Martin Short on screen and stage

Martin Short is a Canadian actor and comedian known for his work in standup comedy, sketch comedy, and performances on stage and screen.

Martin Short in 2006

Short gained acclaim for his performances in the sketch comedy shows SCTV from 1981 to 1984 and Saturday Night Live from 1984 to 1985. He has starred in films such as Three Amigos (1986), Father of the Bride (1991), Clifford (1994), and The Pebble and the Penguin (1995). Short is also known for his role as Jiminy Glick in the Comedy Central series Primetime Glick from 2001 to 2003 and Oliver Putnam in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building from 2021 to present.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1979	Lost and Found	Engel		[1]
1986	¡Three Amigos!	Ned Nederlander		[1]
1987	Innerspace	Jack Putter		[1]
	Cross My Heart	David Morgan		[1]
1989	Three Fugitives	Ned Perry		[1]
	The Big Picture	Neil Sussman – Nick's Agent	Uncredited	[2]
1991	Pure Luck	Eugene Proctor		[1]
	Father of the Bride	Franck Eggelhoffer		[1]
1992	Captain Ron	Martin Harvey		[1]
1993	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	Stubbs the Clown	Voice	[3]
1994	Clifford	Clifford Daniels		[1]
1995	The Pebble and the Penguin	Hubie	Voice	[3]
	Father of the Bride Part II	Franck Eggelhoffer		[1]
1996	Mars Attacks!	Press Secretary Jerry Ross		[1]
1997	Jungle 2 Jungle	Richard Kempster		[1]
	A Simple Wish	Murray		[4]
1998	The Prince of Egypt	Huy	Voice	[3]
	Akbar's Adventure Tours	Akbar		[1]
1999	Mumford	Lionel Dillard		[1]
2001	Get Over It	Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Ooblar	Voice	[3]
2002	Treasure Planet	B.E.N.		[3]
	CinéMagique	George	Short film	[5]
2003	101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure	Lars	Voice, direct-to-video	[3]
2004	Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper	Preminger		[6][3]
	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Jiminy Glick / David Lynch	Also producer/writer	[1]
2006	Khan Kluay	Jai	Voice, English dub	[1]
	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Jack Frost		[1]
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Thimbletack	Voice	[3]
	The Blue Elephant	Jai		[3]
2011	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	Kirk		[3]
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Stefano		[3]
	Frankenweenie	Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Bergermesiter / Nassor		[7][3]
2013	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return	Appraiser / Jester		[3]
	The Wind Rises	Kurokawa	Voice, English dub	[1]
2014	Inherent Vice	Rudy Blatnoyd		[1]
2015	Being Canadian	Himself	Documentary	[1]
2018	Bumblebee		Scenes deleted	[8]
	Elliot the Littlest Reindeer	Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen	Voice	[3]
2019	The Addams Family	Grandpa Frump		[9][3]
2020	The Willoughbys	Father Willoughby		[3]
	Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish)	Franck Eggelhoffer	Short film	[1]
2021	Back Home Again	Justin Beaver	Voice	[1]
2022	Mack & Rita	Cheese		[1]
2023	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Kingfish		[1]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	Right On	Regular		[10]
	Cucumber	Smokey the Hare	Episode: "Ecology ... Smokey the Hare"	[11]
1975	Peep Show		Episode: "Goldberg Is Waiting"	[12]
1976–1977	The David Steinberg Show	Johnny Del Bravo	10 episodes	[13]
1978	For the Record	Weepy	Episode: "Cementhead"	[1]
1979	The Family Man	Louie	Television film	[1]
1979–1980	The Associates	Tucker Kerwin	13 episodes	[14]
1980	The Love Boat	Melvin	Episode: "No Girls for Doc/Marriage of Convenience/The Caller/The Witness"	[1]
1980–1981	I'm a Big Girl Now	Neal Stryker	14 episodes	[1]
1981	Taxi	Mitch Harris	Episode: "Jim Joins the Network"	[1]
1981–1984	Second City Television	Various	Cast member; also writer	[1]
1983	Sunset Limousine	Bradley Z. Coleman	Television film	[1]
1984–2024	Saturday Night Live	Various	Cast member (18 episodes) Host or guest appearances (16 episodes)	[15] [16]
1986	Tall Tales & Legends	Johnny Appleseed	Episode: "Johnny Appleseed"	[1]
1986	Really Weird Tales	Shucky Forme	Episode: "All's Well That Ends Strange"	[1]
1988	The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley	Various roles	13 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer	[1]
1989–1990	The Tracey Ullman Show	Various roles	2 episodes	[17]
1990	The Dave Thomas Comedy Show	Himself	Episode 4	[1]
	The Earth Day Special	Nathan Thurm	Television special	[1]
1991	Maniac Mansion	Eddie O'Donnell	Episode: "Down & Out in Cedar Springs"	[18]
1992	Favorite Songs	Mozart	Voice, episode: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"	[1]
	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories	Narrator	Episode: "Patrick's Dinosaurs/What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?"	[1]
