Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/28/1926
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Melvin James Kaminsky مل بروکس
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 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship...
Known For
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
as Vlad (voice)
Toy Story 4
as Melephant Brooks (voice)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
as Rabbi Tuckman
Hotel Transylvania 2
as Vlad (voice)
Silent Movie
as Mel Funn
Blazing Saddles
as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
High Anxiety
as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
The Automat
as Self
Robots
as Bigweld (voice)
Screw Loose
as Jake Gordon
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Albert Einstein (voice)
The Little Rascals
as Mr. Welling
Spaceballs 2
as President Skroob / Yogurt
Spaceballs
as President Skroob / Yogurt
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
History of the World: Part I
as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Shogun (voice)
The Muppet Movie
as Professor Max Krassman
To Be or Not to Be
as Dr. Frederick Bronski
Career Timeline
2025
2023
2019
2018
2017
2016
2014
2012
2011
2009
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
as Self
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
as Self
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
as Self
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
as Self
Glenn Martin, DDS
Role unknown
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
as Self (archive)