Mel Brooks
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1926-06-28 (age 99)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Melvin James Kaminsky · مل بروکس
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 Smart (1965–1970) on NBC television.
Brooks won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Producers (1967). He then rose to prominence by directing a string of successful comedy films such as The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), and High Anxiety (1977). Later, Brooks made History of the World, Part I (1981), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007 and earned Brooks three Tony Awards. The project was remade into a musical film in 2005. He wrote and produced the Hulu series History of the World, Part II (2023).
Brooks was married to actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until she died in 2005. Their son, Max Brooks, is an actor and author known for his novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006). In 2021, Mel Brooks published his memoir titled All About Me!. Three of his films are included on the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of the past 100 years (1900–2000), all of which were ranked in the top 15: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13.
Known For
TV Shows (45)
The Simpsons
1989
as Mel Brooks (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Tom (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Mel Brooks
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Mad About You
1992
as Uncle Phil
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Mel Brooks
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
as Santa Claus (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
History of the World: Part II
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The Electric Company
1971
as Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
Inside Comedy
2012
as Self
Legends
2006
as Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Primetime Glick
2001
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
as Wiley (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
Noel's House Party
1991
Somebody Feed Phil
2018
as Self
The David Susskind Show
1959
as Self
When Things Were Rotten
1975
as Guard (uncredited)
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
2008
as President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)
Flick Flack
1974
The Paul Reiser Show
2011
as The Angry Cat (voice)
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
as Self
Broadway: The American Musical
2004
as Self
Saturday Night Clive
1989
The Grammys
1959
as Self
Movies (102)
Toy Story 4
2019
as Melephant Brooks (voice)
Spaceballs
1987
as President Skroob / Yogurt
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
as Vlad (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
as Vlad (voice)
Robots
2005
as Bigweld (voice)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Shogun (voice)
Ballerina
2016
as Mustachioed Creep (voice) / Luteau (voice)
The Little Rascals
1994
as Mr. Welling
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Albert Einstein (voice)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
as Rabbi Tuckman
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles
1974
as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
The Producers
2005
as Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice)
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Professor Max Krassman
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Life Stinks
1991
as Goddard Bolt
The Producers
1968
as Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Director, Spaceballs
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
as Mr. Toilet Man (voice)
High Anxiety
1977
as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
The Land of Sometimes
2026
as The Postman (voice)
Spaceballs: The New One
2027
as President Skroob / Yogurt
Silent Movie
1976
as Mel Funn
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018
as Self
The Silence of the Hams
1994
as Checkout Guest (uncredited)
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as Joe Snow (voice)
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
as Self
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
as Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016
as Self
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
2017
as Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
as Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
Untitled Lani Pixels Project
as Gatekeeper (voice)
To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Dr. Frederick Bronski
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
as Lion victim (voice)
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997
as Self
The Twelve Chairs
1970
as Tikon
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self
The Automat
2021
as Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007
as Self (archive footage)
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993
as Self
Flower of the Dawn
2025
as Bürgermeister (voice)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self
Peeping Times
1978
as Adolf Hitler
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
as Baby Boy (voice)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self (archive)
Free to Be... a Family
1988
as Self
Screw Loose
1999
as Jake Gordon
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
as Himself
Back in the Saddle
2001
as Self
From Darkness to Light
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Producers'
2002
as Self
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
as Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009
as Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
as Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003
as Himself
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
2019
as Melephant Brooks (voice)
John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005
as Self
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009
as Self
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
as Self
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012
as Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
2011
as Self
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
1970
as Himself
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
as Self
Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures
2008
as President Skroob/Yogurt
Caesar's Writers
1996
as Self
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009
as Self
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
2001
as Self / Host
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
2012
as Self
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
2009
as Self
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
2023
as Self - Announcer (voice)
Enormous
as Bernie (voice)
Sex, Lies and Video Violence
2000
as Stressed old man
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
as Himself
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer
2017
as Himself
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
2015
as Self
The Critic
1963
as Narrator (voice)
David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
2021
as Mel Brooks
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
2001
as Self
The 2000 Year Old Man
1975
as 2000 Year Old Man (voice)
Mickey's Audition
1992
as Movie Director
Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
2005
as Self
Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?
2003
as Self
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Sunset People
1984
as Self
It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.
2016
as Himself
Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, Almost
2024
as Self
Spaceballs: The Documentary
2005
as Self
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
2012
as Self
Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show
2010
as Sally Simon Simmons Narrator
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006
as Self
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
as Self
About Mel Brooks
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… With 147 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Mel Brooks has appeared in 102 films and 45 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mel Brooks Movies
- Toy Story 4 (2019) — as Melephant Brooks (voice)
- Spaceballs (1987) — as President Skroob / Yogurt
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) — as Vlad (voice)
- Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) — as Vlad (voice)
- Robots (2005) — as Bigweld (voice)
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