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My Take
Mike Myers fascinates me as a writer who happens to be his own perfect instrument. Every character he is famous for began on the page, in his head, before he disappeared into it with prosthetics and accents. Winning MTV's Best Villain award twice says something delightful: audiences loved his bad guys more than most actors' heroes. I respect the Scarborough kid who carried Canadian comedy sensibilities into global blockbusters and was honored back home with the Order of Canada. Comedy ages badly as a rule; the fact that his catchphrases still circulate decades later is the rarest kind of victory, and proof his writing was always the real engine.
Overview
Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian-American 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mike Myers
- Name (Japanese)
- マイク・マイヤーズ
- Reading
- まいく・まいやーず
- Born
- May 25, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
- Origin
- Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film producer / television actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- 2003 Canada's Walk of Fame
- 1998 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
- 2000 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male – Film
- Canadian Comedy Award for Best Writing in a Feature
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.