Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Acting

Born June 28, 1926 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

17 films as director · Active 1963–2023

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…

Known for

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Great Performances

Directed(17)

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995Dracula: Dead and Loving It★ 6.1

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993Robin Hood: Men in Tights★ 6.6

Life Stinks

1991Life Stinks★ 5.7

Spaceballs

1987Spaceballs★ 6.9

History of the World: Part I

1981History of the World: Part I★ 6.8

High Anxiety

1977High Anxiety★ 6.4

Silent Movie

1976Silent Movie★ 6.5

Young Frankenstein

1974Young Frankenstein★ 7.9

Blazing Saddles

1974Blazing Saddles★ 7.2

The Twelve Chairs

1970The Twelve Chairs★ 6.3

The Producers

1968The Producers★ 7.1

The Critic

1963The Critic★ 6.6

Acting(151)

2027Spaceballs: The New OnePresident Skroob / Yogurt

2026The Land of SometimesThe Postman (voice)

2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self

Great Performances

1971

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

2002

2025The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

2025Flower of the DawnBürgermeister (voice)

2025John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Director, Spaceballs

2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of WordsSelf

2025From Darkness to LightSelf (archive footage)

2024Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, AlmostSelf

2024Remembering Gene WilderSelf

2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of MagicSelf

2023Sarah Silverman: Someone You LoveSelf - Announcer (voice)

2023History of the World: Part IINarrator (voice)

2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankShogun (voice)

2021The AutomatSelf

2021Only Murders in the BuildingMel Brooks

2021David Lynch: The Idea Dictates EverythingMel Brooks

2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?Melephant Brooks (voice)

2019Forky Asks a QuestionMelephant Brooks (voice)

2019Toy Story 4Melephant Brooks (voice)

2018The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf

2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer VacationVlad (voice)

2018Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr StorySelf

2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf

2018Somebody Feed PhilSelf

2017Laddie: The Man Behind the MoviesSelf

2017Mel Brooks: The Genius EntertainerHimself

2017If You're Not in the Obit, Eat BreakfastSelf

2017Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love StorySelf

2016BallerinaLuteau (US version)

2016To Tell the TruthSelf - Panelist

2016It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.Himself

2016The Last LaughSelf

2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of YouSelf

2015Hotel Transylvania 2Vlad (voice)

2015Mel Brooks: Live at the GeffenSelf

2014Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild WestSelf (archive footage)

2014Mr. Peabody & ShermanAlbert Einstein (voice)

2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf

2013Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicSelf

2012Mel Brooks Strikes Back!Self

2012In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsSelf

2012Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSelf

2012Excavating the 2000 Year Old ManSelf

2012Inside ComedySelf

2011Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together AgainSelf

2011The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns ProphetSelf (archive footage)

2011The Paul Reiser ShowThe Angry Cat (voice)

2010Ruby's Studio: the Feelings ShowSally Simon Simmons Narrator

2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldSelf

2009Musical Mel: Inventing The InquisitionSelf

2009Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'Self

2009Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of SuspenseSelf

2009A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of ThrillersSelf

2009Glenn Martin, DDS

2009Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000sSelf (archive)

2008Spaceballs: The Animated SeriesPresident Skroob / Yogurt (voice)

2008Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated AdventuresPresident Skroob/Yogurt

2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsSinger in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70sSelf (archive footage)

2006LegendsMel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006The Dick Cavett Show with Mel BrooksSelf

2005The ProducersHilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice)

2005Spaceballs: The DocumentarySelf

2005Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas MeehanSelf

2005John Candy: Comic SpiritSelf

2005RobotsBigweld (voice)

2004Broadway: The American MusicalSelf

2003Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley WinksWiley (voice)

2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf

2003Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?Self

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest

2003Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid CaesarHimself

2002The Making of 'The Producers'Self

2002It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas MovieJoe Snow (voice)

2002The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusSanta Claus (voice)

2001The Terrible Elephant Man RevealedSelf

2001Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel BrooksSelf / Host

2001Primetime Glick

2001Back in the SaddleSelf

2000Curb Your EnthusiasmMel Brooks

2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomHimself

2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyHimself

2000Sex, Lies and Video ViolenceStressed old man

1999Screw LooseJake Gordon

1998Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the CenturySelf (archive footage)

1997Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David LynchSelf

1996Caesar's WritersSelf

1995Dracula: Dead and Loving ItProf. Abraham Van Helsing

1995The Frank Skinner ShowSelf

1994It's Alive: The True Story of FrankensteinSelf

1994The Little RascalsMr. Welling

1994The Silence of the HamsCheckout Guest (uncredited)

1993RTL Samstag Nacht

1993Live & KickingSelf

1993FrasierTom (voice)

1993Robin Hood: Men in TightsRabbi Tuckman

1993'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It ComingSelf

1992Mickey's AuditionMovie Director

1992Mad About YouUncle Phil

1991Noel's House Party

1991Life StinksGoddard Bolt

1990Look Who's Talking TooMr. Toilet Man (voice)

1989The SimpsonsMel Brooks (voice)

1989Saturday Night Clive

1988Free to Be... a FamilySelf

1987SpaceballsPresident Skroob / Yogurt

1984Sunset PeopleSelf

1984An Audience with Mel BrooksSelf

1983To Be or Not to BeDr. Frederick Bronski

1982Champs-ElyséesSelf

1981History of the World: Part IMoses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI

1979The Muppet MovieProfessor Max Krassman

1979The Muppets Go HollywoodSelf

1978Mickey's 50Self

1978Peeping TimesAdolf Hitler

1978An Audience with...Self

1978Ciné regardsSelf

1977High AnxietyDr. Richard H. Thorndyke

1977Please Turn the PageSelf

1976Silent MovieMel Funn

1975The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherLion victim (voice)

1975When Things Were RottenGuard (uncredited)

1975The 2000 Year Old Man2000 Year Old Man (voice)

1974Young FrankensteinWerewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)

1974Free to Be… You and MeBaby Boy (voice)

1974Blazing SaddlesGovernor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

1974Flick Flack

1971Film '72Self

1971The Electric CompanyBlond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)

1971Great PerformancesSelf

1970The Twelve ChairsTikon

1970Annie: The Women in the Life of a ManHimself

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1968The ProducersSinger in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)

1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)

1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf

1963The CriticNarrator (voice)

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1959The GrammysSelf

1959The David Susskind ShowSelf

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner

1954The Wonderful World of DisneySelf

1953The OscarsSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

Untitled Lani Pixels ProjectGatekeeper (voice)

EnormousBernie (voice)

Untitled Nathan Lane DocumentarySelf

Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of ComedySelf

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