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Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
, screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
 and film producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
. He was a long-time cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
 in the late 1980s and the early 1990s and starred as the title characters in the films Wayne's World
Wayne's World (film)

Wayne's World is a 1992 in film comedy film starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois, Illinois-based Public-access television show Wayne's World....
, Austin Powers
Austin Powers (film series)

The Austin Powers series is a series of comedy films written and produced by and stars Mike Myers as the Austin Powers, directed by Jay Roach and distributed by New Line Cinema....
, and Shrek
Shrek

Shrek is a 2001 in film computer animation Cinema of the United States comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and starring the voices of Mike Myers , Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow....

s was born and raised in Scarborough
Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was named by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1796 who was inspired by the Scarborough Bluffs which reminded her of the white cliffs near her home in England....
, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, the son of Alice (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Hind), an office supervisor who was formerly in the RAF, and Eric Myers (died in 1991), who worked in the insurance business and previously was a cook for the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
.






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Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, comedian
Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain members of an audience, primarily by making them laughter. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy....
, screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
 and film producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
. He was a long-time cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
 in the late 1980s and the early 1990s and starred as the title characters in the films Wayne's World
Wayne's World (film)

Wayne's World is a 1992 in film comedy film starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois, Illinois-based Public-access television show Wayne's World....
, Austin Powers
Austin Powers (film series)

The Austin Powers series is a series of comedy films written and produced by and stars Mike Myers as the Austin Powers, directed by Jay Roach and distributed by New Line Cinema....
, and Shrek
Shrek

Shrek is a 2001 in film computer animation Cinema of the United States comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and starring the voices of Mike Myers , Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow....

Personal background

Myers was born and raised in Scarborough
Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was named by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1796 who was inspired by the Scarborough Bluffs which reminded her of the white cliffs near her home in England....
, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, the son of Alice (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Hind), an office supervisor who was formerly in the RAF, and Eric Myers (died in 1991), who worked in the insurance business and previously was a cook for the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
. Both of his parents are from Liverpool
Liverpool

Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
. His older brother Paul is an indie rock
Indie rock

Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
, broadcaster and author. He is of English
England

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, Scottish
Scotland

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, and Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 ancestry, and was raised Protestant. He attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute
Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute

The Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute is a secondary school located in Scarborough, Ontario at 2300 Pharmacy Avenue. The school was opened in the fall of 1964 when there was only farmland around it, and as the population in the area grew, so did the school....
 but then changed schools and went to Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is the area that forms the eastern part of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was named by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1796 who was inspired by the Scarborough Bluffs which reminded her of the white cliffs near her home in England....
. Myers also attended Second City at the age of 19. He began working in commercials at age eight, and at ten he made a commercial for British Columbia Hydro Electric with Gilda Radner playing his mother. He was a very popular person in his school. During high school, to make girls laugh, he would go into the Wayne’s World character that later came to be known as Wayne Campbell. The day he finished his high school finals he got into Second City. Later, he left Second City to tour England with comedian Neil Mullarkey
Neil Mullarkey

Neil Mullarkey is an England actor, writer and comedian.At University of Cambridge, Mullarkey was Junior Treasurer to Footlights in the academic year 1981 to 1982 and was president in that ending 1983....
.

Career


Early career

One of Myers' first acting jobs was in a TV commercial when he was ten years old. Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner

Gilda Susan Radner was an American comedienne and actress, best known for her five years as part of the original cast of the National Broadcasting Company comedy series Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award....
 played his mother. A few months later, according to Myers, his brother was teasing him about his "girlfriend (Radner) being on some stupid show on Saturday." Myers swore that one day, he too would be on that show.

Myers graduated from high school in 1982 and was immediately accepted into the Second City
The Second City

The Second City is a long-running improvisational theatre based in Chicago's Old Town, Chicago neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto, Novi, Michigan , Las Vegas, Nevada, Los Angeles, California, and New York City....
 Canadian Touring Company, after which he moved to the UK where in 1985 he was one of the founding members of The Comedy Store Players
The Comedy Store Players

The Comedy Store Players is a group of improvising comedy performers known for their performances at The Comedy Store, London in London.The group first came into being in October 1985....
, an improvisational group based at The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store, London

The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in Soho, London, England that was opened in 1979 by Don Ward and Peter Rosengard.It was named after The Comedy Store club in the United States, which Rosengard visited the previous year....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. The next year, he starred in the British children's TV program Wide Awake Club, parodying the show's normal exuberance with his own "Sound Asleep Club", in partnership with Neil Mullarkey
Neil Mullarkey

