Actor
Mel Brooks
June 28, 1926 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable work
8The Simpsons (1989)
as Mel Brooks (voice)
7.5Toy Story 4 (2019)
as Melephant Brooks (voice)
6.8Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
as Vlad (voice)
6.5Robots (2005)
as Bigweld (voice)
6.8Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
as Vlad (voice)
6.9Spaceballs (1987)
as President Skroob / Yogurt and Director
7.9Young Frankenstein (1974)
as Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited) and Director
6.7Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
as Albert Einstein (voice)
6.6Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
as Rabbi Tuckman and Director
8.4Only Murders in the Building (2021)
as Mel Brooks
7.2Blazing Saddles (1974)
as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief and Director
7.2Ballerina (2016)
as Luteau (US version)
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