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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2021
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1992
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Simpsons
2017
The Daily Show
2005
Late Show with David Letterman
2007
Conan
2011
Saturday Night Live
1984
Jeopardy!
2006

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
219
Directing
1
Writing
7
Producing
9
Sound
1
2026
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self / Jeffrey
2026
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self
2026
Lorne
as Self
2026
SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of
as Self · unreleased
2025
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor, SCTV
2025
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
as Self
2025
Starring Dick Van Dyke
as Self
2025
Saturday Night Live
as Self
2025
Grimsburg
as Otis Volcanowitz (voice)
2025
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
2025
Match Game
as Self - Host
2025
The Emmy Awards
as Self
2025
American Masters
as Self - Interviewee
2025
Only Murders in the Building: Official Podcast
as Self
2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self - Guest
2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
2024
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
as Self
2024
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest Host
2024
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Jiminy Glick
2024
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Jiminy Glick
2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Kingfish (voice)
2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
2023
Tough As Nails
as Self
2023
Schmigadoon!
as Steve the Leprechaun
2022
Mack & Rita
as Cheese (voice)
2022
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
as Lumière
2022
Password
as Self - Celebrity Guest
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2021
Back Home Again
as Justin Beaver (voice)
2021
Schmigadoon!
as Oscar the Leprechaun
2021
The View
as Self - Guest
2021
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2021
Only Murders in the Building
as Oliver Putnam
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Martin Short
2020
The Willoughbys
as The Father (voice)
2020
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
as Franck
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as (archive footage)
2020
Stars in the House
as Self - Special Guest
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2019
The Addams Family
as Grandpa Frump (voice)
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Self - Performer
2019
Lights Out with David Spade
as Self - Panelist
2019
The Morning Show
as Dick Lundy
2019
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2019
Big Mouth
as Gordie (voice)
2018
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
as Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen (voice)
2018
Love, Gilda
as Self
2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway
as Self
2018
Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
as Self
2018
The Last Man on Earth
as Murder victim
2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2017
The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Space!
as The Cat in the Hat
2017
Who Is the Real Martin Short?
2017
BoJack Horseman
as Poppy Stilton (voice)
2017
The Simpsons
as Guthrie Frenel (voice)
2017
Conan
as Self - Guest
2016
Hairspray Live!
as Wilbur Turnblad
2016
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Camping!
as The Cat in the Hat
2016
The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween!
as The Cat in the Hat
2016
Modern Family
as Merv Schechter
2016
Maya & Marty
as Self - Host
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
as Self
2015
Being Canadian
as Self
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Dr. Franff
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2015
Difficult People
as Martin Short
2014
Inherent Vice
as Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.
2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as The Appraiser / The Jester (voice)
2014
All In
as Self
2014
Mulaney
as Lou
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2013
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2013
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
2013
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2012
Frankenweenie
as Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Stefano (voice)
2012
Cat in the Hat: Ocean Commotion
2012
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
as The Cat in the Hat
2012
Cat in the Hat: Miles & Miles of Reptiles
as Cat in the Hat
2012
I, Martin Short, Goes Home
as Various Characters
2012
Inside Comedy
as Self
2012
Canada's Got Talent
as Self - Judge
2011
Cat in the Hat: Tales About Tails
as The Cat in the Hat
2011
Cat in the Hat: Tricks and Treats
as The Cat in the Hat
2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Kirk the Woodsman (voice)
2011
How I Met Your Mother
as Garrison Cootes
2011
Weeds
as Steward Havens
2011
Conan
as Self
2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!: Wings and Things
as The Cat in the Hat
2010
The Cat in the Hat: Surprise, Little Guys!
as The Cat in the Hat
2010
Damages
as Leonard Winstone
2010
The Marriage Ref
as Self - Panelist
2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
as The Cat in the Hat (voice)
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Thimbletack (voice)
2007
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
as Self
2007
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
as Self
2007
The Early Show
as Self
2007
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
2006
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
as Jack Frost
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
The View
as Self
2006
Jeopardy!
as Self
2006
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
2006
The Colbert Report
2006
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
2006
Second City: First Family of Comedy
as Self
2006
Saturday Night Live
as Bartender (uncredited)
2005
Earth to America
as Nathan Thurm
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
as Jiminy Glick / David Lynch
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
The Daily Show
as Self
2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sebastian Ballentine
2005
Arrested Development
as Uncle Jack
2005
Saturday Night Live
as Jiminy Glick (uncredited)
2004
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
as Preminger (voice)
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2004
Dennis Miller
2004
Good Day Live
as Self
2004
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Lars (voice)
2003
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2002
Treasure Planet
as B.E.N. (voice)
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Martin Short
2002
MADtv
as Jiminy Glick
2001
Get Over It
as Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
2001
Prince Charming
as Rodney
2001
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
as Ooblar (voice)
2001
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
2001
Primetime Glick
as Jiminy Glick
1999
Mumford
as Lionel Dillard
1999
Alice in Wonderland
as Mad Hatter
1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
MADtv
as Self
1999
The Wonderful World of Disney
1999
The Martin Short Show
as Self - Host
1999
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
The Prince of Egypt
as Huy (voice)
1998
Junket Whore
as Self
1998
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1998
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1998
Merlin
as Frik
1997
Jungle 2 Jungle
as Richard Kempster
1997
A Simple Wish
as Murray
1997
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
as Self - Host
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1996
Mars Attacks!
as Jerry Ross
1996
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1996
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1995
Father of the Bride Part II
as Franck Eggelhoffer
1995
The Pebble and the Penguin
as Hubie (voice)
1995
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
as Self / Various
1995
The Oscars
as Self
1994
Clifford
as Clifford Daniels
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Ed Grimley (archive footage)
1994
The Martin Short Show
as Marty Short
1993
Money For Nothing
as Harrison Kilray
1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Stubbs the Clown (voice)
1993
Friends of Gilda
as Self
1993
Screen One
as Harrison Kilray
1992
Captain Ron
as Martin Harvey
1992
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
as Martin Short
1992
Martin Short: Home Safe
as Self
1992
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1992
Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy
as Self
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Father of the Bride
as Franck Eggelhoffer
1991
Pure Luck
as Eugene Proctor
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
The Earth Day Special
as Nathan Thurm
1989
Three Fugitives
as Ned Perry
1989
The Big Picture
as Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
The Making of Me
as Self
1989
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
as Various Roles
1989
Andrea Martin... Together Again
1989
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
1988
The Best of SCTV
1988
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
as Ed Grimley (voice)
1987
Innerspace
as Jack Putter
1987
Cross My Heart
as David Morgan
1987
On Location: Women of the Night
as Host
1986
¡Three Amigos!
as Ned Nederlander
1986
Really Weird Tales
as Shucky (segment "All's Well That Ends Strange")
1986
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
as King Louis XVI
1986
The Canadian Conspiracy
as Self
1986
Johnny Appleseed
as Jonathan Chapman
1986
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1986
Tall Tales & Legends
as Johnny Appleseed
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Co-Host
1985
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
1984
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1983
Sunset Limousine
as Bradley Z. Coleman
1983
SCTV Channel
1982
O Canada!
as Narrator
1982
Second City Television
as Self - Various Characters
1981
Taxi
as Mitch Harris
1981
SCTV Network 90
as Various
1980
I'm a Big Girl Now
1980
The Love Boat
as Melvin
1979
Lost and Found
as Engel
1979
The Family Man
as Louie
1979
The Associates
1978
Seer Was Here
1977
For the Record
1976
The David Steinberg Show
1974
Cucumber
as Smokey The Hare