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Mel Brooks

Acting

6.1 Popularity Jun 28, 1926 (99 years old) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born 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 ...

Biography

Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born 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.

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Filmography 223

2025
David Lynch: A Hollywood Enigma Movie

as Self - Director

2025
From Darkness to Light Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2024
2023
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love Movie

as Announcer (voice)

2023
History of the World: Part II TV

Executive Producer

2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Movie

as Shogun (voice)

2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Movie

Executive Producer

2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Movie

Original Film Writer

2021
The Automat Movie

as Self

2021
The Automat Movie

Songs

2021
2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? Movie

as Melephant Brooks (voice)

2019
The Producers Movie

Lyricist

2019
The Producers Movie

Writer

2019
The Producers Movie

Music

Photos 2

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday June 28, 1926 (99 years old)
Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Melvin James Kaminsky , مل بروکس
Years Active 1944 - 2025
Popularity 6.1
Career Stats
223 Total Credits
97 Movie Roles
42 TV Roles
2 Photos