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{{Short description|Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mike Myers
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|OC}}
| image = Mike Myers 2017 (37220071326) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Myers at the ]
| birth_name = Michael John Myers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|25}}<ref name=tvg/>
| birth_place = ], Canada<ref name=tvg/>
| citizenship = {{hlist|Canada|United Kingdom|United States}}<!--DO NOT ADD OTHER CITIZENSHIP WITHOUT PROVIDING RELIABLE SOURCES.-->
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|filmmaker}}
| years_active = 1973–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Robin Ruzan|1993|2006|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Kelly Tisdale|2010}}}}
| children = 3
| relatives = ] (brother)
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* Books
* film
* television
* theatre
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| genre = ], ], ], ], satire, ]
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'''Michael John Myers''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (born May 25, 1963)<ref name=tvg/> is a Canadian<!--DO NOT CHANGE NATIONALITY WITHOUT DISCUSSING ON TALK PAGE--> actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His accolades include seven ], a ], and a ]. In 2002, he was awarded a star on the ]. In 2017, he was named an ] 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, Mike Myers attained recognition during his six seasons as a cast member on the ] ] series '']'' from 1989 to 1995, which won him the ]. He subsequently earned praise and numerous accolades for playing the title roles in the '']'' (1992–1993), '']'' (1997–2002), and '']'' (2001–present) franchises, the latter of which is the ]. Myers also played the titular character in the ] of the ] book '']''.
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Myers acted sporadically in the 2010s, having supporting roles in '']'' and '']'' (both 2018). He made his directorial debut with the documentary '']'' (2013), which premiered at the ]. He created and starred in the 2022 ], '']'', and appeared in ]'s comedy thriller '']''.
'''Michael Myers''' (born ], ] in ], ]) is a Canadian ], ], ], and ]. Both his parents are from ], ], and Myers has ] as well as ] citizenship. His ethnic heritage is ], ] and ], and he has stated that he considers himself to be ] although he is also very vocal about being a proud ].


== Early life ==
One of Myers' first acting jobs was with '']'' star ] in a TV commercial when he was nine years old. Myers graduated from high school in ] and was immediately accepted into ]'s '']'' ] troupe. He made numerous appearances, including as Wayne Campbell, on Toronto's ] in the early ], on the alternative video show "City Limits" hosted by ]. In ] he was one of the founding members of ], an improvisational group based at ] in ]. The next year, he starred in the British children's TV programme ], parodying the show's normal exuberance with his own "Sound Asleep Club", in partnership with ].
Michael John Myers was born in ], on May 25, 1963,<ref name=tvg>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mike-myers/bio/166681|title=Mike Myers Biography at|magazine=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017052517/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mike-myers/bio/166681 |access-date=October 16, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}</ref> to data processor Alice "Bunny" E. (née Hind) and insurance agent Eric Myers. His parents were British immigrants from the ] area of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-89729450|title=Mike Myers: International Man of Mirth|first=Peter|last=Elson|work=]|publisher=]|date=July 27, 2002|access-date=October 23, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|id=v9Du7ikTpHE|title=Mike Myers Has A History With Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'}}, '']'' (November 1, 2018)</ref> Both were ] veterans, his mother having served in the ] and his father in the ]. He has distant Scottish ancestry.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/03/mike-myers-family-values | title=Mike Myers: My family values &#124; Family &#124; the Guardian }}</ref><ref name="tiscali1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/mike_myers_biog.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021016014221/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/mike_myers_biog.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2002 |last=Wills |first=Dominic |title=Mike Myers Biography |publisher=] |access-date=May 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="invictus">{{cite web|url=https://www.forces.net/sport/invictus-games/invictus-mike-myers-honours-british-parents-who-fought-ww2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924054849/https://www.forces.net/sport/invictus-games/invictus-mike-myers-honours-british-parents-who-fought-ww2 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |author=Invictus Games |title=Invictus: Mike Myers Honours British Parents Who Fought In WW2 |publisher=Forces Network |date=September 23, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref> He has two older brothers: ], a musician, and Peter, who worked for ].<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=Sophia|title=Employee featured in hit Sears Canada ad with famous brother Mike Myers loses job and severance|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/sears-mike-myers-ad-restructuring-lay-offs-1.4199261|access-date=January 10, 2018|work=]|publisher=CBC Inc.|date=July 19, 2017|language=en}}</ref> He grew up in Scarborough and ],<ref name="ottawa citizen">{{cite news |last=Ahearn |first=Victoria |date=October 28, 2016 |title=Mike Myers on his new book 'Canada' and his relationship with his home country |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/mike+myers+book+canada+relationship+with+home+country/12327434/story.html |work=] |publisher=] |location=Ottawa, Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031212226/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/mike+myers+book+canada+relationship+with+home+country/12327434/story.html |archive-date=October 31, 2016 }}</ref> where he attended ]. He graduated from ] in 1982.


