Norm MacDonald Add to My Celebs Age 48 Birthday Oct. 17th, 1963 Born in Québec City, Québec, Canada Height 6' 1"

Norm MacDonald's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Sports Show with Norm McDonald Host - Norm… The Norm Show Norm Hender… A Minute With Stan Hooper Stan Hooper Where's Elvis This Week? (UK) Norm MacDon…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Grown Ups 2009 - Funny People 2007 - Christmas Is Here Again 2005 - Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2001 - Dr. Dolittle 2 2001 - The Animal 2000 - Screwed 1999 - Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 1999 - Man on the Moon 1998 - Dirty Work 1998 - Dr. Dolittle 1996 - The People vs. Larry Flynt 1995 - Billy Madison

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Norm MacDonald was born on October 17, 1963, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He began his career in stand-up comedy. MacDonald's first job was writing for "The Dennis Miller Show" (1992) and then "Roseanne" (1988). While writing for "Roseanne" (1988), he was noticed by Lorne Michaels, who liked Norm's stand up, and gave him his job on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). MacDonald became widely popular when he became the Weekend Update anchor with his trademark line "Now the fake news." He lasted from September 24, 1994, to December 13, 1997, when he was fired by Don Ohlmeyer, president of NBC on the west coast. Norm's last weekend update was December 13, 1997, and he left the show in March 1998. His movie, Dirty Work (1998), which he began working on in the summer of '97, came out 2 months later. In March 1999, his show, called "The Norm Show" (1999), came out on ABC and had a 3-season run. During the time, he starred in the movie Screwed (2000), opposite Dave Chappelle.


TRIVIA:

• Dropped out of high school when he was 15.
• During an interview on the _"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)_ (qv) a few days after he was fired from _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv), he told Dave that the NBC execs fired him because they thought he wasn't funny.
• Attended Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, where he took the Broadcasting-Television program, and eventually dropped out. During his time there, he became good friends with 'Randy Dash' (qv), who shot, edited and produced a stand-up act Norm had done in the city. The resulting tape was what helped Norm land his gig with _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv).
• Celebrity impersonations include 'Burt Reynolds (I)' (qv), 'Bob Dole (I)' (qv), 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv), 'David Letterman' (qv), and 'Larry King (I)' (qv).
• He won $500,000 for his charity on the celebrity edition of _"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999/I)_ (qv). He guessed the right answer to the million dollar question but was talked out of answering in case he got it wrong.
• 'Chevy Chase' (qv) has stated that since he left _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv), the only person who he believes has done Weekend Update "right" is Norm Macdonald.
• Attended Dollard-des-Ormeaux School on the Valcartier Military Base near Shannon, Quebec, Canada.
• Is good friends with 'Adam Sandler (I)' (qv).

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