Short in Alice in Wonderland
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Short with Kermit at the World Premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Disneyland.
Martin Short (b. 1950) is a Canadian comedian known for his sketch comedy characters, notably as Ed Grimley on SCTV and Saturday Night Live as well as talk show host Jiminy Glick (who starred on his own series Primetime Glick), and his movies. He's frequently collaborated with Steve Martin. Short made his Broadway debut in 1993 with Bernadette Peters in The Goodbye Girl: The Musical. Five years later, he won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in the revival of Little Me.
In July 2006, he opened his one man show (with an ensemble) Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He plays himself and many of his famous characters including Ed Grimley. Each night featured a surprise celebrity visitor, including Nathan Lane, Donny Osmond, Kevin Kline, Ben Stiller, Harvey Fierstein, Bette Midler, Rosie O'Donnell, and many many others. Short decided to leave the show on a high note and closed it on January 7, 2007.
In the Muppet realm, Short was the featured guest star in Muppets Tonight episode 110, reprising the role of Grimley, showbiz raconteur Irving Cohen, and playing his own agent. He appeared on Sesame Street as Grimley opposite Billy Crystal. (First: Episode 2088) He also appeared in two Creature Shop-effects TV movies, as Frik in Merlin and as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland.
Short was interviewed by Kermit for the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and played "Password" with Kermit, Miss Piggy and Michael Stipe on the November 16, 2011 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Beyond the Muppets and his trademark characters, Short had his own short-lived sitcom The Martin Short Show, starred on talk show and variety formats, and with Steve Martin on Only Murders in the Building. He'd previously co-starred with Martin in the films Three Amigos, Father of the Bride and its sequel, and paired as voice actors in The Prince of Egypt, as well as joint TV and stage appearances. Other films include A Simple Wish, Captain Ron, Clifford (with Charles Grodin), Innerspace (with Dennis Quaid), and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! As a voice actor, he has been heard in The Pebble and the Penguin, Treasure Planet, Frankenweenie, The Addams Family, and as the title character on The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That.