After playing eccentric wedding planner Franck Egglelhoffer, Short appeared in the films Mars Attacks!, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mumford, The Santa Claus 3: The Escape Clause and Inherent Vice, while lending his voice to animated movies The Prince of Egypt, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, The Addams Family and The Willoughbys. On the small screen, he briefly hosted the short-lived Martin Short Show, starred in Primetime Glick and Mulaney, and appeared in Damages, Law & Order: SVU, Weeds, How I Met Your Mother, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Morning Show. He’s appeared on Broadway four times, winning the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical in 1999 for his work in a revival of Little Me. In 2014, he published his first memoir, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend. After 30 years of marriage, his wife and the mother of his three kids, Nancy Dolman, died of ovarian cancer in 2010.