One of his neighbours and schoolmates was prominent voice actor ].<ref>{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/MAURICELAMARCHE/status/1395031259299024902 |title=I also did the original scratch for Shrek (which went to my childhood neighbor Mike Myers), Dinosaur (went to D.B Sweeney), and The Toad in Flushed Away, which went to Ian McKellen after I said, "Oh, I've just been doing my Ian McKellen for you guys this whole time". |user=MAURICELAMARCHE |last=LaMarche |first=Maurice |author-link=Maurice LaMarche |number=1395031259299024902 |date=May 19, 2021 |access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>
Myers became well-known as a member of the cast of ]'s '']'' television program from ] to ], where he performed characters like ], ], and Wayne Campbell from '']''. In ], Myers and comedian ] took ''Wayne's World'' to the silver screen in a full-length motion picture based on the ''SNL'' skit. It ended up being one of the most successful movies of the year.


== Career ==
In ], Myers introduced the world to ], with the film '']''. Myers played the title role, and several other characters in the film. In ], he played his first non-comedic role in the film '']'' where he played the proprietor of ], a famous ] ] of the 1970s. The film was moderately successful, and Myers' performance was widely praised. Myers later parodied the club as "Studio 69" in ]'s '']''.
=== Early career ===
Myers began performing in commercials at two years old. At the age of 10, he made a commercial for ], with ] playing his mother.<ref name="tiscali1"/> At 12, he made a guest appearance as Ari on the TV series '']''. At 16, he was the guest star of the season 1 episode "Boy on Wheels" of the TV series '']''.


After graduating from high school, Myers was accepted into ] Canadian touring company. He moved to the United Kingdom, and in 1985 he was one of the founding members of ], an improvisational group based at ] in London.
In ] of ], Myers was sued by ] 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. Myers countersued, and a settlement was reached after several months where Myers agreed to make another film with Universal. That film would be '']'', released in November ] and starring Myers as the title character.


The next year, he starred in the British children's TV program '']'', parodying the show's normal exuberance with his own "Sound Asleep Club", in partnership with ].
Myers is a member of the band ] with former ] guitarist and vocalist ], which performed the songs ''BBC'' and ''Daddy Wasn't There'' for the Austin Powers movies.


He returned to Toronto and ] in 1986 as a cast member in The Second City's Toronto main stage show, ].<ref name=ott>{{cite web|title = Mike Myers|url = http://www.secondcity.com/people/other/mike-myers/|website = ]|access-date = May 31, 2015}}</ref> In 1988, he moved from Second City in Toronto to Chicago. There, he trained, performed and taught at the ].
His brother, ], is a musician and writer.


Myers made many appearances, including as Wayne Campbell, on Toronto's ] in the early 1980s, on the alternative video show '']'' hosted by ]; Myers also made several appearances after the launch of ], 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".
In a ] poll to find '']'', he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.


The Wayne Campbell character was featured extensively in the 1986 summer series '']'', produced by Toronto's Insight Production Company for ]. Wayne appeared both in-studio and in a series of location sketches directed and edited by ]. Myers wrote another sketch, "Kurt and Dieter", co-starring with Second City's ] and also directed by Novak, which later became the popular "]" sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''.
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=== ''Saturday Night Live'' ===
On ], ], Myers was paired with rapper ] for a 90-second segment, part of a benefit concert for ] relief on ]. The event stirred criticism when West deviated from the script to criticize the media portrayal of black people in New Orleans and also commented, "] doesn't care about black people" before the camera cut away to comedian ]. On ], Myers appeared in the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. He was featured in a short clip with West (the musical guest for the episode), and (jokingly) stated that the US revoked his citizenship, and ] agents are monitoring him.
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 '']''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rottenberg|first=Josh|title=Mike Myers: Man of Mystery|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/54osullivan.htm|date=June 16, 2008|magazine=]|access-date=April 21, 2021}}</ref> In addition to "]" and "]", Myers starred in the recurring sketches "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", "]", and "]". 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 ] in 2014.


==== ''Saturday Night Live'' characters ====
As of September 29, Myers has been signed on to play the lead role in the upcoming biopic of ] drummer ]. The film will be produced by ], Nigel Sinclair and Paul Gerber.
* Dieter – host of '']''
* Linda Richman – hostess of '']''
* Japanese Game Show Host
* "Handsome Actor" Lank Thompson
* Simon – a young British boy who makes drawings in his bath tub and complains about having "]" (the theme song for this segment was a slightly modified version of the theme song from '']'' by Edward MacLachlan)
* Wayne Campbell (''SNL'', the '']'' films)
* Pat Arnold (''SNL'', ])
* 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
* Kenneth Reese-Evans – host of "Theatre Stories"
* Johnny Letter – an ] citizen who writes polite, well-written letters of complaint.