Neil Mullarkey is an England actor, writer and comedian.At University of Cambridge, Mullarkey was Junior Treasurer to Footlights in the academic year 1981 to 1982 and was president in that ending 1983....
. He returned to Toronto and Second City
The Second City

The Second City is a long-running improvisational theatre based in Chicago's Old Town, Chicago neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto, Novi, Michigan , Las Vegas, Nevada, Los Angeles, California, and New York City....
 in 1986 as a cast member in the Second City's Toronto main stage show. In 1988 he moved from Second City in Toronto to Chicago. In Chicago, he trained and performed at the Improv Olympic. He made numerous appearances, including as Wayne Campbell, on Toronto's Citytv
Citytv

Citytv is an Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications. The system currently consists of five television stations located in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver....
 in the early 1980s, on the alternative video show "City Limits" hosted by Christopher Ward
Christopher Ward (songwriter)

Christopher William Ward is a Canadian songwriter and broadcaster, known as a former long-standing on-air personality at MuchMusic, Canada's music video network, where he and John Roberts were among the first video jockeys in 1984....
. Myers also appeared as his Wayne Campbell character in the music video for Ward's Canadian hit "Boys and Girls". Later, Ward would appear as one of Austin Powers
Austin Powers

Sir Austin Danger Powers, Order of the British Empire, is a fictional character from the Austin Powers series of films. He first appeared in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and is portrayed by Mike Myers ....
' band members in Ming Tea in Myers' popular movie series. Myers has played for Hollywood United F.C.
Hollywood United F.C.

Hollywood United Football Club is an American amateur soccer club, founded in the late-1980s by a group of British expatriates who frequented the Cat & Fiddle, an English-style pub on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood, California....
, a celebrity studded U.S. soccer team.

Saturday Night Live

He was a member of the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
 television program from 1989 to 1995, where he performed characters such as Simon, Dieter
Sprockets (television)

Sprockets was a recurring fictional West German television talk show sketch created by actor, writer and comedian Mike Myers for the United States sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live....
, Linda Richman
Coffee Talk

Coffee Talk with Linda Richman was a sketch performed by Mike Myers on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. It ran from 1991-10-12 until 1994-10-15, although Myers reprised the role once more on 1997-03-22....
, and Wayne Campbell from Wayne's World
Wayne's World

Wayne's World was a recurring sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. It evolved from a segment titled "Wayne's Power Minute" on the CBC Television series It's Only Rock and Roll as the main character first appeared in that show....
.

Film

In 1992, Myers and comedian Dana Carvey
Dana Carvey

Dana Thomas Carvey is an United States comedian and actor, known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Wayne's World ....
 adapted Wayne's World
Wayne's World (film)

Wayne's World is a 1992 in film comedy film starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois, Illinois-based Public-access television show Wayne's World....
 into a full-length motion picture based on the SNL sketch. The movie turned out to be one of Myers' greatest successes and one of the few Saturday Night Live-based films to be considered worthwhile by both audiences and film critics. It was among the most successful movies of the year and the following year a sequel was released - Wayne's World 2
Wayne's World 2

Wayne's World 2 is a 1993 in film comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a Public-access television show from Aurora, Illinois....
. Myers also starred in So I Married an Axe Murderer
So I Married an Axe Murderer

So I Married an Axe Murderer is a 1993 in film Cinema of the United States starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis. Myers plays Charlie McKenzie, a man afraid of commitment until he meets Harriet , who works at a butcher shop and may be a serial killer....
 that same year. In 1997, Myers introduced Austin Powers
Austin Powers

Sir Austin Danger Powers, Order of the British Empire, is a fictional character from the Austin Powers series of films. He first appeared in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and is portrayed by Mike Myers ....
 in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, released in 1997 in film, is the first film of the Austin Powers . It was directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers who also stars in the Austin Powers....
 later coming out with his sequel in 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers , released in 1999 in film. The series began with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember....
 then finally topping it off with Austin Powers: Goldmember. Myers played both the title role and the villain (as well as other characters) in all three Austin Powers films. The same year, he played one of his rare non-comedic roles in the film 54
54 (film)

54 or Studio 54 is a 1998 film starring Salma Hayek, Ryan Phillippe and Neve Campbell. It also stars Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the cofounder of Studio 54, a New York City disco club famous in the late 1970s and the setting for the film....
 where he played Steve Rubell
Steve Rubell

Steve Rubell was an United States entrepreneur and part owner of the New York City Discoth?que Studio 54....
, proprietor of New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
's famous Studio 54
Studio 54

Studio 54 is a New York City Broadway theater and former discoth?que located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. The disco opened on April 26, 1977 and closed in March 1986 and briefly reopened in 1994 after a multi-million dollar renovation....
 (a 1970s discotheque
Discothèque

A discoth?que, , is an entertainment venue or club with music record played by "Discaires" through a PA system, rather than an Live band dance....
). The film was moderately successful, and Myers' performance was widely praised. Myers later parodied the club as "Studio 69" in 2002's Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember is the third film of the Austin Powers starring Mike Myers in the Austin Powers and was released in late July 2002 in film....
.

