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Norman Gene MacDonald started out in show-biz as a stand up comedian, performing in small comedy clubs across Canada. Eventually he was booked by bigger and bigger clubs and eventually moved to Los Angeles. He became a writer and joined the cast of Saturday Night Live where he made his mark doing impressions of Larry King, Burt Reynolds, David Letterman, Bob Dole and others. His most notable position on SNL was his three-year stint as anchor of the news-spoof segment, Weekend Update. He was the host for the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards. Since 2010 he has shown up as Rusty Heck in 1 episode of The Middle every year including 2017. Norm Macdonald was 61 when he died after a long and private battle with cancer. He had reportedly been sick with an undisclosed form of cancer for nine years but declined to make his illness public.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Billy Madison (1995)
The People vs Larry Flint (1996)
Doctor Dolittle (voice, 1998)
Dirty Work (1998)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Screwed (2000)
The Animal (2001)
Dr. Doolittle 2 (voice, 2001)
Back to Norm (TV-2005)
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)
Dr. Dolittle 3 (voice, VR-2006)
Farce of the Penguins (voice, 2006)
Christmas is Here Again (voice, 2007)
Senior Skip Day (2008)
Dr. Doolittle: Tail to the Chief (VR-2008)
The Flight Before Christmas (voice, 2008)
Hollywood & Wine (2009)
Jack and Jill (2011)
Outback (voice, 2012)
Vampire Dog (voice, 2012)
Norm Macdonald’s Inspiring Commencement Speech (2014, short)
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
Treasure Hounds (voice, VR-2017)
The Ladybug (voice, 2018)
Klaus (voice, 2019)
Back Home Again (voice, 2021)
TV Series – Cast:
Saturday Night Live (1993-1998)
The Norm Show (1999-2001)
A Minute with Stan Hooper (2003)
Mike Tyson Mysteries (voice, 2014-2020)
Sunnyside (2015)
Skylanders Academy (voice, 2016-2018)
TV Series – Guest Appearances:
Family Guy (voice, 2000, 2017)
Oliver Beene (2004)
The Fairly Odd Parents (2005, 2006)
My Name is Earl (2007, 2009)
Sam’s Game (2009)
The Middle (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Real Rob (2015)
Girl Boss (2017)
The Orville (voice, 2017, 2018, 2019)
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