Mel Brooks
Acting
Born: June 28, 1926 (age 100) · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
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
1993
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Blazing Saddles
1974
Photos (4)
Movies (40)
Toy Story 4
Melephant Brooks (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 2
Vlad (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Vlad (voice)
Robots
Bigweld (voice)
Spaceballs
President Skroob / Yogurt
Ballerina
Luteau (US version)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Rabbi Tuckman
The Little Rascals
Mr. Welling
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Albert Einstein (voice)
Young Frankenstein
Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles
Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
The Muppet Movie
Professor Max Krassman
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Shogun (voice)
Look Who's Talking Too
Mr. Toilet Man (voice)
High Anxiety
Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
The Producers
Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice)
The Producers
Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)
Silent Movie
Mel Funn
Life Stinks
Goddard Bolt
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Joe Snow (voice)
The Land of Sometimes
The Postman (voice)
The Silence of the Hams
Checkout Guest (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be
Dr. Frederick Bronski
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Lion victim (voice)
History of the World: Part I
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
The Twelve Chairs
Tikon
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Melephant Brooks (voice)
Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures
President Skroob/Yogurt
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peeping Times
Adolf Hitler
Free to Be… You and Me
Baby Boy (voice)
Sex, Lies and Video Violence
Stressed old man
Flower of the Dawn
Bürgermeister (voice)
Screw Loose
Jake Gordon
The 2000 Year Old Man
2000 Year Old Man (voice)
Mickey's Audition
Movie Director
The Critic
Narrator (voice)
Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show
Sally Simon Simmons Narrator
TV Shows (18)
The Simpsons
Mel Brooks (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Tom (voice) · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mel Brooks · 4 eps
Only Murders in the Building
Mel Brooks · 1 eps
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
Mad About You
Uncle Phil · 4 eps
History of the World: Part II
Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
The Electric Company
Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice) · 780 eps
RTL Samstag Nacht
1 eps
Glenn Martin, DDS
1 eps
Noel's House Party
1 eps
Primetime Glick
1 eps
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Wiley (voice) · 52 eps
Legends
Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
President Skroob / Yogurt (voice) · 15 eps
When Things Were Rotten
Guard (uncredited) · 1 eps
Forky Asks a Question
Melephant Brooks (voice) · 1 eps
Flick Flack
1 eps
Self / Appearances (78)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 6 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist · 2 eps
An Audience with...
Self · 1 eps
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Frank Skinner Show
Self · 1 eps
Live & Kicking
Self · 1 eps
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director, Spaceballs
The Hollywood Palace
Self · 4 eps
Inside Comedy
Self · 1 eps
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Self · 2 eps
Somebody Feed Phil
Self · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self · 1 eps
The David Susskind Show
Self · 1 eps
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Broadway: The American Musical
Self · 6 eps
From Darkness to Light
Self (archive footage)
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Self
The Last Laugh
Self
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Self
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer
Himself
The New Steve Allen Show
Self - 2000 Year Old Man · 2 eps
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
Self
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
Self
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Self
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
Self
The Automat
Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Self (archive)
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
Self - Announcer (voice)
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self
Free to Be... a Family
Self
Mickey's 50
Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Self
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
Self
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
Self
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Self
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
Self
Caesar's Writers
Self
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
Self
Sunset People
Self
Spaceballs: The Documentary
Self
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
Himself
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Himself
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Self
Back in the Saddle
Self
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
Self (archive footage)
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
Self / Host
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Self
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Self
The Grammys
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
Self
Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?
Self
It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.
Himself
The Making of 'The Producers'
Self
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
Self
Upcoming (4)
Directing (11)
Spaceballs
Director
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Director
Young Frankenstein
Director
Blazing Saddles
Director
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Director
High Anxiety
Director
The Producers
Director
Silent Movie
Director
Life Stinks
Director
History of the World: Part I
Director
The Twelve Chairs
Director
Writing (36)
Get Smart
Writer
Spaceballs
Screenplay
History of the World: Part II
Writer
Get Smart
Characters
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Screenplay
Young Frankenstein
Screenplay
Young Frankenstein
Screenstory
Blazing Saddles
Screenplay
Blazing Saddles
Lyricist
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
Writer
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Screenplay
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Original Film Writer
High Anxiety
Writer
The Producers
Screenplay
The Producers
Lyricist
The Producers
Writer
Silent Movie
Screenplay
Life Stinks
Screenplay
Life Stinks
Story
When Things Were Rotten
Writer
The Nude Bomb
Characters
History of the World: Part I
Screenplay
The Nutt House
Writer
The Twelve Chairs
Screenplay
The Ladies Man
Writer
Shinbone Alley
Author
Shinbone Alley
Writer
The Producers
Writer
The Producers
Lyricist
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Writer
New Faces
Writer
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
Writer
Get Smart: A Man Called Smart
Writer
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
Writer
The 2000 Year Old Man
Writer
The Critic
Writer
Producing (21)
Spaceballs
Producer
History of the World: Part II
Executive Producer
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Producer
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
Executive Producer
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Producer
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Executive Producer
High Anxiety
Producer
The Fly II
Producer
The Producers
Producer
Life Stinks
Producer
84 Charing Cross Road
Executive Producer
When Things Were Rotten
Producer
The Doctor and the Devils
Executive Producer
To Be or Not to Be
Producer
Sam
Executive Producer
History of the World: Part I
Producer
The Vagrant
Executive Producer
Solarbabies
Producer
Loose Shoes
Producer
Fatso
Producer
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
Executive Producer
Other Crew (14)
Get Smart
Creator
History of the World: Part II
Creator
Blazing Saddles
Songs
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
Main Title Theme Composer
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
Creator
High Anxiety
Songs
The Producers
Songs
The Producers
Songs
When Things Were Rotten
Creator
The Nutt House
Creator
Ride
Thanks
The Automat
Songs
The Producers
Music
The Critic
Creator