ACTOR
Mike Myers
- Known for
- The Cat in the Hat (2003), The Love Guru (2008), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Terminal (2018)
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Mike Myers is an actor best known for The Cat in the Hat, The Love Guru and So I Married an Axe Murderer.
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- #001
Mike Myers was hired by Second City on the day he graduated from high school in 1982. His final exam was at 9 a.m., the audition was at noon, and he was hired at 3 p.m.
- #002
Myers owns the last letter written to him by Beatles singer George Harrison, which was given to him shortly before Harrison's death and while Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) was in production. The letter complimented him on the Austin Powers films and asked him for a Mini Me doll. Myers had it framed immediately and has said that looking at it every day, it is one of the most incredible things that has ever happened to him.
- #003
Myers is a huge Aerosmith fan. Aerosmith was the musical guest on SNL on his birthday, and Mike tried desperately to meet the band but failed. During a "Wayne's World" sketch, the group appeared as a "birthday present" (without Mike knowing).
- #004
In his youth, Myers performed the character Wayne for girls at parties.
- #005
His production company, Eric's Boy, is named after his father Eric, an encyclopedia salesman who died of Alzheimer's on November 22, 1991.
- #006
There is a street named after him in Scarborough, Ontario: Mike Myers Drive.
- #007
Myers has said that Dr. Evil is his favorite character to play in the Austin Powers films, and that Fat Bastard is his least favorite.
- #008
In memory of his father Eric, Myers wears as his wedding ring the ring his father received when he was named Salesman of the Year at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- #009
His success in the role of Austin Powers in the late 1990s earned him a $40 million deal to star in two films for Universal. The first was to be Sprockets, for which he had already written the screenplay. In June 2000, Universal Pictures sued him for $3.8 million for backing out of his contract to play Dieter in a feature-film version of the recurring Saturday Night Live (1975) sketch "Sprockets." Myers was reported to have said he would refuse to fulfill the $20 million contract rather than "cheating moviegoers with an unacceptable script."
- #010
In 1993, Barbra Streisand called Myers to ask him to appear as Linda Richman at the opening of her Las Vegas show at the MGM Grand, her first concert in 22 years.
- #011
His performance as Dr. Evil in the "Austin Powers" films ranked 35th on Premiere Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
- #012
His Saturday Night Live (1975) character Linda Richman is based on his former mother-in-law, Linda Richman.
- #013
Myers decided to shorten his name to "Mike" to avoid being confused with the serial killer Michael Myers from Halloween (1978). In an interview, Mike said that he had not seen the Halloween films or known anything about them when they were released, but became aware of them when people kept making jokes or references about his name.
- #014
His parents, Eric and Alice, were British citizens, so Myers holds a British passport.
- #015
In his interview with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), Myers said that he met his (then) wife Robin Ruzan by catching a puck in a bar after attending a hockey game. Later in their relationship they attended a hockey game and she caught a puck.
- #016
Myers collects model soldiers. He finds building and painting the soldiers relaxing.
- #017
He became a father for the second time at age 50 when his wife Kelly Tisdale gave birth to their daughter Sunday Molly Myers on April 11, 2014.
- #018
He became a father for the first time at age 48 when his wife Kelly Tisdale gave birth to their son Spike Myers on September 29, 2011.
- #019
There is a street called "Wayne's World Drive" in Draper, Utah, 20 minutes south of Salt Lake City.
- #020
Mike Myers was depicted on one of a set of five unnamed Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring Great Canadian Comedians, released on August 29, 2014. In addition to the main portrait, he is shown as Wayne Campbell in Wayne's World (1992) and as Austin Powers and Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers film series. Others honored in the set include Jim Carrey, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short and Oliver Guimond. Each stamp cost 85¢ on its issue date.
- #021
Mike Myers holds a British passport. In many interviews he has said he considers himself British.
- #022
Mike Myers's favorite sports team is the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), and in his film Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) the character Mini Me wears a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey in the prison scene.
