Phil Hartman
Acting
Born 1948-09-24
Died 1998-05-28
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
89 credits
Primetime Emmy Awards 1
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Canada's Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 1989 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Won
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- 2014 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
Canada's Walk of Fame 1 won
- 2012 Canada's Walk of Fame Won
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Philip Edward Hartman (né Hartmann; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.
In 1986, Hartman joined the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) as a cast member, and stayed for eight seasons until 1994. Nicknamed "Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989. He also starred as Bill McNeal in the sitcom NewsRadio, voiced Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure on The Simpsons, and appeared in supporting roles in the films Houseguest, Sgt. Bilko, Jingle All the Way, and Small Soldiers.
After two divorces, Hartman married Brynn Omdahl in 1987, with whom he had two children. However, their marriage was troubled due to his busy work schedule and her drug and alcohol abuse. In 1998, while Hartman was sleeping in his bed, Omdahl shot and killed him, and later killed herself. In the weeks following his murder, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes. Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Hartman was "the last person you'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in your morning paper... a decidedly regular guy, beloved by everyone he worked with". He was posthumously inducted into the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame in 2012 and 2014.
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Filmography
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Acting
53 credits
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
Seinfeld
Magnum, P.I.
Animaniacs
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
The Larry Sanders Show
DuckTales
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Jetsons
Late Night with David Letterman
The Ren & Stimpy Show
TaleSpin
NewsRadio
Tiny Toon Adventures
Eek! The Cat
The John Larroquette Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Spaceballs
The Critic
Small Soldiers
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Jingle All the Way
¡Three Amigos!
Dennis the Menace
The Pagemaster
Coneheads
Gravedale High
Blind Date
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Quick Change
The Brave Little Toaster
Sgt. Bilko
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Ruthless People
Greedy
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Amazon Women on the Moon
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
Fletch Lives
The Border
Fish Police
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
CB4
Houseguest
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
The Women of SNL
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Daybreak
How I Got Into College
Other credits
7 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Darkwing Duck
Bobby's World
Challenge of the GoBots
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
The Six O'Clock Follies
Writing
2 credits
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