Historical Figure
Mike Myers
b. 1963
Canadian-American actor, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and singer (born 1963)
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Biography
Michael John Myers is an American-Canadian actor, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and singer. 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".
Timeline
The story of Mike Myers, told in moments.
Joined the Saturday Night Live cast. Created Wayne Campbell, Dieter, Linda Richman, and other characters during six seasons. Won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.
Wayne's World was released. Made on a $20 million budget, it grossed $183 million worldwide. "Bohemian Rhapsody" returned to the charts 17 years after its original release because of the headbanging scene. Party on.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery launched a franchise. Myers played both Austin and Dr. Evil. The trilogy grossed over $670 million. He also voiced Shrek beginning in 2001, creating the second highest-grossing animated franchise.
Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017. After a quieter period in the 2010s, he directed his first documentary, created The Pentaverate for Netflix, and appeared in Amsterdam in 2022.
In Their Own Words (2)
Rome ruled the world with that phalanx formation and Britain with the three-masted ship; America has ruled the world with the moving image and the projection of image around the world.
Interviewed in 's '''' (2017), 2017
Fame is not creativity, it’s the industrial disease of creativity.
From the introduction to his memoir Canada (2016), 2016
Artifacts (15)
Books from the Library of Congress (IA militaryrecordof00bart)
Bartlett, Napier, 1836-1877
Medical Heritage Library (IA 2575005R.nlm.nih.gov)
Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843 Howard & Little, printer
Catalogue of the ... annual exhibition (IA catalogueofannua1918penn)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Wanderings in Ireland (IA wanderingsinirel00shoerich)
Shoemaker, Michael Myers, 1853-1924
The Dewey reception in New York City; nine-hundred and eighty views and portraits (IA deweyreceptionin00king)
Moses King
Catalogue of a group exhibition of water color paintings by American artists (IA catalogueofgroup1923broo)
Brooklyn Museum
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