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  Mike Myers
Mike Myers (born May 25, 1963) is an actor, comedian, writer, and producer from Scarborough, Ontario[?].
Myers is best known as a member of the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live television program from 1989 to 1995, where he performed characters like "Dieter", "Linda Richman" and "Wayne Cambell", from Wayne's World.
One of Myers' first acting jobs was with SNL star Gilda Radner in a tv commercial when he was nine years old.
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 Mike Myers - Actor and Comedian
Mike Myers' parents were from Great Britain and immigrated to his birth place, Canada.
Myers had long been a fan of the SNL show and felt truly blessed to be accepted as an actor on this program.
Mike Myers continues to be a major actor and comedian and a confessed fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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 Mike Myers - ArticleWorld
Myers stepped into the role of Austin Powers in 1997 on the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery This was a huge hit and he refilled the same role in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and yet again in 2002 as Austin Powers: Goldmember.
Myers made the news in June 2000 when he was sued by Universal Pictures for $3.8 million because he allegedly backed out of a movie contract.
Myers was voted in the top 50 comedy acts ever by his fellow artists in a recent 2005 poll.
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 Mike Myers Biography (Writer/Actor) — Infoplease.com
Myers is the gleeful creator and star of the spoofy-mod Austin Powers film series.
Mike Myers - Mike Myers actor, comedian Born: 5/25/1963 Birthplace: Scarborough, Canada Television and film...
Mike Myers (Galaxy of Superstars) by Lonnie Hull Dupont
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 Mike Myers Photos - Mike Myers News - Mike Myers Information
Mike Myers: Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.
Mike Myers: I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger.
Mike Myers: Canada is the essence of not being.
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 Mike Myers (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963 in Scarborough, Canada) is an Emmy-winning Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer.
Myers was a member of the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live television program from 1989 to 1995, where he performed characters like Dieter, Linda Richman, and Wayne Campbell from "Wayne's World".
Myers is a member of the band Ming Tea along with former Bangles guitarist and vocalist Susanna Hoffs.
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 Mike Myers
Mike made a character on the show named wayne Campbell which lead to his movie Wayne's World, and Wayne's World 2 which were the two of the first movies in his career with.
Mike plays a man who gets engaged to a nice lady except he thinks she is a murderer and acuses her but on there wedding night he finds out the truth that it is rose her dear friend who is doing this so they all make this into a comedy you cant refuse.
Myers is British and when he was younger he was convinced that he was related to the Beatles in which he truly was not even remotley near geing related to any one of the four Beatles, So to conclude I'll say that Mike is an interesting person.
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 Mike Myers - Northern Stars
Mike Myers was born on May 25, 1963.
Mike wrote his final exams, delivered his last essays, and then almost as a whim decides to attend an audition he'd heard about at the Second City theatre in Toronto.
Mike lent his voice to the animated feature Shrek which went on to be a huge box office success and set records in the aftermarket world of video and DVD sales and rentals.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mike Myers' multi-faceted rise
Hollywood actor Mike Myers' most famous role may be that of International Man of Mystery Austin Powers, but there is no secret to the reason for the actor's success.
Myers spent six seasons on the show, during which time he brought to life many of the characters he had been honing for years, including Wayne Campbell.
Myers was not happy with the script and put a hold on the film, rather than compromise his creative integrity.
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 Canada's Walk of Fame: Mike Myers, actor, comedian
Mike Myers, one of the most multifaceted performers of his generation, has brought an astonishing array of characters to life on both film and television.
Myers was nominated for an Emmy for "Best Performance in a Comedy or Variety Show" and won an Emmy for "Best Writing for a Comedy or Variety Show" for or his groundbreaking work on Saturday Night Live.
Myers is also scheduled to rejoin Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz in Shrek 2, slated for release in late 2004.
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 Mike Myers
Comedian, actor, and man about town Mike Myers was born in Scarborough, a section of Toronto, to English parents.
Myers left Second City to tour England with comedian Neil Mullarkey, as Mullarkey & Myers, but he soon returned to Second City in Toronto, where Martin Short spotted him, and recommended him to Michaels for Saturday Night Live.
Myers said he was right to walk away rather than "cheating moviegoers with an unacceptable script".
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 Mike Myers
Funnyman Mike Myers looks poised to make a comeback after his "Cat in the Hat"-inspired vacation, and one of his new projects will be a goofy comedy about a nutty self-help guru who deals with some difficult clientele.
Returning for a third go-round are Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy, and they'll be rejoined by sequel-pals Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Antonio Banderas.
Mike Myers says one thing, Michael York says another -- but one thing's certain: Key people ARE discussing a fourth "Powers" play, most likely to be released in tandem with the next 007 movie.
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 Mike Myers at artist-blitz
Michael Myers (born May 25, 1963 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer.
Both his parents are from Liverpool, England, and Myers carries a UK passport: he has stated that he considers himself to be British although he is also very vocal about being a proud Canadian.
Myers became well-known as a member of the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live television program from 1989 to 1995, where he performed characters like Dieter, Linda Richman, and Wayne Campbell from Wayne's World....
