Mel Brooks
Known for
Acting
Born
June 28, 1926 (age 100)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Best known work
The Simpsons
1989
Toy Story 4
2019
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Robots
2005
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Get Smart
2008
Spaceballs
1987
Young Frankenstein
1974
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993Filmography
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Untitled Lani Pixels Projectas Gatekeeper (voice)
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Enormousas Bernie (voice)
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Untitled Get Smart RebootCharacters
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2027
Spaceballs: The New Oneas President Skroob / Yogurt, Producer, Original Film Writer
2026
Addicted to Itas Phoney Bunny
2026
The Land of Sometimesas The Postman (voice)
2026
2025
2025
Flower of the Dawnas Bürgermeister (voice)
2025
John Candy: I Like Meas Self - Director, Spaceballs
2025
2025
From Darkness to Lightas Self (archive footage)
2024
2024
Remembering Gene Wilderas Self
2023
2023
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Loveas Self - Announcer (voice)
2023
History of the World: Part IITVas Narrator (voice) (8 episodes), Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hankas Shogun (voice), Executive Producer, Original Film Writer
2021
The Automatas Self, Songs
2021
2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?as Melephant Brooks (voice)