| Martin Short | ||
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| Character Sebastian Ballentine | ||
| Date of birth March 26, 1950 | ||
| Place of birth Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||
| IMDb profile |
Martin Short is an actor who played Sebastian Ballentine in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 6 episode "Pure".
Short is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He won an Emmy Award with his fellow writers in the category Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program for their work on SCTV. He starred in such films as Three Amigos (with Chevy Chase), Innerspace, the Father of the Bride film series (with George Newbern and B.D. Wong), Captain Ron (with Mary Kay Place), Clifford (with Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, and Dabney Coleman), Treasure Planet (with Roscoe Lee Browne and Brian Murray), Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (with Janeane Garofalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Chloë Sevigny, and Sharon Stone), The Santa Clause film series (with Elizabeth Mitchell, Ann-Margret, Abigail Breslin, Kevin Pollak, and Jay Thomas), and Frankenweenie (with Charlie Tahan). Short also starred on the TV shows Primetime Glick (with Michael McKean), Mulaney (with Elliott Gould) and Only Murders in the Building (with Amy Ryan). He also served as the host of the variety show Maya & Marty and the 2025 iteration of The Match Game (succeeding the previous host of the 2016 iteration, Alec Baldwin).