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MARTIN SHORT, a native Canadian, made his Broadway debut in Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (Tony Award nomination, Theater World Award, Outer Critics Circle Award). Broadway: Little Me and Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. Encores! Series: Neil Simon's Promises, Promises. He began his theatrical career in the Toronto production of Godspell. In 1982 he joined the SCTV Comedy Network where he won an Emmy Award. Following his work on SCTV, he joined the Saturday Night Live troupe in 1984, where he created such memorable characters as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers, Jr., and lawyer Nathan Thurm. Other TV credits include Martin Short's Concert for North America (Ace Award), I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (Ace Award), The 1995 Martin Short Special (Emmy Award) and Merlin (Emmy nomination). He made the jump to the big screen in 1986 with Three Amigos and Innerspace. Among his other films are Three Fugitives, The Big Picture, Clifford, Father of the Bride (I & II), Mars Attacks, Jungle 2 Jungle and Mumford. In 1994, Mr. Short was awarded Canada's highest civilian honor, The Order of Canada.
Bio as of November, 2008.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Performance - April, 1993 - Watch now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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