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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.

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The Electric Company 1971Serie TV nel ruolo di Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)
Balle spaziali 1987Film Amazon Prime VideoAmazon Prime Video with AdsApple TV Store +1 nel ruolo di President Skroob / Yogurt
Hotel Transylvania 2 2015Film TimvisionApple TV StoreRakuten TV +1 nel ruolo di Vlad (voice)
Robots 2005Film Apple TV StoreTimvisionRakuten TV +1 nel ruolo di Bigweld (voice)
Piccole canaglie 1994Film NetflixApple TV StoreRakuten TV +1 nel ruolo di Mr. Welling
Ecco il film dei Muppet 1979Film Disney Plus nel ruolo di Professor Max Krassman
Ballerina 2016Film Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesRakuten TV +2 nel ruolo di Luteau (US version)
John Candy: I Like Me 2025Film Amazon Prime VideoAmazon Prime Video with Ads nel ruolo di Self - Director, Spaceballs
Frankenstein Junior 1974Film Regia, Sceneggiatura
Mezzogiorno e mezzo di fuoco 1974Film Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesTimvision +2 nel ruolo di William Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Dracula morto e contento 1995Film nel ruolo di Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Senti chi parla 2 1990Film Apple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesAmazon Video nel ruolo di Mr. Toilet Man (voice)
Balle Spaziali - La serie 2008Serie TV nel ruolo di President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)
Che vita da cani! 1991Film nel ruolo di Goddard Bolt
Alta tensione 1977Film Amazon Video nel ruolo di Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
Essere o non essere 1983Film nel ruolo di Dr. Frederick Bronski
Spaceballs: The New One 2027Film nel ruolo di President Skroob / Yogurt
The Land of Sometimes 2026Film nel ruolo di The Postman (voice)
La pazza storia del mondo 1981Film nel ruolo di Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
I perché di Forky: Che cos'è l'amore? 2019Film Disney Plus nel ruolo di Melephant Brooks (voice)
From Darkness to Light 2025Film nel ruolo di Self (archive footage)
The Great Buster 2018Film nel ruolo di Self
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love 2023Film nel ruolo di Self - Announcer (voice)
The Last Laugh 2016Film JustWatch TVPlex nel ruolo di Self
Balle Spaziali - La serie 2008Film nel ruolo di President Skroob/Yogurt
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s 2007Film nel ruolo di Self (archive footage)
The Automat 2021Film nel ruolo di Self