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Martin Short (Martin Hayter Short) was born on 26 March, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian and American actor and comedian (born 1950). Discover Martin Short's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Martin Hayter Short
Occupation Actor · comedian · writer
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 26 March 1950
Birthday 26 March
Birthplace Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Ontario

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Martin Short Height, Weight & Measurements

At 73 years old, Martin Short height is 1.71 m .

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Who Is Martin Short's Wife?

His wife is Nancy Dolman (m. 1980-2010)

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Wife Nancy Dolman (m. 1980-2010)
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Martin Short Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Martin Short worth at the age of 73 years old? Martin Short’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Ontario. We have estimated Martin Short's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1950

Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950 ) is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, and writer.

Short is known as an energetic comedian who gained prominence for his roles in sketch comedy.

He has also acted in numerous films and television shows.

He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Short was born on March 26, 1950, in Hamilton, Ontario, the youngest of five children of Olive Grace (née Hayter; 1913–1968), a Canadian-born (of English and Irish descent) concertmistress at the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Patrick Short (1909–1970), a corporate executive at the Canadian steel company Stelco who had immigrated from Crossmaglen, South Armagh, Ireland as a stowaway during the Irish War of Independence.

Short and his siblings—three older brothers, David, Michael, and Brian, and one older sister, Nora —were raised as Catholics.

1962

His eldest brother, David, was killed in a car accident in Montréal in 1962 when Short was 12.

1968

In the meantime, his mother died of cancer in 1968; his father died two years later, of complications from a stroke.

His brother, Michael, would go on to become a comedy writer: also spending time at Second City Television (SCTV) and is 17 times nominee and three times winner of an Emmy Award for comedy sketch writing.

As Short was about to graduate from McMaster University, rather than immediately pursuing a career in social work, he moved to Toronto with intention of temporarily giving acting a shot.

1971

Encouraged by his mother in his early creative endeavours, Short attended Westdale Secondary School and then graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work in 1971.

1972

Right away, in March 1972, he landed his first piece of paid work as an actor: playing a plastic credit card inside a woman's purse in a Chargex television commercial.

He was then cast by Stephen Schwartz for the new 1972 production of the Broadway hit Godspell being prepared at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.

Among other members of that production's cast were Victor Garber, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, Jayne Eastwood, and Gerry Salsberg; Paul Shaffer was the musical director.

These included being cast for the role of a tough, sexually predatory prison inmate in the 1972 staging of John Herbert's drama Fortune and Men's Eyes that had the upstart twenty-two-year-old actor commuting back to his hometown Hamilton, Ontario.

With the success of Godspell at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in downtown Toronto, by late 1972, the production moved uptown to the Bayview Playhouse where it ran for 488 performances.

Young Short's increased stage profile led to a guest spot on Right On, a teen-focused live program airing weekly in the after-school timeslot on the government-funded CBC TV.

He also played the role of Smokey the Hare on the TVOntario daytime kids' program Cucumber.

1973

In June 1973, with Godspell winding down and Chicago's Second City improv comedy theatre starting up a sister company in Toronto, many of Short's Godspell peers (his girlfriend Radner, in addition to Levy, Eastwood, and Salsberg) as well as the rest of his social circle (Valri Bromfield and Dan Aykroyd) successfully joined the new troupe's first cast.

Short, on the other hand, resisted auditioning due to feeling a "phobia of being funny on demand" and considering himself a "traditional song-and-dance performer".

1974

In 1974, Short was hired as a writer on Everything Goes, a nightly variety show hosted by Norm Crosby, Mike Darow, and Catherine McKinnon.

Produced by and aired on Global Television Network, broadcasting only to Southern Ontario as a newly launched regional grouping of television stations, the show lasted less than six months before being cancelled.

1977

Short was encouraged to pursue comedy by McMaster classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas, whom he joined in the improvisation group The Second City in Toronto, Ontario, in 1977.

1978

In early 1978, Short secured his feature film debut via a supporting role in the Melvin Frank-directed British romantic comedy Lost and Found starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson.

Filmed throughout late winter and early spring 1978 in Banff National Park and Toronto, the film saw limited North American release in June 1979 and was met with lukewarm reviews and poor box office returns.

1979

After working solely in Canada for the preceding seven years, in 1979, Short landed a starring role in the US sitcom The Associates about a group of young novice lawyers working at a Wall Street law firm.

1986

He has starred in comedy films such as Three Amigos (1986), Innerspace (1987), Three Fugitives (1989), Father of the Bride (1991), Captain Ron (1992), Clifford (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006).

1993

He has also had an active career on stage, starring in Broadway productions including Neil Simon's musicals The Goodbye Girl (1993) and Little Me (1998–1999).

The latter earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the former a nomination in the same category.

1995

Short also provided voice-work for films like The Pebble and the Penguin (1995), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003), Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Frankenweenie (both 2012), and The Wind Rises (2013).

2014

He also acted in the sitcom Mulaney (2014–2015), the variety series Maya & Marty (2016), and The Morning Show (2019).

As stated by Short in his 2014 memoir as well as in the 2018 documentary Love, Gilda, he and Gilda Radner dated each other on and off during that time.

Short subsequently found work in several Canadian television shows and theatrical productions.

2015

In 2015, Short started touring nationally with fellow comedian Steve Martin.

2018

In 2018, they released their Netflix special An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life for which they received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Since 2021, he has co-starred in the Hulu comedy series Only Murders in the Building alongside Martin and Selena Gomez.

For his performance he has earned nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award.

2019

Short was awarded as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019.

He is known for his work on the television programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live.

Short created the characters Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley.