Norman Gene "Norm" Macdonald (born October 17, 1963) is a Canadian comedian, actor and professional poker player. He is known for his three years anchoring Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update.

He performs as a stand up comedian in comedy clubs across Canada, the United States, and Australia. 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.

Early life

Macdonald attended grade school in the early 1970s, at Alexander Wolff School, on Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, outside Quebec City, where his parents taught. MacDonald has said that he was a student in his father's class, and that he had to call him "Mr. MacDonald" while in class. His father was his home room teacher for 2 years (Grade 6 & Grade 7) at Alexander Wolff School in the early 70's and his mother Fern was also a teacher in the same school on CFB Valcartier outside Quebec City. After completing Grade 7 at AWS he continued his education at Quebec High School in Quebec City.