=== Film ===
On ], ], Myers decided to divorce his wife of twelve years, ].
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Myers made his film debut when he and ] adapted their "Wayne's World" '']'' (SNL) sketches into the feature '']'' (1992). It was among the most successful films of the year and was followed in 1993 by '']''; Myers starred in '']'' 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 '']'' (1997), followed by the sequels '']'' (1999) and '']'' (2002). Myers played the title role (]) and the villain (Dr. Evil) in all three films as well as a henchman (]) and another villain (Goldmember) in the sequels.
==Selected Filmography==

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One of Myers's rare non-comedic roles came in the film '']'' (1998), in which he portrayed ], proprietor of New York City's famous 1970s disco nightclub ]. The film was not critically or commercially successful, though Myers received some positive notice.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Sullivan|first1=Michael|title='54': Rise and Fall of a Disco Inferno|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/movies/reviews/54osullivan.htm|date=August 28, 1998|newspaper=]|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IN '54,' MYERS WON'T SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/54-myers-won-set-record-straight-article-1.808414|last1=Rush|first1=George|last2=Molloy|first2=Joanna|last3=Baram|first3=Marcus|author4=K. C.|author5=Baker|work=]|date=August 17, 1998|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>
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In June 2000, Myers was sued by ] for {{USD}}3.8&nbsp;million for backing out of a contract to make a feature film based on his ''SNL'' character Dieter. Myers said he refused to honour the {{USD}}20&nbsp;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, '']'', was released in November 2003 and starred Myers as the title character.<ref>{{cite news|title=Myers settles Dieter dispute|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/875852.stm|website=]|publisher=BBC|date=August 11, 2000|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Cosgrove-Mather|first1=Bootie|title=The Cat In The Hat Is Phat|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-cat-in-the-hat-is-phat/|website=]|publisher=]|date=March 7, 2002|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Bradford|title='Dieter': The Surprisingly Funny Mike Myers Movie That Never Was|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/10/dieter-the-mike-myers-franchise-that-never-was.html|website=Vulture, LLC|date=October 9, 2013|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> It received negative reviews and was unsuccessful at the box office.
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In 2001, Myers provided the voice of ] in the ], having taken over the role after the originally planned voice actor ] died in December 1997 before recording all of his dialogue. He reprised this role in '']'' (a theme park ride) in 2003, '']'' (2004), '']'' (2007), the Christmas and Halloween television specials '']'' (2007) and '']'' (2010), and '']'' (2010).
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Myers received the MTV Generation Award in June 2007, making him the second Canadian to win the award (following ] in 2006).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Adler|first1=Shawn|title=MTV Movie Awards To Honor Mike Myers With Generation Award; 'Now I'm Set,' He Says|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1560861/mtv-movie-awards-to-honor-mike-myers-with-generation-award-now-im-set-he-says/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043239/http://www.mtv.com/news/1560861/mtv-movie-awards-to-honor-mike-myers-with-generation-award-now-im-set-he-says/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2018|website=]|date=May 31, 2007|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>
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In 2008, Myers co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the poorly received '']'', and in 2009 had a minor role as British general Ed Fenech in ]'s '']''.
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In 2018, after an eight-year hiatus from feature films, Myers appeared in supporting roles in '']'' (2018)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Darby|first1=Luke|title=Mike Myers Filmed His Own Zombie Movie Between Takes for ''Terminal''|url=https://www.gq.com/story/mike-myers-zombie-movie-between-takes|work=]|date=April 5, 2018|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> and '']'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Desta|first1=Yohana|title=In Perfect Casting News, Mike Myers Is Joining ''Bohemian Rhapsody''|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/09/mike-myers-bohemian-rhapsody|work=]|date=September 12, 2017|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>
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As of May 2022, Myers would neither confirm nor deny plans for ''Austin Powers 4''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Mike Myers Gives Cryptic Austin Powers 4 Update |url=https://screenrant.com/austin-powers-4-movie-updates-mike-myers/ |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Austin Powers 4 gets promising update from Mike Myers |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a39923553/mike-myers-austin-powers-4-update/ |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> In July 2024, Myers was announced to reprise the voice of the title character in '']'', scheduled for release on July 1, 2026.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Couch |first1=Aaron |last2=McClintock |first2=Pamela |title=''Shrek 5'' Set for 2026 with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz Returning |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shrek-5-set-for-2026-mike-myers-eddie-murphy-cameron-diaz-1235941271/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 9, 2024 |date=July 9, 2024}}</ref>

