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Michael John Myers OC (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. His accolades include seven MTV Awards, a
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, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2002, he was awarded a star on the
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. In 2017, he was named an
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for "his extensive and acclaimed body of comedic work as an actor, writer, and producer." Following a series of appearances on several Canadian television programs, Myers came to recognition for performing on ''
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'' (1989–1995), which won him the
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. He subsequently earned praise and numerous accolades for playing the title roles in the ''
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'' (1992–1993), ''
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'' (1997–2002), and ''
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'' (2001–2010) franchises, the latter of which is the second highest-grossing animated film franchise. Myers acted sporadically in the 2010s, notably having supporting roles in ''
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'' and ''
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'' (both 2018). He made his directorial debut with the documentary '' Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon'' (2013), which premiered at the
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. He created and starred in the 2022 Netflix original series, ''
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'', and appeared in
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's ''
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''.


Early life

Michael John Myers was born in the
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district of
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on May 25, 1963, to data processor Alice "Bunny" E. (née Hind) and insurance agent Eric Myers. His parents were English immigrants from the Old Swan area of
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. Both were
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veterans, his mother having served in the
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and his father in the
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. He has distant Scottish ancestry. He has two older brothers:
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, a musician, and Peter, who worked for
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. He grew up in Scarborough and North York, where he attended
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. He graduated from
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in 1982. One of his neighbors and schoolmates was prominent voice actor
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.


Career


Early career

Myers began performing in commercials at two years old. At the age of 10, he made a commercial for British Columbia Hydro, with Gilda Radner playing his mother. At 12, he made a guest appearance as Ari on the TV series ''
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''. At 16, he was the guest star of the season 1 episode "Boy on Wheels" of the TV series ''
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''. After graduating from high school, Myers was accepted into
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Canadian touring company. He moved to the United Kingdom, and in 1985 he was one of the founding members of
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, an improvisational group based at
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in London. The next year, he starred in the British children's TV program ''
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'', parodying the show's normal exuberance with his own "Sound Asleep Club", in partnership with
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. He returned to Toronto and
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in 1986 as a cast member in The Second City's Toronto main stage show,
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. In 1988, he moved from Second City in Toronto to Chicago. There, he trained, performed and taught at the
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. Myers made many appearances, including as Wayne Campbell, on Toronto's
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in the early 1980s, on the alternative video show ''
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'' hosted by
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; Myers also made several appearances after the launch of
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, for which ''City Limits'' was essentially the prototype. Myers also appeared as Wayne Campbell in the music video for Ward's Canadian hit "Boys and Girls". The Wayne Campbell character was featured extensively in the 1986 summer series '' It's Only Rock & Roll'', produced by Toronto's Insight Production Company for
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. Wayne appeared both in-studio and in a series of location sketches directed and edited by Allan Novak. Myers wrote another sketch, "Kurt and Dieter", co-starring with Second City's Dana Andersen and also directed by Novak, which later became the popular "
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" sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''.


''Saturday Night Live''

Myers began appearing on ''Saturday Night Live'' on January 21, 1989 and eventually became the first repertory player added to the show's cast in over two years. "He quickly became one of the show's biggest draws thanks to his talent for creating oddball characters with memorable catchphrases," according to ''
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''. In addition to "
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" and "
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", Myers starred in the recurring sketches " Lothar of the Hill People", " Stuart Rankin, All Things Scottish", " Lank Thompson", " Middle-Aged Man", "
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", " Coffee Talk with Linda Richman", " Theatre Stories", " Phillip the Hyper Hypo", and "
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". Myers's last episode as a cast member aired on January 21, 1995 (exactly six years to the day after his first episode aired). He returned to host in 1997 and made an appearance as his movie character
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in 2014.


''Saturday Night Live'' characters

* Dieter – host of ''
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'' *
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 – hostess of ''
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'' * Japanese Game Show Host * "Handsome Actor" Lank Thompson * Simon – a young British boy who makes drawings in his bath tub and complains about having " prune hands" (the theme song for this segment was a slightly modified version of the theme song from ''
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'' by Edward MacLachlan) * Wayne Campbell (''SNL'', the ''
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'' films) * Pat Arnold (''SNL'',
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) * Stuart Rankin – proprietor of "All Things Scottish" * Lothar (Of the Hill People) * Ed Miles (Middle-Aged Man) – An older man who helps young people with their problems * Phillip – A child of the age of six who is hypoglycemic and hyperactive (quote: "I'm a hyper hypo"). Phillip appears in at least two sketches, one with
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and the other with
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. The sketch centers on him at a playground while wearing a helmet and a harness tied to the monkey bars. * Kenneth Reese-Evans – host of "Theatre Stories" * Johnny Letter – an
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citizen who writes polite, well-written letters of complaint. * In December 2014, Myers appeared in a cameo during the cold open as his character
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, a super villain known for his appearances in the ''Austin Powers'' film series where he called out North Korea and
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, in particular the logic of
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, and the 2014 Sony hack, as well as making comparisons between the
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and the Grand Old Party.


