Norm MacDonald was born on October 17, 1963, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He began his career in stand up comedy. MacDonald's first job was writing for The Dennis Miller Show and then Roseanne. While writing for Roseanne, he was noticed by Lorne Michaels, who liked Norm's stand up, and gave him his job on Saturday Night Live. MacDonald became widely popular when he became the Weekend Update anchor with his trademark line `Now the fake news'. He lasted from September 24, 1994 to December 13, 1997, when he was fired by Don Ohlmeyer, president of NBC on the west coast. Norm's last weekend update was December 13, 1997, and he left the show in March 1998. His movie, Dirty Work, which he began working on in the summer of '97, came out 2 months later. In March 1999, his show, called The Norm show, came out on ABC and had a 3 season run. During the time, he starred in the movie Screwed, opposite Dave Chappelle.


Celebrity impersonations include Burt Reynolds, Bob Dole, Quentin Tarantino, David Letterman, and Larry King. NBC received two complaints after he used a curse word live on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). Middle child of three boys; younger brother Leslie and older brother Neil. Neil is a broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. He won $500,000 for his charity on the celebrity edition of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999/I). He guessed the right answer to the million dollar question but was talked out of answering in case he got it wrong. Dropped out of high school when he was 15. Although he is not a U.S. citizen, he has publicly stated his support for Republican politicians George W. Bush and John McCain and has said that he considers Ronald Reagan to be the best President in U.S. history. Attended Dollard-des-Ormeaux School on the Valcartier Military Base near Shannon, Quebec, Canada. Is good friends with Adam Sandler.