=== Other work ===
Myers had a cameo appearance in ]' music video "]" as ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Britney on music, 'Boys' and Austin's powers|url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/02/mroom.britney/index.html|website=]|date=August 2, 2002|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> Britney Spears, in turn, made a cameo in '']'', 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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thorpe|first1=Vanessa|title=Cook tops poll of comedy greats|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/02/arts.artsnews|work=]|date=January 2, 2005|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>

Myers is a member of the band ] along with ]' guitarist and vocalist ] and musician ]. They performed the songs "BBC" and "Daddy Wasn't There" from the ''Austin Powers'' films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Fictional Bands: MING TEA – UPDATE 4/11/14|url=http://www.warpedfactor.com/2014/09/great-fictional-bands-ming-tea.html|website=Warped Factor|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> In 2011 Myers returned to ] in London to perform a one-night-only comeback of his role with ]. The UK comedy website ] praised his performance.<ref>{{cite web|last=Butler|first=Marc|title=Mike Myers with the Comedy Store Players|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2011/07/06/28293/mike_myers_with_the_comedy_store_players|website=]|date=July 6, 2011|access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref>

Myers's 2013 directorial debut, '']'', was selected to be screened in the Gala Presentation section at the ].<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/supermensch|title=Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon|access-date=August 6, 2013|work=TIFF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914222630/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/supermensch|archive-date=September 14, 2013}}</ref>

From 2017 to 2018, Myers hosted a re-boot of '']'' in heavy makeup as a fictional British host known as Tommy Maitland,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zuckerman|first1=Esther|title=Mike Myers' disappearing act|url=https://theoutline.com/post/4577/mike-myers-very-intriguing-person?zd=2&zi=ywrqcrmm|work=]|date=May 18, 2018|access-date=May 19, 2018}}</ref> though his identity was not confirmed until the second season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis |first=Alex |url=https://www.buzzerblog.com/2018/01/08/abc-renews-the-gong-show-for-a-second-season/ |title=ABC Renews The Gong Show for a Second Season - BuzzerBlog BuzzerBlog &#124; Your Game Show News Source |publisher=Buzzerblog.com |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>

An avid follower of the ] comedy troupe, in July 2014, Myers appeared on stage at ] on the final night of their 10 dates live show, '']'', and also appears on the documentary telefilm '']''.<ref>Harvey, Dennis. . ''] May 2, 2015</ref>

In April 2019, ] reported that Myers will be starring in and executive producing a comedy series for ], which will last for six episodes and involve him playing multiple characters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Myers Sets Netflix Comedy Series (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/mike-myers-netflix-series-1203191296/|website=Variety|date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> In June 2021, the series title was announced as '']'', which serves as a spin-off of ''So I Married an Axe Murderer''.

In March 2022, author and security specialist ] shared that segments of The Gift of Fear Master Class had been directed by Myers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMaj8hTH2qU|title=GIFT OF FEAR &#124; Promo|date=March 3, 2022 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
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Myers began dating actress and comedy writer Robin Ruzan in the late 1980s after meeting at an ] game in Chicago, during which Myers caught a ] 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".<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/mike-myers-why-does-everyone-want-to-get-into-bed-with-him-184062.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/mike-myers-why-does-everyone-want-to-get-into-bed-with-him-184062.html |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mike Myers: Why does everyone want to get into bed with him?|last= Hanks| first= Robert| work=] | date= July 13, 2002|access-date= December 20, 2015}}</ref> The couple filed for divorce in December 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/78858/mike-myers-wife-file-for-divorce-report|title=Mike Myers, wife file for divorce: report|website=]|date=December 24, 2005|access-date=March 4, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121004155417/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/78858/mike-myers-wife-file-for-divorce-report|archive-date= October 4, 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, Kelly Tisdale confirmed reports that she and Myers were dating. Myers and Tisdale married in ] in a private ceremony in late 2010. Tisdale is a scenic artist who works in the entertainment industry and a former cafe owner.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O’Sullivan |first1=Annie |title=Inside Mike Myers and His Wife Kelly Tisdale's Super-Secretive Marriage |access-date=September 26, 2022|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a39978515/mike-myers-wife-kelly-tisdale-marriage-kids/|work=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515131406/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a39978515/mike-myers-wife-kelly-tisdale-marriage-kids/|archive-date=May 15, 2022|date=May 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/mike-myers-secretly-marries-longtime-girlfriend-1.614887| title=Mike Myers secretly marries longtime girlfriend| work=]| publisher=CTV Inc.|date=March 4, 2011| access-date=March 4, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110306040028/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20110304/mike-myers-marries-110304 |archive-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref> They have a son<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/mike-myers-becomes-first-time-father-to-baby-boy-1.704796|title=Mike Myers becomes first-time father to baby boy|work= CTVnews.ca |publisher=CTV Inc.|date=September 29, 2011|access-date=October 1, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111001132906/https://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20110929/mike-myers-kelly-tisdale-baby-110929|archive-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> and two daughters.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://people.com/parents/mike-myers-welcomes-daughter-sunday-molly/| title=Mike Myers Welcomes Daughter Sunday Molly| last= Michaud| first= Sarah|work=] |date=April 11, 2014|access-date=April 22, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140411183404/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/04/11/mike-myers-welcomes-daughter-sunday-molly|archive-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> They reside in the ] neighbourhood of New York City.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://observer.com/2017/01/mike-myers-buys-tribeca-apartment-nyc-celebrity-real-estate/|title=Groovy, Baby: Is Mike Myers' New Pad Worthy of Austin Powers?|website=]|date=January 5, 2017}}</ref>

