Born

May 25, 1963

Mike Myers Overview

Though he'll probably best be remembered for his iconic characters Wayne Campbell, Austin Powers and as the voice of an animated green ogre, Canadian-born Mike Myers has been performing since he was practically a baby. A character comedian who disappears inside his creations the way Peter Sellers once did (who Myers has named as a major influence), Myers is a comedy chameleon.


When his efforts are successful, we get Austin Powers. When they aren't we get The Love Guru.

Quick Mike Myers Facts

• Michael Myers was born May 25, 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
• He began performing in commercials at age 2.
• In 1986 he began performing improv comedy with Second City.
• Two years later he moved from Toronto to Chicago, where he began performing with ImprovOlympic.
• He joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1989 and remained there for six seasons before leaving in 1995 to pursue a film career.
• Myers has starred in several successful film franchises, including the Wayne's World movies, the Austin Powers movies and the Shrek series.

Mike Myers at Saturday Night Live

After making his bones in sketch and improv at both Second City and ImprovOlympic, Mike Myers joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1989, first as a featured player and, by the end of the season, as a full cast member. Both David Spade and Rob Schneider first joined the cast the same season. Myers immediately became a breakout star on the show thanks to his deep bench of popular characters including metalhead Wayne Campbell -- a character he had originated on Canadian television in 1986 and which was later adapted into the feature film Wayne's World and its sequel -- as well as Dieter, host of the German TV series Sprockets; Linda Richman, host of Coffee Talk; little Simon (who likes to make drawings) and Lothar of the Hill People.

Myers left the show in 1995.

Select Mike Myers Filmography

• Wayne's World (1992)
• So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993)
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
• 54 (1998)
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
• Shrek (2001)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
• The Cat in the Hat (2003)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Shrek the Third (2007)
• The Love Guru (2008)
• ?Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• Shrek Forever After (2010)
• I Am Chris Farley (2015)

Additional Mike Myers Facts

• At age 10 he starred in a commercial with future Saturday Night Live star Gilda Radner.
•  One of Myers most famous characters, Shrek the Ogre, was originally supposed to be voiced by fellow SNL star Chris Farley before he died in 1997.
• He has played soccer with Hollywood United F.C., a celebrity soccer team.
• Myers was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2003.
• He has won an Emmy Award (for Comedy Writing in 1989), four American Comedy Awards and seven MTV Movie Awards. He also hosted the MTV Movie Awards in 2008.
• Myers was given the MTV Generation Award in 2007. He was only the second Canadian to ever win the award following Jim Carrey.
• His 2008 film The Love Guru won three Razzie Awards for Worst Film, Worst Actor (Myers) and Worst Screenplay. 
• He directed his first movie, the documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, in 2013.