Vice

as Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.

2014

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

as The Appraiser / The Jester (voice)

2022

Mack & Rita

as Cheese (voice)

2023

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as Kingfish (voice)

2014

All In

as Self

2015

2004

1979

1986

Really Weird Tales

as Shucky (segment "All's Well That Ends Strange")

2011

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

as Kirk the Woodsman (voice)

1989

The Big Picture

as Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent

1990

The Earth Day Special

as Nathan Thurm

1998

2001

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

as Ooblar (voice)

2016

Hairspray Live!

as Wilbur Turnblad

2018

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer

as Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen (voice)

2018

1993

Money For Nothing

as Harrison Kilray

2020

The Willoughbys

as The Father (voice)

1993

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

as Stubbs the Clown (voice)

1989

1983

Sunset Limousine

as Bradley Z. Coleman

2019

The Addams Family

as Grandpa Frump (voice)

1986

Johnny Appleseed

as Jonathan Chapman

2020

1999

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SNL's A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

2025

This Is the Tom Green Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

2007

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