In June 2000, Myers was sued by Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures

This is a partial listing of films produced and/or distributed by Universal Pictures, the main film production company/distribution company arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.List of films...
 for $3.8 million for backing out of a contract to play Dieter, the SNL character, in a feature film. Myers said he refused to honor the $20 million contract because he didn't want to cheat moviegoers with an unacceptable script - one that he himself had written. Myers countersued, and a settlement was reached after several months where Myers agreed to make another film with Universal. That film would be The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat (film)

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 in film live-action film, based on the The Cat in the Hat, produced by Universal Studios, DreamWorks Pictures, and Imagine Entertainment....
, released in November 2003 and starring Myers as the title character. In 2001, Myers played the title character
Shrek (character)

Shrek is a fictional character from the children's book Shrek! and the Shrek . He is also the main protagonist....
 in the DreamWorks
DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is an independent United States animation studio which primarily produce a series of critically and commercially successful computer animation, including Shrek , Shark Tale, Madagascar , Over the Hedge , Bee Movie and Kung Fu Panda....
 animated film Shrek
Shrek

Shrek is a 2001 in film computer animation Cinema of the United States comedy film, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and starring the voices of Mike Myers , Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow....
 (2001). He reprised this role in Shrek 3-D in 2003, Shrek 2
Shrek 2

Shrek 2, released in the United States on 19 May 2004, is the 2004 in film Academy Award nominated sequel to the 2001 in film computer animation DreamWorks film Shrek in the Shrek ....
 (2004), Shrek The Third
Shrek the Third

Shrek the Third is a 2007 in film animated film, and the third film in the Shrek film series, following Shrek and Shrek 2. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures, and was released in U.S....
, and the Christmas special Shrek The Halls
Shrek the Halls

Shrek the Halls is a television special that premiered on the American television network American Broadcasting Company on Wednesday, November 28, 2007....
, both in 2007.

Myers is a member of the band Ming Tea
Ming Tea

Ming Tea is a Band formed and consisting of:*Mike Myers *Susanna Hoffs *Matthew Sweet*Stuart Johnson*Christopher Ward They are best known for their song "BBC", which appeared after the ending credits of the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, as well as the song "Daddy Wasn't There", which Myers' character Austin P...
 along with Bangles guitarist and vocalist Susanna Hoffs
Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Lee Hoffs is an United States vocalist, guitarist and actress best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles....
 and musician Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet

Sidney Matthew Sweet is an United States alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Music of Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s....
. They performed the songs BBC and Daddy Wasn't There for the Austin Powers movies.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted among the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. As of September 29, Myers has been signed on to play the lead role in the upcoming biopic of The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
 drummer Keith Moon
Keith Moon

Keith John Moon was the drummer of the rock group The Who. He gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive lifestyle. Moon joined The Who in 1964, replacing Doug Sandom....
. The film will be produced by Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey

Roger Harry Daltrey Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock music band The Who....
, Nigel Sinclair, and Paul Gerber.

During a CBS interview in 2007, Myers noted that he normally takes three years between films. He spends one year "living his life" and then writes multiple screenplays, develops characters, practices them in front of live audiences, and then selects one of the screenplays to film. Myers noted that this was the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film, and television....
' procedure for developing their film material.

Myers received the MTV Generation award in June 2007, making him the 2nd Canadian to win the award (Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey , best known as Jim Carrey, is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian. He is probably best known for his manic and slapstick performances in comedy films such as Dumb and Dumber, The Mask , Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty....
 was the first in 2006), for bringing his unique style of comedy to small and big screens alike.

In June 2008, Myers's film The Love Guru
The Love Guru

The Love Guru is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, directed by Marco Schnabel and starring Mike Myers and Jessica Alba along with Romany Malco, Justin Timberlake and Verne Troyer....
 met with negative reviews, prompting cable news network MSNBC to brand Myers "The Antifunny" in its June 24, 2008 online news edition.

In August 2008, it was announced that Mike Myers had been cast as Gen. Ed Fenech in Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, Film producer, cinematographer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent film filmmaker whose films used nonlinear and aestheticization of violence....
's World War II revenge film Inglourious Basterds.