Film

Myers made his film debut when he and
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adapted their "Wayne's World" ''
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'' (SNL) sketches into the feature ''
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'' (1992). It was among the most successful films of the year and was followed in 1993 by ''
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''; Myers starred in '' So I Married an Axe Murderer'' the same year. He took a two-year hiatus from performing after the end of his time as an ''SNL'' regular. Myers returned to acting with the film '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997), followed by the sequels '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999) and ''
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'' (2002). Myers played the title role (
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) and the villain (Dr. Evil) in all three films as well as a henchman (
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) and another villain (Goldmember) in the sequels. One of Myers's rare non-comedic roles came in the film '' 54'' (1998), in which he portrayed Steve Rubell, proprietor of New York City's famous 1970s disco nightclub Studio 54. The film was not critically or commercially successful, though Myers received some positive notice. In June 2000, Myers was sued by
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for 3.8 million for backing out of a contract to make a feature film based on his ''SNL'' character Dieter. Myers said he refused to honor the 20 million contract because he felt his script was not ready. Myers countersued and a settlement was reached after several months where Myers agreed to make another film with Universal. That film, ''
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'', was released in November 2003 and starred Myers as the title character. It received negative reviews and was unsuccessful at the box office. In 2001, Myers provided the voice of the eponymous character, Shrek in the animated film of the same name, having taken over the role after the originally planned voice actor
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died in December 1997 before recording all of his dialogue. He reprised this role in ''
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'' (a theme park ride) in 2003, ''
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'' (2004), ''
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'' (2007), the Christmas and Halloween television specials ''
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'' (2007) and ''
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'' (2010), and ''
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'' (2010). Myers received the MTV Generation Award in June 2007, making him the second Canadian to win the award (following
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in 2006). In 2008, Myers co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the poorly received ''
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'', and in 2009 had a minor role as British general Ed Fenech in
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's ''
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''. In 2018, after an eight-year hiatus from feature films, Myers appeared in supporting roles in ''
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'' (2018) and ''
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'' (2018). In May 2022, Myers provided a cryptic message that implied an Austin Powers 4 would be forthcoming.


Other work

Myers had a cameo appearance in
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' music video "
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" as
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. Britney Spears, in turn, made a cameo in ''
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'', performing "Boys". In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted among the top 50 comedy acts by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Myers is a member of the band
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along with
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' guitarist and vocalist Susanna Hoffs and musician
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. They performed the songs "BBC" and "Daddy Wasn't There" from the ''Austin Powers'' films. In 2011 Myers returned to
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in London to perform a one night only comeback of his role with
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. The UK comedy website
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praised his performance. Myers's 2013 directorial debut, '' Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon'', was selected to be screened in the Gala Presentation section at the
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. In 2017, Myers began hosting a reprised version of ''
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'' in heavy makeup as a fictional British host known as Tommy Maitland, though his identity was not confirmed until the second season. An avid follower of the
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comedy troupe, in July 2014 Myers appeared on stage at
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on the final night of their 10 dates live show, ''
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'', and also appears on the documentary telefilm '' Monty Python: The Meaning of Live''. From 2017 to 2018, Myers hosted a re-boot of
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using heavy prosthetics and disguised as "British comedian" Tommy Maitland, a fictional character. In April 2019, ''Variety'' reported that Myers will be starring in and executive producing a comedy series for
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, which will last for six episodes and involve him playing multiple characters. In June 2021, the series title was announced as ''
The Pentaverate ''The Pentaverate'' is a Canadian comedy streaming television miniseries created by Mike Myers for Netflix, inspired by conspiracy theories from his 1993 film '' So I Married an Axe Murderer''. The series premiered on May 5, 2022, and consists of ...
'', which serves as a spin-off of ''So I Married an Axe Murderer''.


Personal life

Myers began dating actress and comedy writer Robin Ruzan in the late 1980s after meeting at an
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game in Chicago, during which Myers caught a puck and used the incident as an icebreaker to strike up a conversation with Ruzan. The couple married on May 22, 1993, and Myers later referred to Ruzan as "his muse". The couple filed for divorce in December 2005. In 2006, Kelly Tisdale confirmed reports that she and Myers were dating. Myers and Tisdale married in
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in a secret ceremony in late 2010. Tisdale is a scenic artist who works in the entertainment industry and a former cafe owner. They have a son and two daughters. They reside in the
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neighborhood of New York City. Myers is a ''
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'' player and was one of several celebrities to have participated in the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day in 2006. He supports the
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ice hockey team, and named two characters in the first ''Austin Powers'' film Commander Gilmour and General Borschevsky, after then-Maple Leafs players
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and Nikolai Borschevsky. He is also a fan of his parents' hometown football team
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. Myers has played for Hollywood United FC, a celebrity soccer team. He played in the 2010
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for
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football match, England vs. R.O.W (Rest of the World) and scored his penalty during a sudden-death shootout after the game ended 2–2 (June 6, 2010). The Rest of the World team beat England for the first time since the tournament started. In 2014, Myers starred in a commercial with his brother Peter for
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, using "humorous banter to spread the message that, despite rumours, Sears wasn't shutting down". Peter at the time was senior director of planning at Sears' head office in Toronto, and he was laid off in 2017 after Sears Canada filed for bankruptcy. In 2016, Myers published a book, ''Canada'', a memoir interwoven with reflections on his native country's history and popular culture and the renaissance represented by the election of Prime Minister
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.


Filmography


Film


Television


Theme parks


Music videos

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" (1999) as Austin Powers *
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: "
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" (2002) as Austin Powers *
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: "Hang On" (2003)


Awards and honours


Honours

* In 2002, Mike Myers was honoured with a star on the
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at 7042
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. * In 2003, he was inducted into
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. * In 2014, his face was put on a stamp by
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. * In, 2017, he was named an
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by
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for "his extensive and acclaimed body of comedic work as an actor, writer and producer." * A statue in his honour was erected outside Coffee Time Donuts on Eglinton and Marlee Avenue in Toronto.


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