Norman Gene Macdonald (born October 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is known for his biting sarcasm, quick wit, distinct muttering and slurred delivery which became well known during his three years anchoring Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update.
He performed as a stand up comedian in comedy clubs across Canada before moving to Los Angeles, California. In Los Angeles, he wrote for the popular sitcom Roseanne and performed on shows including The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. Comedy Central named him #83 on the five part mini-series 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
Norm Macdonald is the member for the riding of Columbia River-Revelstoke in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He was elected in the 2005 as a member of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia.
Mr. Macdonald is the Opposition Critic for Tourism, Sport, and the Arts.
Prior to running for office, he was principal of Nicholson Elementary School in Golden and has more than 20 years teaching experience. Mr. Macdonald was also previously a city councillor and mayor of Golden.
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 "Dennis Miller Show, The" (1992) 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" (1975). 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 (1998), 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 (2000), opposite Dave Chappelle.
