Phil Hartman

Born

September 24, 1948

Died

May 28, 1998 (49 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

IMDb

Philip Edward Hartman (né Hartmann) 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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Known For

8.0

The Simpsons

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Self · (4 episodes)

8.0

2025

The Last Days of Phil Hartman

Self (archive footage)

7.0

2019

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

9.0

2015

The Women of SNL

Various (archive footage)

6.0

2010

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1

Self

0.0

2006

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

Bill Clinton (voice)

0.0

2003

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.6

2003

The Continental: Anticipation

The Continental Announcer (voice)

10.0

2001

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey

6.5

1999

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

7.1

1999

Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night

Chauncey (voice)

5.5

1998

Small Soldiers

Phil Fimple

6.5

1998

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

Self / Various Characters

7.7

1998

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

Self

4.5

1998

The Second Civil War

The President

6.1

1997

The Second Civil War

The President · (1 episode)

6.0

1997

Jingle All the Way

Ted Maltin

6.1

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Self · (1 episode)

3.5

1996

Sgt. Bilko

MAJ Colin Thorn

5.8

1996

3rd Rock from the Sun

Phillip · (1 episode)

7.5

1996

3rd Rock from the Sun

Randy · (1 episode)

7.5

1996

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick

(1 episode)

7.0

1995

The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show

Various

8.0

1995

Stuart Saves His Family

Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

5.2

1995

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

9.0

1995

NewsRadio

Bill McNeal · (75 episodes)

7.3

1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Game Show Host (voice) · (1 episode)

6.0

1995

Houseguest

Gary Young

5.5

1995

The Crazysitter

The Salesman

4.9

1994

The Pagemaster

Tom Morgan (voice)

6.4

1994

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

Self - Host

8.1

1994

Greedy

Frank

6.2

1994

The Critic

Adolph Hitmaker / Bernie Wasserman / Professor Blowhard (voice) · (1 episode)

7.3

1994

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Hollyberry

6.2

1993

Animaniacs

Dan Anchorman (voice) · (1 episode)

8.0

1993

The John Larroquette Show

Otto Friedling · (1 episode)

6.7

1993

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Park Ranger - Vickie

6.1

1993

Coneheads

Marlax

5.4

1993

Daybreak

Man in Abstinence Commercial

5.1

1993

CB4

Virgil Robinson

6.0

1993

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Comic Cop

6.0

1993

Eek! The Cat

Psycho Bunny (voice) · (1 episode)

6.8

1992

The Larry Sanders Show

Phil Hartman · (1 episode)

7.7

1992

One Special Victory

Mike Rutten

0.0

1991

Darkwing Duck

(1 episode)

7.3

1991

The Ren & Stimpy Show

(3 episodes)

7.6

1991

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures

(1 episode)

6.6

1990

Tiny Toon Adventures

Octavius (voice) · (1 episode)

7.8

1990

TaleSpin

Ace London (voice) · (1 episode)

7.3

1990

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

Calaboose Cal (voice) · (195 episodes)

6.3

1990

Bobby's World

(1 episode)

6.9

1990

Gravedale High

Billy Headstone (voice) · (1 episode)

6.0

1990

Quick Change

Hal Edison

Troy McClure / Additional Voices (voice) · (1 episode)

8.0

1989

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Self

7.5

1989

Seinfeld

Man on Phone (voice) (uncredited) · (1 episode)

8.3

1989

How I Got Into College

Bennedict, SAT Coach

5.9

1989

Fletch Lives

Bly Manager

6.0

1989

Amazon Women on the Moon

Baseball Announcer (segment "Murray in Videoland")

5.9

1987

DuckTales

Captain Frye (voice) · (1 episode)

7.6

1987

The Brave Little Toaster

Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp (voice)

6.9

1987

Spaceballs

Dink (voice) (uncredited)

6.8

1987

Blind Date

Ted Davis

6.0

1987

¡Three Amigos!

Sam

6.3

1986

Jumpin' Jack Flash

Fred

6.1

1986

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Captain Carl · (13 episodes)

7.3

1986

Ruthless People

Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

6.6

1986

Last Resort

Jean-Michel

3.2

1986

Dennis the Menace

George Wilson · (78 episodes)

6.6

1985

Our Time

(7 episodes)

0.0

1985

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Reporter

6.5

1985

Challenge of the GoBots

(5 episodes)

6.2

1984

Cheeseball Presents

Various Characters

3.3

1984

Weekend Pass

Joe Chicago

2.4

1984

Chick Hazard Private Eye (Groundling)

6.0

1980

The Gong Show Movie

Man at Airport with Gun

3.7

1980

The Six O'Clock Follies

(6 episodes)

0.0

1980

Stunt Rock

Monique's Assistant

5.3

1978

Saturday Night Live

Self - Various Characters · (153 episodes)

7.0

1975

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host · (2 episodes)

7.0

1975

Saturday Night Live

Self / Various (archive footage) · (1 episode)

7.0

1975

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

(1 episode)

7.5

1962

The Jetsons

School Patrol Robots / Executive Vice President (voice) · (1 episode)

7.3

1962