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 Mike Myers @ Filmbug
Mike took his final exams at nine o'clock in the morning, auditioned for Toronto's famed Second City comedy troupe at noon and was hired at three in the afternoon.
Among the characters that Myers made popular performing on SNL are Dieter, the host of the avant-garde German television show Sprockets; Linda Richman in Coffee Talk; Phillip the hyperactive/hypoglycemic six-year-old; Lothar of the Hill People; Simon, the boy in the bathtub; Ron Wood; and Mick Jagger.
In 1997 Myers created, wrote, produced and starred in the smash hit Austin Powers: International Man ofMystery, about a fashion photographer/swinger/spy who is cryogenically frozen in the '60s and is unthawed in the '90s in order to capture his nemesis, a diabolical Dr. Evil, also played by Myers.
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 Mike Myers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As a kid growing up in Scarborough, Myers used to watch Saturday Night Live and dream about being on the show even as he worked on his Wayne character to impress girls at parties.
As the story goes, she was hit by a puck and Myers came to console her and ended up falling in love.
In 2003, Myers was given a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and a Toronto street near the neighborhood where he grew up was named for him.
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 AbsoluteNow: Mike Myers photos - Actor MIKE MYERS and actress HEATHER GRAHAM at the Cannes Film Festival to promote ...
Mike Myers and wife Robyn arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
Mike Myers arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
Mike Myers with wife Robin Concert for New York Madison Square Garden NYC 10/20/01 © John Spellman © Retna Ltd.
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 Mike Myers Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The actor was ingratiating and funny, playing the dual role of a young, commitment-weary poet and his outrageously contrary Scottish Mad Hatter of a father.
Next Myers was off to Ireland to film "Pete's Meteor" (filmed in 1997) teaming up with his "So I Married an Axe Murderer" co-star Brenda Fricker in Joe O'Byrne's story of a Dublin family who enters into the spotlight after a meteor crashes into their backyard.
Myers' turn as a sharp-tongued flight attendent opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in the long-delayed, disappointing comedy "A View From the Top" finally saw the light of day in 2003; his amusing, self-conscious performance almost redeemed the film--but not quite.
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 Mike Myers Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As Austin Powers, Saturday Night Live comedian Mike Myers, with his legendary catch-phrases "Oh, beeeHAVE!" and "YEAH, baby!", his crushed velvet suits, hot-babe girlfriends and naughty, naughty knob-gags, has become one of the most recognisable entertainers on the planet.
Mike Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer.
Welcome to Mike Myers Website, and its dedicated to one of the most multifaceted performers of his generation, has brought an astonishing array of characters to life on both film and television.
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 cbs2.com - Mike Myers, Wife File For Divorce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Myers and Ruzan, a writer and actress, were married in May of 1993.
Myers starred in all three "Austin Powers" films, playing the title character and his nemesis, Doctor Evil.
Myers also voiced the giant green ogre in the "Shrek" films.
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 Mike Myers | news : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Mike Myers will star in ''Cat in the Hat'' -- The ''Austin Powers'' writer-creator lends his talents to the latest Dr. Seuss project, replacing Tim Allen, who left to film ''Santa Clause 2'' by William Keck
''Austin Powers'' star Mike Myers is now expected to headline the big-screen live-action version of ''Cat in the Hat.'' Producer Brian Grazer, who got into a rather public catfight with Myers after the actor abandoned the Grazer project ''Dieter,'' denies that Myers' participation is a make-good.
(Myer's rep could not be reached for comment.) Replacing Tim Allen -- who exited to work on ''Santa Clause 2'' -- Myers will undergo prosthetic transformations from makeup guru Rick Baker.
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 Mike Myers — FactMonster.com
Television and film actor and comedian best known for his role as Wayne Campbell, host of “Wayne's World”; on
Myers also has a hand in writing his films, which include
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 Cover Story: Mike Myers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
And judging by the buzz, Austin 3 is positioned to be a summertime event flick with the "legs" to jockey for top position with Spider-Man and Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones.
"The irony is Mike Myers is an employed actor (at all)," Myers said.
The song was a childhood touchstone for Myers, who recalled his late father waking him up to watch Peter Sellers movies and British spy films with him on TV.
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 MyMovies.net - The Best of the Big Screen
Mike Myers returns as International Man of Mystery Austin Powers for a third time.
Mike Myers stars as the title character in the big screen adaptation of the classic children's book by Dr. Seuss.
Austin Powers, the suave shag-monster spy and his gorgeous sidekick Vanessa Kensington in their hilarious battle of wits to save the world from his old arch-enemy, Dr. Evil.
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 Mike Myers
Perhaps this has a lot to do with the fact that the Scarborough, Ontario-born Myers, the son of British immigrants, actually believed he was related to the Beatles as a child...
This ability to immerse oneself in fantasy worlds certainly helps flesh out the personalities of his invented alter egos.
Mike Myers has enjoyed tremendous success with his Austin Powers series, which is currently in its third installment, with the amusingly titled "Goldmember".
www.canadians.ca /more/profiles/m/m_mike_myers.htm   (155 words)

  
 Mike Myers - AOL Music
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