Myers is a '']'' player<ref>{{cite episode|title=Mike Myers|series=Inside the Actors Studio|series-link=Inside the Actors Studio|network=]|date=February 4, 2001|season=7|number=9}}</ref> and was one of several celebrities to have participated in the ] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/dungeons-and-dragons-game-day-article-5339.html|title=Dungeons and Dragons Game Day at London Dungeon |website=ViewLondon.co.uk |date= November 3, 2007|access-date=June 18, 2010}}</ref> He supports the ] ice hockey team,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/mike-myers-as-proud-as-ever-of-canadians/| title=Mike Myers as proud as ever of Canadians| website=].ca | date=October 25, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> and named two characters in the first ''Austin Powers'' film Commander Gilmour and General Borschevsky, after then-Maple Leafs players ] and ].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.thestar.com/news/invictus-games/2017/09/23/mike-myers-gives-thanks-to-thriving-invictus-games-athletes.html| last = Winsa | first= Patty | title= Mike Myers gives thanks to 'thriving' Invictus Games athletes | work = Toronto Star| date = September 23, 2017 | accessdate = January 15, 2021}}</ref> He is also a fan of his parents' hometown football team ].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/us-actor-mike-myers-to-play-football-890670| title=US actor Mike Myers to play football in Manchester for charity| last1= Bourne|first1=Dianne|date=May 27, 2010|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref>

Myers has played for ], a celebrity soccer team.<ref>{{cite web| last=Philip|first=Robert|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2293564/Frank-Leboeuf-ready-to-act-on-the-ball.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2293564/Frank-Leboeuf-ready-to-act-on-the-ball.html |archive-date= January 10, 2022 |url-access= subscription |url-status=live|title=Frank Leboeuf ready to act on the ball|work=]|date=March 5, 2008|access-date=June 18, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He played in the 2010 ] for ] 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 ], 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.<ref name="CBC"/>

In 2016, Myers published a book, ''Canada'', a memoir interwoven with reflections on his native country's history and popular culture and Prime Minister ].<ref name="ott"/>

In June 2018, during a guest appearance on '']'', Myers stated that Britain is a "rooting interest" for him during soccer games in part because of his parents and because he is also a citizen of the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTS0oN21Mh0|title=Mike Myers Talks About His Intense Love of Soccer|date=June 21, 2018 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
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!Actor
!Writer
!Producer
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| 1992
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
| Wayne Campbell
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| rowspan="2" | 1993
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}} (uncredited)
|{{No}}
| Charlie McKenzie/Stuart McKenzie
| Extensively rewrote the script with Neil Mullarkey
|-
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
| Wayne Campbell
|
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| 1997
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| ]/]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| ]
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Thin Pink Line}}''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Tim Broderick
|
|-
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Pete
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/]
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|-
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Donnie Shulzhoffer
|
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| 2001
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| ]/Blind Mouse/Opening Narration
| Voice
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| 2002
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard/ ]
|
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| rowspan="3" | 2003
| ''Nobody Knows Anything!''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| 'Eye' Witness
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| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| John Witney
|
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| ''{{sortname|The|Cat in the Hat|dab=film}}''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| The Cat in the Hat
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| 2004
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Shrek
| Voice
|-
| 2006
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 2007
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Shrek
| Voice
|-
| 2008
| ''{{sortname|The|Love Guru}}''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| Guru Maurice Pitka/Himself
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| 2009
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| General Ed Fenech
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| 2010
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Shrek
|
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| 2012
| ''Oscar Etiquette''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Sir Cecil Worthington
| Short film
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| 2013
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
| Himself
| Documentary; also director
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Himself
| rowspan="2" | Documentary
|-
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Himself
|-
| 2017
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| ]
| Voice
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Clinton / Mr. Franklyn
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|-
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Ray Foster
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|-
| 2022
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Paul Canterbury
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|-
| 2026
| '']''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
| Shrek
| Voice; In production
|-
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=== Television ===
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1975
| '']''
| Ari
| Episode: "Scout's Honour"
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| 1977
| '']''
| Himself
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| 1979
| data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | '']''
| Tommy
| Episode: "Boy on Wheels"
|-
| 1980
| '']''
| Various
|
|-
| 1983—1984
| '']''
| Wayne Campbell
| various episodes
|-
| 1985
| '']''
| Delivery Boy
| Uncredited; Television film
|-
| 1986–1987
| '']''
| Sound Asleep Club
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1987
| ''Meet Julie''
| (voice)
| Television film
|-
| '']''
| Various
| 13 episodes
|-
| ''110 Lombard Street''
| Mike
| Television pilot
|-
| 1989
| ''Elvis Stories''
| Cockney Man
| Television short
|-
| 1989–2015
| '']''
| Various
| 121 episodes; also writer
|-
| 1991
| '']''
| rowspan="2" | Wayne Campbell
| rowspan="4" | Television special
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| '']''
|-
| '']''
| Himself
|-
| 1997
| '']''
| Himself (host)
|-
| 2007
| '']''
| Shrek
| Voice; Television special
|-
| rowspan=2| 2008
| '']''
| Himself (host)
| rowspan=2| Television special
|-
| '']''
| Himself
|-
| 2010
| '']''
| Shrek
| Voice; Television special
|-
| 2014
| '']''
| Himself
| Television special
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| '']''
| Himself
| Episode: "Canada"
|-
| '']''
| Wayne Campbell
| Television special
|-
| 2017–2018
| data-sort-value="Gong Show, The" | '']''
| Tommy Maitland (host)
| 20 episodes; also executive producer
|-
| 2018
| data-sort-value="Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The" | '']''
| Dr. Evil
| 2 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SAisWFutbw| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7SAisWFutbw| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Dr. Evil Gets Fired from Trump's Cabinet|author=The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|author-link=The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|date=April 4, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Pentaverate, The" | '']''
| Various roles
| Also creator, writer, and executive producer; 6 episodes
|}

