credits of
Mel Brooks
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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October 11th, 2025 | Flower of the Dawn | Bürgermeister (voice) | TBD | |
March 15th, 2024 | Remembering Gene Wilder | Self | 7.2 | |
December 21st, 2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self | 7.8 | |
May 27th, 2023 | Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love | Self - Announcer (voice) | 5.9 | |
July 14th, 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Shogun (voice) | 6.6 | |
November 12th, 2017 | Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies | Self | 5.4 | |
February 1st, 2017 | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story | Self | 6.9 | |
April 18th, 2016 | The Last Laugh | Self | 7 | |
January 21st, 2016 | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 7.1 | |
September 21st, 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Vlad (voice) | 6.8 | |
January 31st, 2015 | Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen | Self | 6.8 | |
February 7th, 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Albert Einstein (voice) | 6.7 | |
May 20th, 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self | 8.2 | |
April 23rd, 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self | 7 | |
December 10th, 2012 | Mel Brooks Strikes Back! | Self | 6.5 | |
March 1st, 2012 | Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man | Self | TBD | |
September 9th, 2011 | Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again | Self | 7.9 | |
December 15th, 2009 | Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World | Self | TBD | |
December 15th, 2009 | Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition | Self | TBD | |
December 15th, 2009 | Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie' | Self | TBD | |
May 10th, 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 5 | |
April 10th, 2007 | Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
September 7th, 2006 | The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks | Self | TBD | |
March 10th, 2005 | Robots | Bigweld (voice) | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 2003 | Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar | Himself | 7 | |
May 5th, 2000 | Sex, Lies and Video Violence | Stressed old man | 5.3 | |
February 19th, 1999 | Screw Loose | Jake Gordon | 4.1 | |
October 14th, 1997 | Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch | Self | 7.2 | |
August 19th, 1996 | Caesar's Writers | Self | 9 | |
December 22nd, 1995 | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | Prof. Abraham Van Helsing | 6.1 | |
October 25th, 1994 | It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | Self | 8.8 | |
August 5th, 1994 | The Little Rascals | Mr. Welling | 6.8 | |
March 11th, 1994 | The Silence of the Hams | Checkout Guest (uncredited) | 4.9 | |
July 28th, 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Rabbi Tuckman | 6.6 | |
June 5th, 1991 | Life Stinks | Goddard Bolt | 5.7 | |
December 14th, 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Mr. Toilet Man (voice) | 5.5 | |
December 14th, 1988 | Free to Be... a Family | Self | 8.8 | |
June 24th, 1987 | Spaceballs | President Skroob / Yogurt | 6.9 | |
March 3rd, 1984 | Sunset People | Self | 8 | |
December 16th, 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Dr. Frederick Bronski | 6.7 | |
June 12th, 1981 | History of the World: Part I | Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI | 6.8 | |
June 22nd, 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Professor Max Krassman | 7.2 | |
December 25th, 1977 | High Anxiety | Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke | 6.4 | |
June 17th, 1976 | Silent Movie | Mel Funn | 6.5 | |
December 14th, 1975 | The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Lion victim (voice) | 6 | |
December 15th, 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited) | 7.9 | |
March 11th, 1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Baby Boy (voice) | 6.9 | |
February 7th, 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief | 7.2 | |
October 28th, 1970 | The Twelve Chairs | Tikon | 6.3 | |
May 20th, 1963 | The Critic | Narrator (voice) | 6.6 | |
TBD | Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer | Himself | 6 | |
April 23rd, 2027 | Spaceballs: The New One | President Skroob / Yogurt | TBD | |
March 20th, 2026 | The Land of Sometimes | The Postman (voice) | 6 | |
October 23rd, 2025 | The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld | TBD | TBD | |
September 4th, 2025 | John Candy: I Like Me | Self - Director, Spaceballs | 7.9 | |
July 27th, 2025 | Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words | Self | TBD | |
April 20th, 2025 | From Darkness to Light | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 | |
December 27th, 2024 | Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, Almost | Self | 4 | |
September 2nd, 2021 | The Automat | Self | 6.8 | |
January 7th, 2021 | David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything | Mel Brooks | TBD | |
December 6th, 2019 | Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? | Melephant Brooks (voice) | 6.4 | |
June 19th, 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Melephant Brooks (voice) | 7.5 | |
October 5th, 2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Self | 7.2 | |
June 28th, 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Vlad (voice) | 6.9 | |
June 6th, 2018 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | Self | 6.9 | |
February 17th, 2018 | Mel Brooks: Unwrapped | Self | 6.4 | |
May 19th, 2017 | If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | Self | 7 | |
December 14th, 2016 | Ballerina | Mustachioed Creep (voice) | 7.2 | |
December 14th, 2016 | Ballerina | Luteau (voice) | 7.2 | |
April 22nd, 2016 | It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr. | Himself | 5.5 | |
May 6th, 2014 | Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
November 13th, 2012 | In the Beginning: The Caesar Years | Self | TBD | |
May 24th, 2011 | The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
August 15th, 2010 | Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show | Sally Simon Simmons Narrator | TBD | |
December 15th, 2009 | Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense | Self | TBD | |
October 2nd, 2009 | A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | Self | 6.7 | |
August 11th, 2009 | Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s | Self (archive) | TBD | |
September 21st, 2008 | Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures | President Skroob/Yogurt | TBD | |
December 25th, 2005 | The Producers | Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice) | 6.2 | |
May 3rd, 2005 | Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Self | 6 | |
May 3rd, 2005 | John Candy: Comic Spirit | Self | 6 | |
February 18th, 2003 | Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink? | Self | 5.3 | |
December 3rd, 2002 | The Making of 'The Producers' | Self | 7.9 | |
November 29th, 2002 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Joe Snow (voice) | 6 | |
June 20th, 2000 | The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy | Himself | 7 | |
June 20th, 2000 | The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room | Himself | 8 | |
May 15th, 1998 | Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
October 1st, 1992 | Mickey's Audition | Movie Director | 4 | |
February 4th, 1984 | An Audience with Mel Brooks | Self | 7 | |
TBD | Untitled Lani Pixels Project | Gatekeeper (voice) | TBD | |
May 5th, 2005 | Spaceballs: The Documentary | Self | TBD | |
December 11th, 2001 | The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed | Self | 6.5 | |
October 1st, 2001 | Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks | Self / Host | 9.2 | |
June 19th, 2001 | Back in the Saddle | Self | 6.5 | |
July 27th, 1993 | 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming | Self | 6.4 | |
May 16th, 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | 6.3 | |
November 19th, 1978 | Mickey's 50 | Self | 9 | |
January 25th, 1978 | Peeping Times | Adolf Hitler | 4 | |
January 11th, 1975 | The 2000 Year Old Man | 2000 Year Old Man (voice) | 6.5 | |
February 18th, 1970 | Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man | Himself | TBD | |
March 18th, 1968 | The Producers | Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
TBD | Enormous | Bernie (voice) | TBD |