1948-09-24 ( 76 years old ) in Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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 Phil's busy work schedule and Brynn's drug and alcohol abuse. In 1998, while Phil was sleeping in his bed, Brynn 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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Movies
The Last Days of Phil Hartman
2019-09-19
The Women of SNL
2010-11-01
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006-10-10
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003-10-31
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2002-10-28
The Continental: Anticipation
2001-05-19
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999-10-13
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999-03-08
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
1998-10-13
Small Soldiers
1998-07-10
The Second Civil War
1997-12-04
Jingle All the Way
1996-11-21
Sgt. Bilko
1996-03-29
Stuart Saves His Family
1995-04-12
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995-04-01
Houseguest
1995-01-06
The Crazysitter
1994-12-31
The Pagemaster
1994-11-23
Greedy
1994-03-04
The Twelve Days of Christmas
1993-12-03
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993-07-30
Coneheads
1993-07-23
Daybreak
1993-05-08
CB4
1993-03-12
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993-02-04
One Special Victory
1991-12-08
Quick Change
1990-07-13
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989-09-24
How I Got Into College
1989-05-19
Fletch Lives
1989-03-17
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
The Brave Little Toaster
1987-07-09
Spaceballs
1987-06-24
Blind Date
1987-03-27
¡Three Amigos!
1986-12-12
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986-10-09
Ruthless People
1986-06-26
Last Resort
1986-03-31
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985-07-26
Cheeseball Presents
1984-03-01
Weekend Pass
1984-02-03
The Facts
1982-06-01
Pandemonium
1982-04-01
The Pee-wee Herman Show
1981-09-11
Skateboard Madness
1980-09-15
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980-07-18
The Gong Show Movie
1980-05-23
Stunt Rock
1978-06-30
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