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{{Infobox comedian
|name=Mike Myers
|honorific_suffix=[[Order of Canada|OC]]
|image=Mike Myers 2017 (37220071326) (cropped).jpg
|caption=Myers in 2017
|birth_name=Michael John Myers
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1963|5|25|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Toronto|Scarborough, Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
|nationality={{plainlist|
*American<ref name="Harrison2005" />
*British<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/13/on-rob-lowes-podcast-mike-myers-perfectly-expresses-the-beauty-of-the-american-dream/ | title=Mike Myers Perfectly Expresses the Beauty of the American Dream | date=13 August 2020 }}</ref>
*Scottish
*Australian
*Canadian}}
|medium=Books, film, stand-up, television, theatre
|genre=[[Black comedy]], [[cringe comedy]], [[deadpan]], [[observational comedy]], [[satire]], [[self-deprecation]]
|years_active=1973–present
|spouse={{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Robin Ruzan|1993|2006|reason=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Kelly Tisdale<br>|2010}}}}
|children=3
|relatives=[[Paul Myers (musician)|Paul Myers]] (brother)
|image_size=270px}}
'''Michael John "Mike" Myers''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (born 25 May 1963) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[actor]], [[comedian]], [[Movie director|director]], [[producer]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref name="Harrison2005">{{cite book|author=Paul Harrison|title=Mike Myers|url=https://archive.org/details/mikemyers00harr|year=2005|publisher=Heinemann-Raintree Library|isbn=978-1-4109-1088-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/mikemyers00harr/page/7 7]}}</ref> He was a comedian on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' from 1989 to 1995. He has acted in [[movie]]s including: ''[[Wayne's World]]'', ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'', ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'', ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'', ''[[Shrek]]'' and ''[[The Love Guru]]''.

Myers was born to [[English people|English]] parents (from [[Manchester|Ancoats, Manchester]]) and raised in [[Toronto|Scarborough, Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. He holds three [[citizenship]]s: [[Canadians|Canadian]], [[British people|British]] and [[Americans|American]].<ref name="Harrison2005"/>

==Influences==
Myers stated comedians like [[John Cleese]], [[Dan Aykroyd]], [[Chevy Chase]], [[Monty Python]], [[John Belushi]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Jane Curtin]] and [[Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias]] as influences.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]''
| Wayne Campbell
| Also writer
|-
| rowspan="2"|1993
| ''[[So I Married an Axe Murderer]]''
| Charlie McKenzie / Stuart McKenzie
|
|-
| ''[[Wayne's World 2]]''
| Wayne Campbell
| Also writer
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]''
| [[Austin Powers (character)|Austin Powers]] /<br> [[Dr. Evil]]
|Also writer and producer
|-
| rowspan="3"|1998
| ''[[54 (film)|54]]''
| [[Steve Rubell]]
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Thin Pink Line}}''
| Tim Broderick
|
|-
| ''[[Pete's Meteor]]''
| Pete
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]''
| Austin Powers / <br> Dr. Evil / <br />[[Fat Bastard]]
|Also writer and producer
|-
| ''[[Mystery, Alaska]]''
| Donnie Shulzhoffer
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Shrek]]''
| [[Shrek (character)|Shrek]]<br>(voice)
|  
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]''
| Austin Powers / <br> Dr. Evil / <br />Fat Bastard / [[Goldmember]]
|Also writer and producer
|-
| rowspan="3"|2003
| ''Nobody Knows Anything!''
| 'Eye' Witness
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Cat in the Hat|dab=film}}''
| The Cat in the Hat
|
|-
| ''[[View from the Top]]''
| John Witney
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Shrek 2]]''
| Shrek<br>(voice)
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Home (2006 film)|Home]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Shrek the Third]]''
| Shrek<br>(voice)
|
|-
| 2008
| ''{{sortname|The|Love Guru}}''
| Guru Maurice Pitka / Himself
|Also writer and producer
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
| Gen. Ed Fenech
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Shrek Forever After]]''
| Shrek<br>(voice)
|
|-
| 2012
|''Oscar Etiquette''
| Sir Cecil Worthington
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2013
|''Being Canadian, Sometimes''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
|''[[Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon]]''
| Himself
| Documentary; also director
|-
| 2015
|''[[I Am Chris Farley]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2018
|''[[Terminal (2018 film)|Terminal]]''
| Clinton / <br>Mr. Franklyn
|
|-
| ''[[Bohemian Rhapsody (film)|Bohemian Rhapsody]]''
| Ray Foster
|
|-
| TBA
|''[[Zootopia 2]]''
| Tadashi Gorki<br>(voice)
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | 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 (TV series)|Bizarre]]''
| Various
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[John and Yoko: A Love Story]]''
| Delivery Boy
| Uncredited<br />Television film
|-
| 1986–1987
| ''[[Wide Awake Club]]''
| Sound Asleep Club
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1987
| ''Meet Julie''
| Ship Captain<br>(voice)
| Television film
|-
| ''[[It's Only Rock & Roll (TV series)|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 (season 17)#Specials|Saturday Night Live: Halloween Special]]''
| Wayne Campbell
| rowspan="3" | Television special
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Saturday Night Live (season 17)#Specials|Saturday Night Live: All the Best for Mother's Day]]''
| Himself
|-
| 1997
| ''[[1997 MTV Movie Awards]]''
| Himself (host)
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Shrek the Halls]]''
| Shrek
| Voice<br />Television special
|-
| rowspan=2| 2008
| ''[[2008 MTV Movie Awards]]''
| Himself (host)
| rowspan=2| Television special
|-
| ''[[Saturday Night Live (season 33)#Specials|Saturday Night Live: The Best of Mike Myers]]''
| Himself
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Scared Shrekless]]''
| Shrek
| Voice<br />Television special
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Monty Python Live (Mostly)]]''
| Himself
| Television special
|-
| rowspan="2" | 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, voice actor and executive producer; 6 episodes
|}

== References ==
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