Age: 42
Born: May 25, 1963
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Do You Know This???
One of Mike's first television appearances came at age 11 in a commercial with the late Gilda Radner.
Mike is married to Robin Ruzan. They met at a hockey game after she was hit with a puck.
Mike started his career on Saturday Night Live in 1988. He was with the show for six seasons.
His production company, Eric's Boy, is named after his father who died in 1991 of Alzheimer's.
His SNL character Linda Richman is based on his mother-in-law.
He loves hockey, especially the Toronto Maple Leafs. He named his three dogs after hockey players too.
MIke was sued in 2000 by Universal Pictures after supposedly backing out of his contract to play Dieter in a feature film version of SNL.He refused to honor the $20 million contract because the script was unacceptable.
Movie Highlights
Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
Mike wrote the entire script to the original Austin Powers in three weeks.