=== Theme parks ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Title
! Voice role
|-
|1994
|'']''
|Wayne Campbell
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| 2003
| '']''
| ]
|}

=== Music videos ===
* ]: "]" (1999) as Austin Powers
* ]: "]" (2002) as Austin Powers
* ]: "Hang On" (2003)

== Awards and honours ==

=== Honours ===
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* In 2002, Mike Myers was honoured with a star on the ] at 7042 ].<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Mike Myers gets a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2002/07/27/mike-myers-gets-a-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame/28406493007/ |access-date=February 26, 2022 |website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Also in 2002, Myers was honoured in his native Scarborough, Toronto with a street named after him, "Mike Myers Drive".<ref>{{cite news |date=October 16, 2002 |title=Bloor Street, King Street -- Mike Myers Drive? |url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bloor-street-king-street----mike-myers-drive/article4139989/ |access-date=January 13, 2023 |work=] |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 8, 2016 |title=Scarborough's Mike Myers to write book on being Canadian |url=https://www.toronto.com/news/scarborough-s-mike-myers-to-write-book-on-being-canadian/article_1a72db86-c4fb-5e88-a45a-4d9677e99f1b.html |access-date=January 13, 2023 |work=] |publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113053949/https://www.toronto.com/news/scarborough-s-mike-myers-to-write-book-on-being-canadian/article_1a72db86-c4fb-5e88-a45a-4d9677e99f1b.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 2003, he was inducted into ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Myers |url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/mike-myers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110093353/http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/mike-myers |archive-date=November 10, 2008 |website=]}}</ref>
* In 2014, his face was put on a stamp by ].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 29, 2014 |title=Canada Post honours Canuck comedians with new stamp series |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/canada-post-honours-canuck-comedians-with-new-stamp-series-1.2750407 |access-date=September 21, 2015 |work=] |publisher=CBC Inc.}}</ref>
* In, 2017, he was named an ] by ] ] for "his extensive and acclaimed body of comedic work as an actor, writer and producer."

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Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1963) This article is about the actor. For other people with similar names, see Michael Myers (disambiguation).

Mike MyersOC
Myers at the 2017 Invictus Games
BornMichael John Myers
(1963-05-25) May 25, 1963 (age 61)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • filmmaker
Years active1973–present
Spouses
Robin Ruzan ​ ​(m. 1993; div. 2006)​
Kelly Tisdale ​(m. 2010)​
Children3
RelativesPaul Myers (brother)
Comedy career
Medium
  • Books
  • film
  • television
  • theatre
GenresBlack comedy, cringe comedy, deadpan, observational comedy, satire, self-deprecation

Michael John Myers OC (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His accolades include seven MTV Movie & TV Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2002, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2017, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada 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, Mike Myers attained recognition during his six seasons as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1989 to 1995, which won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He subsequently earned praise and numerous accolades for playing the title roles in the Wayne's World (1992–1993), Austin Powers (1997–2002), and Shrek (2001–present) franchises, the latter of which is the second highest-grossing animated film franchise. Myers also played the titular character in the 2003 live-action adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat.

