Mel Brooks
Acting
Born: Jun 28, 1926
From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 21 entertainers to win the EGOT (which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony). He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2024. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows(1950–1954). There, he worked with Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, and Carl Reiner. With Reiner, he co-created the comedy sketch The 2000 Year Old Man. He released several comedy albums, starting with 2000 Year Old Man in 1960. Brooks received five nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, finally winning in 1999. With Buck Henry, he created the hit satirical spy comedy series Get …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love | Self - Announcer (voice) | 2023 | 5.9 |
| Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 2013 | 7.0 |
| Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man | Self | 2012 | — |
| Mel Brooks Strikes Back! | Self | 2012 | 6.5 |
| Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World | Self | 2009 | — |
| Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition | Self | 2009 | — |
| Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie' | Self | 2009 | — |
| Hitler: The Comedy Years | Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' … | 2007 | 5.0 |
| Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s | Self (archive footage) | 2007 | — |
| Robots | Bigweld (voice) | 2005 | 6.484 |
| Sex, Lies and Video Violence | Stressed old man | 2000 | 5.273 |
| Screw Loose | Jake Gordon | 1999 | 4.06 |
| Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch | Self | 1997 | 7.208 |
| Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Prof. Abraham Van Helsing | 1995 | 6.065 |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | 1994 | 8.8 |
| The Silence of the Hams | Checkout Guest (uncredited) | 1994 | 4.884 |
| The Little Rascals | Mr. Welling | 1994 | 6.806 |
| Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Rabbi Tuckman | 1993 | 6.589 |
| Life Stinks | Goddard Bolt | 1991 | 5.66 |
| Free to Be... a Family | Self | 1988 | 8.75 |
| Spaceballs | President Skroob / Yogurt | 1987 | 6.864 |
| To Be or Not to Be | Dr. Frederick Bronski | 1983 | 6.715 |
| History of the World: Part I | Moses / Comicus / Torquemada … | 1981 | 6.8 |
| The Muppet Movie | Professor Max Krassman | 1979 | 7.211 |
| High Anxiety | Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke | 1977 | 6.441 |
| Silent Movie | Mel Funn | 1976 | 6.526 |
| Blazing Saddles | Governor William J. Le Petomane … | 1974 | 7.24 |
| Free to Be… You and Me | Baby Boy (voice) | 1974 | 6.85 |
| The Twelve Chairs | Tikon | 1970 | 6.327 |
| The Critic | Narrator (voice) | 1963 | 6.59 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1926 |
| From | Brooklyn, New York … |