Awards

Mike Myers has won the following awards:
  • Four American Comedy Awards
    American Comedy Awards

    The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually in the United States from 1987 to 2001 recognizing performances and performers in the field of comedy, with an emphasis on television comedy and comedy films....
     (Best Film Performance (Male) and Best Writing in 2003 and 2000, for     Austin Powers in Goldmember and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, respectively)
  • The 2000 American Comedy Award for Best Lead Actor for The Spy Who Shagged Me.
  • An Emmy Award
    Emmy Award

    The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
     in 1989 for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program, for     Saturday Night Live. He has also been nominated for two other Emmy Awards.
  • He has won seven MTV Movie Awards
    MTV Movie Awards

    The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances....
    .
  • Nominated for the Worst Actor and Worst Screen Couple Razzie Awards in 2004, for The Cat in the Hat
    The Cat in the Hat (film)

    Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 in film live-action film, based on the The Cat in the Hat, produced by Universal Studios, DreamWorks Pictures, and Imagine Entertainment....
    .
  • He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
    Hollywood Walk of Fame

    The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, that serves as an entertainment hall of fame....
     in 2005. It is located at 7046 Hollywood Blvd., near Sycamore.
  • He was awarded the Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball

    Lucille Ball was an United States comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model , film industry, and star of the landmark sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy....
     Legacy of Laughter Award at the 2008 TV Land Awards
    TV Land Awards

    A TV Land Award is an Television in the United States award that generally commemorates shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with awards such as the Emmy Award....
    . His award was presented to him by Justin Timberlake
    Justin Timberlake

    Justin Randall Timberlake is an United Statesn pop music singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award....
    , his co-star of     The Love Guru
    The Love Guru

    The Love Guru is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, directed by Marco Schnabel and starring Mike Myers and Jessica Alba along with Romany Malco, Justin Timberlake and Verne Troyer....
    .
  • He was personally nominated for 2 Razzie Awards in 2008, winning Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay for The Love Guru. The film also won Worst Film and secured 4 other nominations.


Notable characters

The following characters were created and played by Myers:
  • Dieter
    Sprockets (television)

    Sprockets was a recurring fictional West German television talk show sketch created by actor, writer and comedian Mike Myers for the United States sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live....
     (Saturday Night Live)
  • Linda Richman
    Saturday Night Live TV show sketches

    Since the beginning of Saturday Night Live, the show has been something of an anti-television show, turning the medium on its head with endless fake commercials and parody of TV shows themselves....
     (SNL)
  • Simon (Saturday Night Live) - a little boy who does drawings in the bath and complains about having "prune hands" (the theme song for this segment was a slightly modified version of the theme song from "Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
    Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings

    Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings is a Great Britain children's animation television programme, featuring the adventures of a young child named Simon, who has a magic chalkboard....
    " by Edward MacLachlan)
  • Wayne Campbell (SNL, the Wayne's World
    Wayne's World

    Wayne's World was a recurring sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. It evolved from a segment titled "Wayne's Power Minute" on the CBC Television series It's Only Rock and Roll as the main character first appeared in that show....
     films)
  • Pat Arnold (SNL, Bill Swerski's Superfans
    Bill Swerski's Superfans

    Bill Swerski's Superfans was a recurring sketch, about Chicago sports fan s, on the United States sketch comedy Television program Saturday Night Live....
    )
  • Jordan Bastarache (SNL, proprietor of "All Things Scottish")
  • Stuart Rankin (virtually the same character, So I Married an Axe Murderer)
  • Charlie McKenzie (So I Married an Axe Murderer)
  • Middle-Aged Man
    Short-lived recurring characters on Saturday Night Live

    The following is a series of short write-ups on recurring sketches that appeared four or fewer times on Saturday Night Live. Some characters who fit into this category do not appear here because they fit better into one of the other categories listed below....
     (Saturday Night Live) - An older man who helps young people with their problems.
  • Austin Powers (the Austin Powers films)
  • Dr. Evil (all three Austin Powers films)
  • Fat Bastard
    Fat Bastard (character)

    Fat Bastard is a fictional character in the second and third films in the Austin Powers . He is a morbidly obese henchman hailing from Scotland....
     (    Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember)
  • Goldmember (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
  • Donald Q. Cashington, Jr. III - An eccentric
    Eccentricity (behavior)

    In popular usage, eccentricity refers to unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual. This behavior would typically be perceived as unusual or unnecessary, without being demonstrably maladaptive....
     billionaire that requests buying the rights to name autism
    Autism

    Autism is a Neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior....
     after himself. (Featured in The Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Event for Autism Education)
  • Guru Pitka - (The Love Guru)


External links

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