1994	The Martin Short Show	Marty Short	8 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer	[1]
1996	Muppets Tonight	Himself	Episode: "Martin Short"	[1]
1998	Merlin	Frik	Miniseries	[1]
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Mad Hatter	Television film	[1]
1999–2000	The Martin Short Show	Himself (host)	63 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer	[1]
2001–2003	Primetime Glick	Jiminy Glick / Various roles	30 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer	[1]
2001	Prince Charming	Rodney	Television film	[19]
2002	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Himself	Episode: "The Terrorist Attack"	[20]
2005	Arrested Development	Uncle Jack	Episode: "Ready, Aim, Marry Me"	[21]
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sebastian Ballentine Henry Palaver	Episode: "Pure"	[22]
2005	Dora the Explorer	The Dancing Elf (voice)	Episode: "Dora's Dance to the Rescue"
2006	Jeopardy!	Himself (contestant)	1 episode	[1]
2007	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary	Himself	Television special	[23]
2010	Damages	Leonard Winstone	13 episodes	[1]
2010–2018	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!	The Cat in the Hat	Voice, main role	[1]
2011	Weeds	Steward Havens	3 episodes	[24]
2011–2012	How I Met Your Mother	Garrison Cootes	3 episodes	[1]
2012	Canada's Got Talent	Himself (judge)	Season 1; 22 episodes	[1]
2013, 2014	Hollywood Game Night	Himself	2 episodes	[25]
2014	Working the Engels	Charles "Chuck" Pastry	Episode: "Jenna vs. Big Pastry"	[26]
2014–2015	Mulaney	Louis "Lou" Cannon	13 episodes	[14]
2015	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Dr. Grant	Episode: "Kimmy Goes to the Doctor"	[27]
	Difficult People	Himself	Episode: "Pledge Week"	[28]
	Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special		Television special, NBC
2016	Maya & Marty	Himself / Various roles	6 episodes; also co-creator, writer and producer	[1]
	Hairspray Live!	Wilbur Turnblad	Live musical telecast	[1]
	Modern Family	Mervin "Merv" Schechter	Episode: "Blindsided"	[29]
2017	BoJack Horseman	Poppy Stilton	Voice; episode: "The Judge"	[1]
	The Simpsons	Guthrie Frenel	Voice; episode: "Springfield Splendor"	[1]
2018	The Last Man On Earth	Man in SUV	Episode: "Karl"	[1]
	The Magic School Bus Rides Again	Tony Tennelli	Voice; episode: "Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis"	[3]
2019	Big Mouth	Gordie	Voice; episode: "Cellsea"	[1]
	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	Himself (guest)	Episode: "Martin Short: A Dream World Of Residuals"	[1]
2019–2021	The Morning Show	Dick Lundry	3 episodes	[30]
2020	Good People	Dean Ed Brown	Television film	[1]
2021–2023	Schmigadoon!	Leprechaun	3 episodes	[31]
2021–present	Only Murders in the Building	Oliver Putnam	Main role; also executive producer	[1]
2022	Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration	Lumière	Television special	[1]
2023	Tough as Nails	Himself	Episode: "Tough Times Don't Last but Tough People Do"	[1]
2024	Real Time with Bill Maher	Jiminy Glick	Episode: "Jiminy Glick/Andrew Cuomo/Adam Kinzinger"	[32]
	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Guest host	4 episodes	[33]
2025	Grimsburg	Otis Volcanowitz	Voice; episode: “Training Wheels Day”
	Match Game	Host

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
1972	Godspell	Jeffrey	Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
1993	The Goodbye Girl	Elliot	Marquis Theatre, Broadway	[34]
1997	Promises, Promises	Chuck Baxter	New York City Center, Encores!	[35]
1998–1999	Little Me	Various	Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway	[36]
2003–2004	The Producers	Leo Bloom	Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco	[37]
			Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles	[38]
2006–2007	Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me	Himself	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway	[39]
2013	The Pirates of Penzance	Major General	Delacorte Theatre, The Public Theatre	[40]
2015	It's Only a Play	James Wicker (Replacement)	Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway	[41]
2023	Gutenberg! The Musical!	The Producer (One night only)	James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway	[42]

Comedy specials

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1985	Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas	Various	Showtime	[43]
1989	I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood		HBO	[44]
2012	I, Martin Short, Goes Home		CBC	[45]
2018	An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life	Performer	Netflix	[46]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Creature Crunch	Wesley	[47]
2002	Treasure Planet	B.E.N.

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Martin Short