Martin Short not only holds icon status, but also has a way to connect with every generation. And that’s evident with his role as Oliver Putnam, a lovable, whimsical and high-energy Broadway director, in Only Murders in the Building (currently filming its fifth season). While playing Oliver is second nature to him, he still finds ways to add new, quirky elements to his character’s personality. “Sometimes I’ll do a weird laugh and that becomes the new thing that you put in, or I had a cousin who always would finish sentences saying, ‘That’s true, yup,’ so I think, maybe I’ll have him do that,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter .

Martin Short not only holds icon status, but also has a way to connect with every generation. And that’s evident with his role as Oliver Putnam, a lovable, w

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