Mel Brooks
Acting
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
Acting151
movieSpaceballs: The New One
2027
President Skroob / Yogurt
movieThe Land of Sometimes
2026
The Postman (voice)
movieFlower of the Dawn
2025
Bürgermeister (voice)
movieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
Self - Director, Spaceballs
movieFrom Darkness to Light
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieSarah Silverman: Someone You Love
2023
Self - Announcer (voice)
tvHistory of the World: Part II
2023
Narrator (voice)
moviePaws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Shogun (voice)
tvOnly Murders in the Building
2021
Mel Brooks
movieForky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
2019
Melephant Brooks (voice)
tvForky Asks a Question
2019
Melephant Brooks (voice)
movieToy Story 4
2019
Melephant Brooks (voice)
movieHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Vlad (voice)
movieBallerina
2016
Luteau (US version)
tvTo Tell the Truth
2016
Self - Panelist
movieHotel Transylvania 2
2015
Vlad (voice)
movieBlaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieMr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Albert Einstein (voice)
movieThe Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011
Self (archive footage)
The Paul Reiser Show
2011
The Angry Cat (voice)
movieRuby's Studio: the Feelings Show
2010
Sally Simon Simmons Narrator
tvSpaceballs: The Animated Series
2008
President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)
movieSpaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures
2008
President Skroob/Yogurt
movieHitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007
Self (archive footage)
tvLegends
2006
Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Producers
2005
Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice)
movieRobots
2005
Bigweld (voice)
tvJakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
Wiley (voice)
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
movieIt's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
Joe Snow (voice)
tvThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
Santa Claus (voice)
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Mel Brooks
movieSex, Lies and Video Violence
2000
Stressed old man
movieScrew Loose
1999
Jake Gordon
movieFrank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieDracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
movieThe Little Rascals
1994
Mr. Welling
movieThe Silence of the Hams
1994
Checkout Guest (uncredited)
tvFrasier
1993
Tom (voice)
movieRobin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
Rabbi Tuckman
movieMickey's Audition
1992
Movie Director
tvMad About You
1992
Uncle Phil
movieLife Stinks
1991
Goddard Bolt
movieLook Who's Talking Too
1990
Mr. Toilet Man (voice)
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Mel Brooks (voice)
movieSpaceballs
1987
President Skroob / Yogurt
movieTo Be or Not to Be
1983
Dr. Frederick Bronski
tvWogan
1982
Self
movieHistory of the World: Part I
1981
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
movieThe Muppet Movie
1979
Professor Max Krassman
moviePeeping Times
1978
Adolf Hitler
movieHigh Anxiety
1977
Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
movieSilent Movie
1976
Mel Funn
movieThe Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
Lion victim (voice)
tvWhen Things Were Rotten
1975
Guard (uncredited)
movieThe 2000 Year Old Man
1975
2000 Year Old Man (voice)
movieYoung Frankenstein
1974
Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)
movieFree to Be… You and Me
1974
Baby Boy (voice)
movieBlazing Saddles
1974
Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
tvThe Electric Company
1971
Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
movieThe Producers
1968
Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Critic
1963
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Winner
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Untitled Lani Pixels Project
Gatekeeper (voice)
Enormous
Bernie (voice)
Writing32
movieSpaceballs: The New One
2027
Original Film Writer
moviePaws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Original Film Writer
movieThe Producers
2019
Writer, Lyricist
movieGet Smart
2008
Characters
movieThe Producers
2005
Screenplay
movieDracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
Screenplay
movieRobin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
Screenplay
movieLife Stinks
1991
Screenplay, Story
movieSpaceballs
1987
Screenplay
movieHistory of the World: Part I
1981
Screenplay
movieThe Nude Bomb
1980
Characters
movieHigh Anxiety
1977
Writer
movieSilent Movie
1976
Screenplay
movieYoung Frankenstein
1974
Screenplay, Screenstory
movieBlazing Saddles
1974
Screenplay, Lyricist
movieThe Twelve Chairs
1970
Screenplay
movieShinbone Alley
1970
Author, Writer
movieThe Producers
1968
Lyricist, Writer
tvGet Smart
1965
Writer
movieThe Critic
1963
Writer
movieThe Ladies Man
1961
Writer
movieNew Faces
1954
Writer
Very Young Frankenstein
Original Film Writer
Production25
movieSpaceballs: The New One
2027
Producer
tvHistory of the World: Part II
2023
Executive Producer
moviePaws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Executive Producer
movieSam
2015
Executive Producer
movieMel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
2015
Executive Producer
tvSpaceballs: The Animated Series
2008
Executive Producer
movieThe Producers
2005
Producer
movieThe Vagrant
1992
Executive Producer
movieLife Stinks
1991
Producer
movieThe Fly II
1989
Producer
movieSpaceballs
1987
Producer
movie84 Charing Cross Road
1987
Executive Producer
movieSolarbabies
1986
Producer
movieThe Fly
1986
Producer
movieThe Doctor and the Devils
1985
Executive Producer
movieTo Be or Not to Be
1983
Producer
movieThe Elephant Man
1980
Producer
movieFatso
1980
Producer
movieLoose Shoes
1978
Producer
movieHigh Anxiety
1977
Producer
tvWhen Things Were Rotten
1975
Producer
Very Young Frankenstein
Executive Producer
Directing11
movieLife Stinks
1991
Director
movieSpaceballs
1987
Director
movieHigh Anxiety
1977
Director
movieSilent Movie
1976
Director
movieYoung Frankenstein
1974
Director
movieBlazing Saddles
1974
Director
movieThe Twelve Chairs
1970
Director
movieThe Producers
1968
Director
Sound7
movieThe Automat
2021
Songs
tvSpaceballs: The Animated Series
2008
Main Title Theme Composer
Creator5
tvThe Nutt House
1989
Creator
tvGet Smart
1965
Creator
Crew2
movieRide
2014
Thanks
movieThe Critic
1963
Creator