Encouraged when the film hit big, he wrote the sequel, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).
He wrote, co-produced and starred in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). Myers credits his British roots (his parents emigrated to Canada from Liverpool) and his father's love of Pink Panther movies with influencing the creation of his swinging '60s spy character Austin Powers. The quickly made sequel, Wayne's World 2 (1993), disappointed, as did his next film, So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), although it later gained cult status in home rentals. Wayne's World (1992) earned $121 million at the box office. As Myers's popularity grew, he became a regular cast member he remained active on the show until 1995.Īmong the characters Myers popularized on SNL was Wayne Campbell, a teenage cable-access host living in his parents' basement. He made his way to New York in 1989, accepting a guest-spot invitation from fellow Canadian Lorne Michaels, producer of SNL. In 1985, Myers was a founding member of the Comedy Store Players in London, England, before returning to North America, where he worked with the Chicago Second City troupe. Upon graduating from high school he was immediately accepted into Toronto's Second City Comedy troupe, a training ground for Canadian comedians like John Candy, Martin Short and Dan Aykroyd.
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Myers attended school in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto, and began acting in TV commercials when he was eight. His Austin Powers spy-spoof movies made him a comedic superstar, unleashing popular phrases like "Yeah, baby" and "Oh, behave." A staunchly outspoken and proud Canadian, Mike Myers created original characters on television's Saturday Night Live ( SNL) that propelled him to national fame. Mike Myers, comedian, actor, writer, producer, musician (b at Scarborough, Ont ).
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