Complex sentence: In 2011, Short joined the cast of "How I Met Your Mother" for its seventh season, playing Marshall Eriksen's manic boss and was a judge on the first and only season of "Canada's Got Talent" (2012).
Split into simpler sentences: In 2011, Short joined the cast of "How I Met Your Mother" for its seventh season, playing Marshall Eriksen's manic boss. He was a judge on the first and only season of "Canada's Got Talent" (2012).