Martin Short Net Worth

How much is Martin Short worth?

Net Worth:$45 Million
Profession:Professional Actor
Date of Birth:March 26, 1950
Country:Canada
Height:
1.71 m

About Martin Short

Martin Hayter Short was born on March 26, 1950 and is a Canadian actor, comedian, singer, and writer with an estimated net worth of $45 million. Martin Short is a comedy legend, the only comedian to ever appear in the casts of both SCTV and Saturday Night Live. As well as a star of movies and television, a talk show host, a Tony award-winning stage performer and a creator of an endless series of memorable characters including Ed Grimley and Jiminy Glick. Beyond being a very underrated comedian, Short is just a terrific all-around entertainer.

Canadian–American actor, comedian, singer, and writer Martin Short has an estimated net worth of $45 million dollars, as of 2023. Short is best known on TV programs, especially for his skits on SCTV and Saturday Night Live.

Short, often a voice-actor, has lent his voice for movies The Prince of Egypt (1998), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012), Frankenweenie (2012), and series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010–2018).

Martin Short was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. He planned to pursue a career in social work, but joined a production of Godspell in college and turned his focus to theater.

The production’s cast included Victor Garber, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, and Andrea Martin; Paul Shaffer was the musical director. Short has later said in the documentary Love, Gilda that he and Gilda Radner dated on and off during that time.

After that Short was cast in several television shows and plays, including the drama Fortune and Men’s Eyes (1972).

Short began performing improv comedy at Second City Toronto inn 1977.

Short starred in the US sitcom The Associates about a group of young novice lawyers working at a Wall Street law firm, in 1979.

I’m a Big Girl Now, a sitcom starring Diana Canova and Danny Thomas, was Martin Short’s next big breakthrough joining the cast in 1980.

In 1982, he joined the cast of the Canadian sketch comedy series SCTV. Short came to public notice when the group produced a show for television, Second City Television or SCTV. At SCTV, Short developed several characters before moving on to Saturday Night Live.

Short joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1984 and stayed for one season. Short’s appearance on SNL helped to revive the show’s fanbase, which had flagged after the departure of Eddie Murphy.

Since then he has made multiple appearances on the show including on the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special in 2015.

His first hour-long comedy special, Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas, premiered in 1985. His second special, The Martin Short Comedy Special, premiered in 1986 and his HBO special, I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood, debuted in 1989.

His first major film role came opposite Steve Martin and Chevy Chase in the 1986 comedy Three Amigos!, co-written by Lorne Michaels.

In 1988, NBC aired The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, a Saturday morning animated series based on Short’s popular character. It was canceled after only 13 episodes.

In 1994, he starred on his own sitcom, The Martin Short Show, which lasted only three episodes.

He followed up The Martin Short Show with a 1995 sketch comedy show, The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show.

He has had a successful career on stage, winning the Tony for his performance in 1999’s Little Me.

He hosted his own syndicated talk show, again called The Martin Short Show, for one season from 1999 to 2000.

He was inducted into Canda’s Walk of Fame in 2000.

From 2001 to 2003, he hosted Primetime Glick on Comedy Central in character as the overweight Jiminy Glick.

His one man show, Fame Becomes Me, began a Broadway run in 2006. Though it closed in 2007, Short continues to perform it from time to time.

In 2010, Short began voicing The Cat in the Hat on the animated PBS series The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!.

In 2011, he filmed a new comedy special that aired on CBC in Canada, called I, Martin Short, Goes Home.

Short became a judge on the first (and only) season of Canada’s Got Talent in 2012.

In 2013, along with Steve Martin and Chevy Chase Short appeared on an episode of Saturday Night Live as part of the “Five-Timers Club”.

Next he starred in the Fox sitcom Mulaney, as Lou Cannon, the boss and the game show host of the title character John Mulaney from 2014 to 2015.

Short debuted a new variety show called Maya & Marty, which also starred Maya Rudolph, in 2016.

Martin Short is set to star and executive produce Only Murders in the Building, a comedy series with Steve Martin and Selena Gomez.

Known for his known television appearances on SCTV and Saturday Night Live. Short has also starred in a number of comedy films like Three Amigos (1986), Innerspace (1987), Three Fugitives (1989), Clifford (1994), ‘Father of the Bride (1991), Pure Luck (1991), Captain Ron (1992), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), Mars Attacks! (1996), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006).

Short starred as the impolite father in the Netflix original, The Willoughbys (2020). As of 2023, Martin Short’s net worth is estimated to be $45 million. Short was awarded a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a nomination in the same category, for Little Me (1998–1999).

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