Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished.
The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.
The violence or the vaudeville style of comedy is a technique all by itself. You get up there, and you are a comedian, and you're doing one thing. That is, you're going to make the audience laugh.
Doing nothing is very hard to do . . . you never know when you're finished.
The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other four-letter words were used up.
Nephew of the late actor Jean Hersholt.
Born at 5:00 am MST.
Brother was a high-ranking Canadian politician. Eric Nielsen was the Government Leader of the Yukon Territory before becoming a Member of Parliment and the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.
His grandfather on father's side was Danish.
While in Winnipeg, Canada, to promote their movie Men with Brooms (2002), he and co-star Paul Gross received Honorary Citizenships from Winnipeg Mayor Glen Murray at the Granite Curling Club.
Naturalized U.S. citizen.
Attended Victoria Composite High School in Edmonton, Alberta.
He has a half brother named Gilbert Nielsen who lives in Hobbs, New Mexico.
Was made an "Honorary West Virginian and Ambassador of Mountain State Goodwill" on February 20, 2002, by then-Secretary of State of Virginia Joe Manchin, now the Governor (elected 2004).
In the Fall of 2003, the Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada opened the Leslie Nielsen School of Communications, with the actor on hand for the ceremony.
He was awarded an O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on October 10, 2002 for his services to entertainment.
Has two daughters: Maura Nielsen Kaplan and Thea Nielsen Disney.
At age 17 1/2 enlisted in the Royal Canadian AirForce and trained as a serial gunner.
Tested for the role of "Messala" in Ben-Hur (1959).
Film critic Roger Ebert once called him "the Laurence Olivier of spoofs".
Was considered for the role of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
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