Mike Myers Facts

Interesting Facts



Date of Birth: May 25th, 1963
Place of Birth: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height: 5'7
Eye/Hair Colour: Brown
Status: Currently Divorced, was married to Actress Robin Ruzan for 12 years. Divorced Dec. 23rd, 2005.

★ Frequently appears wearing his underpants in films
★ Frequently plays multiple characters
★ Is known for not liking to be touched, a trait that causes problems when hugging and kissing scenes have to be filmed.
★ Collects model soldiers, because he finds the building and painting of the soldiers to be relaxing.
★ Graduated High School in 1982 and was immediately accepted into Toronto's Second City Comedy ensmble.
★ As a teenager, he would act out his Wayne character to girls at parties.
★ Has 3 dogs named after hockey players.
★ Used to take dancing lessons in Toronto
★ His character Linda Richman on SNL, is based on his mother-in-Law
★ Appeared with Barbra Streisand in her New Year's Eve Concert (1993) as Linda Richman, his SNL character.
★ Appeared with Gilda Radner, in a tv commercial when he was nine, he cried on the last day of the shooting and ever since then his brothers called him "Sucky Baby".
★ Portrayed Austin Powers in Madonna's music video for "Beautiful Stranger".
★ Carries a British Passport. He has said in many interviews that he regards himself as British.
★ June 2000: being sued by Universal Pictures for $3.8 million for backing out of his contract to play Dieter in a feature film version of his "Saturday Night Live" Skit, "Sprockets". Myers was quoted to say he would refuse to honor the 20 million dollar contract rather than "Cheating moviegoers with an unacceptable Script"
★ Toronto Maple Leaf fan. (Go Leafs! whoo hoo!)
★ His mother studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before moving to Canada and raising a family.
★ His production company, Eric's Boy, is named after his father, Eric, an encyclopaedia salesman, who died on 22 November 1991 of Alzheimer's.
★ Youngest of 3 sons.
★ (7 March 2002): Set to play the stovetop hat-wearing title character in "The Cat in the Hat", a live-action version of the Dr. Seuss classic for Ron Howards's Imagine Entertainment. The picture will import characters from the original story, as well as new characters, as two kids invite the cat into their house while their mother is out, only to watch him trash the place with his games.
★ His parents, Eric and Alice, were British citizens, which is why Myers carries a British passport.
★ Supports Liverpool Football Club - his parents were from Liverpool, UK.
★ Has said his favorite character to play in the Austin Powers movies is Dr. Evil. His least favorite to play is Fat Bastard.
★ In an interview with James Lipton of the Actors Studio, Mike Myers stated that he met his wife in a bar after attending a hockey game where he caught a puck. Later in their relationship, they attended a hockey game and she caught a puck.
★ He owns the last letter ever written by Beatles singer George Harrison, given to Myers after Harrison's death and while "Goldmember" was in production. The letter compliments Myers on the Austin Powers movies and asks him for a Mini-Me doll.
★ Mike's favourite sports team are the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), and in his new Movie Austin Powers 3: Goldmember, we see that Mini Me is sporting a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey in the prison scene.

Facts courtesy of The Internet Movie Database. Used with permission.