- #023
Mike Myers supports Liverpool Football Club — his parents were from Liverpool, England.
- #024
At age nine, Mike Myers appeared in a television commercial alongside Gilda Radner. He cried on the last day of the shoot. Since then his siblings have called him "Sucky Baby."
- #025
Mike Myers received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (June 25, 2003).
- #026
Mike Myers auditioned for Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998).
- #027
Mike Myers was part of the band "Ming Tea" along with Canadian musician/producer Christopher Ward and singers Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs.
- #028
Mike Myers first left "Saturday Night Live" before the 1992-1993 season began, but then changed his mind and returned to SNL for the eighth show of the season, hosted by Tom Arnold. Myers stayed with the show for another three years, until he left in January 1995.
- #029
Mike Myers has three dogs named after hockey players.
- #030
Mike Myers's mother studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before moving to Canada and starting a family.
- #031
Mike Myers's wife, Kelly, is the owner and co-founder of "TeaNY," a tea cafe in New York. Her former boyfriend Moby is the other co-founder.
- #032
Mike Myers is a fan of the rock bands Queen, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias and Buzzcocks.
- #033
All the street signs for Mike Myers Drive and Mike Myers Way were stolen in June 2003, shortly after the official presentation. It was the second time they had been stolen. The unofficial ones were taken down as well.
- #034
Mike Myers is the youngest of three sons.
- #035
Mike Myers has appeared in two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
- #036
In 2000, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Mike Myers was being considered for the role of Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther (2006). Myers, a fan of Peter Sellers (who played Clouseau in the original films), was said to have been initially reluctant to take the role but became excited about it after meeting with Ivan Reitman (who was originally set to direct). Reitman told the Calgary Sun that the new film "won't be a repeat of the Peter Sellers versions. We want something new and fresh. Mike has to find a completely new character for Clouseau that isn't Peter Sellers but also isn't Austin Powers." In March 2002, Myers withdrew from the project.
- #037
Mike Myers based the voice of Shrek on the way his mother told him bedtime stories.
- #038
Mike Myers met his close friend Neil Mullarkey when they were both members of the British comedy group The Comedy Store Players.
- #039
Mike Myers attended Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, and graduated from Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute. Eric McCormack attended both schools.
- #040
According to Penelope Spheeris, who directed him in Wayne's World (1992), working with Myers was very difficult. She did not like him much and held a grudge against him for five years, until the premiere of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). She believes Myers assured her that he would not direct Wayne's World 2 (1993) either. The sequel was directed by Stephen Surjik.
- #041
On Sunday, 3 July 2011, Myers returned to The Comedy Store in London to revive his 'one night only' role with his improvisation group, The Comedy Store Players.
- #042
Mike Myers took dance lessons in Toronto.
- #043
Myers transferred from Sir John A. MacDonald C. I. to Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario, for the Television Production course offered in grades 11 and 12. The school opened in 1970 with fully equipped television and radio studios. It is still the most comprehensive television course offered at a high school in Ontario.
- #044
In high school, Mike Myers was friends with David Furnish.
- #045
Mike Myers was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 by the Governor General of Canada. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- #046
Myers's wife, Kelly, was expecting their first child in the fall of 2011.
- #047
Mike Myers and Robin Ruzan are ending their marriage.
- #048
Myers created the character Austin Powers for the 1997 film International Man of Mystery and also led the production of its sequel, The Spy Who Shagged Me, on which he also served as executive producer. He also provided the voices of Austin and Dr Evil for the animated series.
- #049
Despite sharing the name 'The Shape', Mike Myers has never appeared in or been referenced in any film in the 'Halloween' series to date. As a connection, Dana Carvey, who performed the 'Wayne's World' SNL sketches and films with Myers, had a small role in Halloween II (1981).
- #050
Myers's father died on the 21st birthday of Joe Son, his co-star in Austin Powers.
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