Mike Myers Biography

Fast Facts

• Appeared in commercials as a child; played Gilda Radner's son in a British Columbia Hydroelectric ad at age 10
• In the eighth grade, wrote an essay about Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels
• Joined the Second City comedy troupe right after high school
• Named and modeled his Saturday Night Live "Coffee Talk" character Linda Richman after his then mother-in-law
• Was inspired to create Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery after hearing Burt Bacharach's "The Look of Love" on the radio
• Wrote the script in three weeks
• Originally voiced Shrek with a Canadian accent before trying a Scottish brogue that "just felt right
• " Awarded a star on the Canadian Walk of Fame; and has a street named after him (Mike Myers Drive) in Scarborough, Ontario