Myers acted sporadically in the 2010s, having supporting roles in Terminal and Bohemian Rhapsody (both 2018). He made his directorial debut with the documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He created and starred in the 2022 Netflix original series, The Pentaverate, and appeared in David O. Russell's comedy thriller Amsterdam.

Early life

Michael John Myers was born in Toronto, Ontario, on May 25, 1963, to data processor Alice "Bunny" E. (née Hind) and insurance agent Eric Myers. His parents were British immigrants from the Old Swan area of Liverpool. Both were World War II veterans, his mother having served in the Women's Royal Air Force and his father in the Royal Engineers. He has distant Scottish ancestry. He has two older brothers: Paul, a musician, and Peter, who worked for Sears Canada. He grew up in Scarborough and North York, where he attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute. He graduated from Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute in 1982.

One of his neighbours and schoolmates was prominent voice actor Maurice LaMarche.

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 King of Kensington. At 16, he was the guest star of the season 1 episode "Boy on Wheels" of the TV series The Littlest Hobo.

After graduating from high school, Myers was accepted into The Second City Canadian touring company. He moved to the United Kingdom, and in 1985 he was one of the founding members of The Comedy Store Players, an improvisational group based at The Comedy Store in London.

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.

He returned to Toronto and The Second City in 1986 as a cast member in The Second City's Toronto main stage show, Second City Theatre. In 1988, he moved from Second City in Toronto to Chicago. There, he trained, performed and taught at the Improv Olympic.

Myers made many appearances, including as Wayne Campbell, on Toronto's Citytv in the early 1980s, on the alternative video show City Limits hosted by Christopher Ward; Myers also made several appearances after the launch of MuchMusic, 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 CBC Television. 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 "Sprockets" 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 Entertainment Weekly. In addition to "Wayne's World" and "Sprockets", Myers starred in the recurring sketches "Lothar of the Hill People", "Stuart Rankin, All Things Scottish", "Lank Thompson", "Middle-Aged Man", "Simon", "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman", "Theatre Stories", "Phillip the Hyper Hypo", and "Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly". 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 Dr. Evil in 2014.

Saturday Night Live characters

  • Dieter – host of Sprockets
  • Linda Richman – hostess of Coffee Talk
  • 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 Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings by Edward MacLachlan)
  • Wayne Campbell (SNL, the Wayne's World films)
  • Pat Arnold (SNL, Bill Swerski's Superfans)
  • 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
  • Kenneth Reese-Evans – host of "Theatre Stories"
  • Johnny Letter – an Old West citizen who writes polite, well-written letters of complaint.

Film

Myers in 1994

Myers made his film debut when he and Dana Carvey adapted their "Wayne's World" Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketches into the feature Wayne's World (1992). It was among the most successful films of the year and was followed in 1993 by Wayne's World 2; 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 Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). Myers played the title role (Austin Powers) and the villain (Dr. Evil) in all three films as well as a henchman (Fat Bastard) 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 Universal Pictures for US$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 honour the US$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, The Cat in the Hat, 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 Shrek in the animated film of the same name, having taken over the role after the originally planned voice actor Chris Farley died in December 1997 before recording all of his dialogue. He reprised this role in Shrek 4-D (a theme park ride) in 2003, Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), the Christmas and Halloween television specials Shrek the Halls (2007) and Scared Shrekless (2010), and Shrek Forever After (2010).

Myers received the MTV Generation Award in June 2007, making him the second Canadian to win the award (following Jim Carrey in 2006).

In 2008, Myers co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the poorly received The Love Guru, and in 2009 had a minor role as British general Ed Fenech in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

In 2018, after an eight-year hiatus from feature films, Myers appeared in supporting roles in Terminal (2018) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

As of May 2022, Myers would neither confirm nor deny plans for Austin Powers 4. In July 2024, Myers was announced to reprise the voice of the title character in Shrek 5, scheduled for release on July 1, 2026.

Other work

Myers had a cameo appearance in Britney Spears' music video "Boys" as Austin Powers. Britney Spears, in turn, made a cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember, 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 Ming Tea along with The Bangles' guitarist and vocalist Susanna Hoffs and musician Matthew Sweet. They performed the songs "BBC" and "Daddy Wasn't There" from the Austin Powers films. In 2011 Myers returned to The Comedy Store in London to perform a one-night-only comeback of his role with The Comedy Store Players. The UK comedy website Chortle 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 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

From 2017 to 2018, Myers hosted a re-boot of The Gong Show 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 Monty Python comedy troupe, in July 2014, Myers appeared on stage at the O2 Arena on the final night of their 10 dates live show, Monty Python Live (Mostly), and also appears on the documentary telefilm Monty Python: The Meaning of Live.

