From ages 10 to 15, he sold guidebooks at Disneyland
At 15, he was promoted to the Merlin Magic Shop, where he worked for three years
Wrote and starred in the 1977 short film The Absent-Minded Waiter, which was nominated for an Academy Award
Made his New York theater debut opposite Robin Williams in a 1988 revival of Waiting for Godot, directed by Mike Nichols
An accomplished banjo player who played on Earl Scruggs' Grammy-winning "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," which won for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2001
A trustee of the Los Angeles Museum of Art and an avid collector who owns works by Picasso and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others
In the '00s, multiple tabloids linked him with actress Kristin Davis
It turned out that he was dating New Yorker staffer Anne Stringfield, who happened to resemble the Sex and the City star
Received the eighth annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005
In 2007, he received a Kennedy Center Honor
Published his autobiography, Born Standing Up, in 2007
Released a bluegrass album, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo (2009), which earned him a Grammy Award
Co-hosted the 82nd Academy Awards with Alec Baldwin
Awards
2010Emmy-Outstanding Special Class Program:nominated
2010Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special:nominated
2009Emmy-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:nominated
2001Emmy-Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program:nominated
1996Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:nominated
1990Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:nominated
1988Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:nominated
1986Los Angeles Film Critics Association-Best Actor:winner
1985Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:nominated
1984New York Film Critics Circle-Best Actor:winner
1982Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:nominated
1976Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Comedy-Variety or Music Special:nominated
1972Emmy-Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music:nominated
1969Emmy-Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety:winner