Mel Brooks
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 201…
Known For
Toy Story 4
Melephant Brooks (voice)
The Elephant Man
Producer
Young Frankenstein
Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)
The Fly
Producer
Hotel Transylvania 2
Vlad (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Vlad (voice)
Spaceballs
President Skroob / Yogurt
Robots
Bigweld (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (145)
Movies (101)
Spaceballs 2
2027 Upcomingas President Skroob / Yogurt
Jun 24
The Land of Sometimes
2026as The Postman (voice)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025as Self - Director, Spaceballs
Flower of the Dawn
2025as Bürgermeister (voice)
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025as Self
From Darkness to Light
2025as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, Almost
2024as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024as Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023as Self
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
2023as Announcer (voice)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022as Shogun (voice)
The Automat
2021as Self
David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
2021as Mel Brooks
Toy Story 4
2019as Melephant Brooks (voice)
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
2019as Melephant Brooks (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018as Vlad (voice)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018as Self
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018as Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018as Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017as Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017as Self
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
2017as Self
Ballerina
2016as Mustachioed Creep (voice)
It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.
2016as Himself
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016as Self
The Last Laugh
2016as Self
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015as Vlad (voice)
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
2015as Self
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014as Albert Einstein (voice)
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013as Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013as Self
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012as Self
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
2012as Self
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
2012as Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
2011as Self
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011as Self (archive footage)
Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show
2010as Sally Simon Simmons Narrator
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009as Self
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
2009as Self
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009as Self
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009as Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009as Self (archive)
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009as Self
Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures
2008as President Skroob/Yogurt
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007as Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006as Self
Robots
2005as Bigweld (voice)
The Producers
2005as Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice)
Spaceballs: The Documentary
2005as Self
John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005as Self
Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
2005as Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003as Himself
Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?
2003as Self
The Making of 'The Producers'
2002as Self
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002as Joe Snow (voice)
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
2001as Self
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
2001as Self / Host
Back in the Saddle
2001as Self
Sex, Lies and Video Violence
2000as Stressed old man
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000as Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000as Himself
Screw Loose
1999as Jake Gordon
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998as Self (archive footage)
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997as Self
Caesar's Writers
1996as Self
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
The Little Rascals
1994as Mr. Welling
The Silence of the Hams
1994as Checkout Guest (uncredited)
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994as Self
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993as Rabbi Tuckman
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993as Self
Mickey's Audition
1992as Movie Director
Life Stinks
1991as Goddard Bolt
Look Who's Talking Too
1990as Mr. Toilet Man (voice)
Free to Be... a Family
1988as Self
Spaceballs
1987as President Skroob / Yogurt
Sunset People
1984as Self
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984as Self
To Be or Not to Be
1983as Dr. Frederick Bronski
History of the World: Part I
1981as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
The Muppet Movie
1979as Professor Max Krassman
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979as Self
Mickey's 50
1978as Self
Peeping Times
1978as Adolf Hitler
High Anxiety
1977as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
Silent Movie
1976as Mel Funn
The 2000 Year Old Man
1975as 2000 Year Old Man (voice)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975as Lion victim (voice)
Blazing Saddles
1974as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Young Frankenstein
1974as Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)
Free to Be… You and Me
1974as Baby Boy (voice)
The Twelve Chairs
1970as Tikon
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
1970as Himself
The Producers
1968as Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)
The Critic
1963as Narrator (voice)
Untitled Lani Pixels Project
as Gatekeeper (voice)
Enormous
as Bernie (voice)
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer
as Himself
Television (44)
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026as Self
History of the World: Part II
2023as Narrator
Only Murders in the Building
2021as Mel Brooks
Somebody Feed Phil
2018as Self
To Tell the Truth
2016as Self - Panelist
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012as Self
Inside Comedy
2012as Self
The Paul Reiser Show
2011as The Angry Cat (voice)
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
2008as President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)
Legends
2006as Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway: The American Musical
2004as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003as Self
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003as Wiley (voice)
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002as Santa Claus (voice)
Primetime Glick
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000as Mel Brooks
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998as Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995as Self
Frasier
1993as Tom (voice)
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
Mad About You
1992as Uncle Phil
Noel's House Party
1991
The Simpsons
1989as Mel Brooks (voice)
Saturday Night Clive
1989
Wogan
1982as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982as Self
An Audience with...
1978as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977as Self
When Things Were Rotten
1975as Guard (uncredited)
Flick Flack
1974
Great Performances
1971as Self
The Electric Company
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968as Self (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace
1964as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
The David Susskind Show
1959as Self
The Grammys
1959as Self
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Winner
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self - Nominee
Crew (81)
Movies (73)
Spaceballs 2
2027 UpcomingOriginal Film Writer
Jun 24
Spaceballs 2
2027 UpcomingProducer
Jun 24
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022Executive Producer
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022Original Film Writer
The Automat
2021Songs
The Producers
2019Lyricist
The Producers
2019Music
The Producers
2019Writer
Sam
2015Executive Producer
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
2015Executive Producer
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
2015Writer
Ride
2014Thanks
Get Smart
2008Characters
The Producers
2005Producer
The Producers
2005Screenplay
The Producers
2005Songs
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995Director
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995Producer
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995Screenplay
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993Director
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993Producer
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993Screenplay
The Vagrant
1992Executive Producer
Life Stinks
1991Director
Life Stinks
1991Producer
Life Stinks
1991Screenplay
Life Stinks
1991Story
The Fly II
1989Producer
Spaceballs
1987Director
Spaceballs
1987Producer
Spaceballs
1987Screenplay
84 Charing Cross Road
1987Executive Producer
The Fly
1986Producer
Solarbabies
1986Producer
The Doctor and the Devils
1985Executive Producer
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984Writer
To Be or Not to Be
1983Producer
History of the World: Part I
1981Director
History of the World: Part I
1981Producer
History of the World: Part I
1981Screenplay
The Nude Bomb
1980Characters
The Elephant Man
1980Producer
Fatso
1980Producer
Loose Shoes
1978Producer
High Anxiety
1977Director
High Anxiety
1977Producer
High Anxiety
1977Songs
High Anxiety
1977Writer
Silent Movie
1976Director
Silent Movie
1976Screenplay
The 2000 Year Old Man
1975Writer
Blazing Saddles
1974Director
Blazing Saddles
1974Lyricist
Blazing Saddles
1974Screenplay
Blazing Saddles
1974Songs
Young Frankenstein
1974Director
Young Frankenstein
1974Screenplay
Young Frankenstein
1974Screenstory
Shinbone Alley
1970Author
Shinbone Alley
1970Writer
The Twelve Chairs
1970Director
The Twelve Chairs
1970Screenplay
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
1970Writer
The Producers
1968Director
The Producers
1968Lyricist
The Producers
1968Songs
The Producers
1968Writer
Get Smart: A Man Called Smart
1967Writer
Inside Danny Baker
1963Writer
The Critic
1963Creator
The Critic
1963Writer
The Ladies Man
1961Writer
New Faces
1954Writer
Television (8)
History of the World: Part II
2023Executive Producer
History of the World: Part II
2023Writer
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
2008Executive Producer
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
2008Main Title Theme Composer
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
2008Writer
When Things Were Rotten
1975Producer
When Things Were Rotten
1975Writer
Get Smart
1965Writer
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