In April 2019, Variety reported that Myers will be starring in and executive producing a comedy series for Netflix, which will last for six episodes and involve him playing multiple characters. In June 2021, the series title was announced as The Pentaverate, which serves as a spin-off of So I Married an Axe Murderer.

In March 2022, author and security specialist Gavin de Becker shared that segments of The Gift of Fear Master Class had been directed by Myers.

Personal life

Myers at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010

Myers began dating actress and comedy writer Robin Ruzan in the late 1980s after meeting at an ice hockey 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 New York City in a private 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 Tribeca neighbourhood of New York City.

Myers is a Dungeons & Dragons player and was one of several celebrities to have participated in the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day in 2006. He supports the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team, and named two characters in the first Austin Powers film Commander Gilmour and General Borschevsky, after then-Maple Leafs players Doug Gilmour and Nikolai Borschevsky. He is also a fan of his parents' hometown football team Liverpool FC.

Myers has played for Hollywood United FC, a celebrity soccer team. He played in the 2010 Soccer Aid for UNICEF UK 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 Sears Canada, 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 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In June 2018, during a guest appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Myers stated that Britain is a "rooting interest" for him during soccer games in part because of his parents and because he is also a citizen of the country.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Actor Writer Producer Role Notes
1992 Wayne's World Yes Yes No Wayne Campbell
1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Yes Yes (uncredited) No Charlie McKenzie/Stuart McKenzie Extensively rewrote the script with Neil Mullarkey
Wayne's World 2 Yes Yes No Wayne Campbell
1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Yes Yes Yes Austin Powers/Dr. Evil
1998 54 Yes No No Steve Rubell
The Thin Pink Line Yes No No Tim Broderick
Pete's Meteor Yes No No Pete
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Yes Yes Yes Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard
Mystery, Alaska Yes No No Donnie Shulzhoffer
2001 Shrek Yes No No Shrek/Blind Mouse/Opening Narration Voice
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Yes Yes Yes Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard/ Goldmember
2003 Nobody Knows Anything! Yes No No 'Eye' Witness
View from the Top Yes No No John Witney
The Cat in the Hat Yes No No The Cat in the Hat
2004 Shrek 2 Yes No No Shrek Voice
2006 Home Yes No No Himself Documentary
2007 Shrek the Third Yes No No Shrek Voice
2008 The Love Guru Yes Yes Yes Guru Maurice Pitka/Himself
2009 Inglourious Basterds Yes No No General Ed Fenech
2010 Shrek Forever After Yes No No Shrek
2012 Oscar Etiquette Yes No No Sir Cecil Worthington Short film
2013 Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon Yes No Yes Himself Documentary; also director
2015 Being Canadian Yes No No Himself Documentary
I Am Chris Farley Yes No No Himself
2017 Last Knight Yes No No Vodyanoy Voice
2018 Terminal Yes No No Clinton / Mr. Franklyn
Bohemian Rhapsody Yes No No Ray Foster
2022 Amsterdam Yes No No Paul Canterbury
2026 Shrek 5 Yes No No Shrek Voice; In production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1975 King of Kensington Ari Episode: "Scout's Honour"
1977 Range Ryder and the Calgary Kid Himself
1979 The Littlest Hobo Tommy Episode: "Boy on Wheels"
1980 Bizarre Various
1983—1984 City Limits Wayne Campbell various episodes
1985 John and Yoko: A Love Story Delivery Boy Uncredited; Television film
1986–1987 Wide Awake Club Sound Asleep Club 2 episodes
1987 Meet Julie (voice) Television film
It's Only Rock & Roll Various 13 episodes
110 Lombard Street Mike Television pilot
1989 Elvis Stories Cockney Man Television short
1989–2015 Saturday Night Live Various 121 episodes; also writer
1991 Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special Wayne Campbell Television special
1992 64th Academy Awards
Saturday Night Live: All the Best for Mother's Day Himself
1997 1997 MTV Movie Awards Himself (host)
2007 Shrek the Halls Shrek Voice; Television special
2008 2008 MTV Movie Awards Himself (host) Television special
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Mike Myers Himself
2010 Scared Shrekless Shrek Voice; Television special
2014 Monty Python Live (Mostly) Himself Television special
2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Himself Episode: "Canada"
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special Wayne Campbell Television special
2017–2018 The Gong Show Tommy Maitland (host) 20 episodes; also executive producer
2018 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Dr. Evil 2 episodes
2022 The Pentaverate Various roles Also creator, writer, and executive producer; 6 episodes

Theme parks

Year Title Voice role
1994 Hurler Wayne Campbell
2003 Shrek 4-D Shrek

Music videos

Awards and honours

Honours

Myers's Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1980–1989)
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