Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-06-28 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Melvin James Kaminsky
مل بروکس
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 2...
1987
as President Skroob / Yogurt
1981
as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
1994
1994
as Checkout Guest (uncredited)
1994
as Mr. Welling
1976
as Mel Funn
1979
as Professor Max Krassman
1974
as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
1991
as Goddard Bolt
1983
as Dr. Frederick Bronski
1993
as Rabbi Tuckman
1970
as Tikon
1995
as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
1977
as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke
2005
as Bigweld (voice)
2012
1997
1999
as Jake Gordon
2007
as Singer in 'Springtime for Hitler' (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
as Announcer (voice)
2007
as Self (archive footage)
2009
1988
as Self
1963
as Narrator (voice)
2012
as Self
2000
as Stressed old man
2013
1974
as Baby Boy (voice)
2023
2013
as Self
1990
as Mr. Toilet Man (voice)
2015
as Vlad (voice)
2015
2011
2017
2024
as Self
2014
as Albert Einstein (voice)
1975
as Lion victim (voice)
1996
as Self
2017
1974
as Werewolf / Cat Hit by Dart / Victor Frankenstein (voice)
1984
as Self
2016
as Self
-
as Bürgermeister (voice)
2006
-
as Himself
2022
as Shogun (voice)
2016
2017
1998
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Mustachioed Creep (voice)
2018
1992
as Movie Director
2002
as Joe Snow (voice)
1984
as Self
2016
as Luteau (voice)
-
as Gatekeeper (voice)
1978
as Adolf Hitler
2018
as Vlad (voice)
2000
2000
1970
as Himself
1968
as Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)
2018
1975
as 2000 Year Old Man (voice)
2018
as Self
2019
as Melephant Brooks (voice)
2005
as Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice)
2001
1978
as Self
2001
as Self / Host
2019
as Melephant Brooks (voice)
2012
2003
2002
2001
as Self
2005
as Self
2021
as Self
2011
as Self (archive footage)
1979
as Self
2009
2008
as President Skroob/Yogurt
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2024
2025
as Self - Director
2010
as Sally Simon Simmons Narrator
2025
as Self (archive footage)
-
as President Skroob / Yogurt
2005
as Self
1987
as Director
1987
as Screenplay
1987
as Producer
1981
as Screenplay
1981
as Producer
1981
as Director
1974
as Director
1974
as Screenplay
1968
as Director
1976
as Director
1976
as Screenplay
1974
as Director
1974
as Screenplay
1991
as Producer
1991
as Screenplay
1991
as Director
1983
as Producer
1970
as Screenplay
1970
as Director
1993
as Director
1993
as Producer
1993
as Screenplay
1995
as Producer
1995
as Screenplay
1995
as Director
1977
as Writer
1977
as Director
1977
as Producer
2005
as Producer
2005
as Screenplay
1974
as Songs
1974
as Lyricist
1968
as Songs
1968
as Lyricist
2022
as Executive Producer
2022
as Original Film Writer
1985
as Executive Producer
2015
as Writer
1968
as Writer
1970
as Author
2015
as Executive Producer
1980
as Producer
1989
as Producer
1978
as Producer
1986
as Producer
1980
as Characters
1967
as Writer
2014
as Thanks
1974
as Screenstory
2015
as Executive Producer
1992
as Executive Producer
1986
as Producer
1980
as Producer
2005
as Songs
1977
as Songs
2008
as Characters
1984
as Writer
1970
as Writer
1954
as Writer
1970
2019
as Lyricist
2019
as Writer
2019
as Music
1975
as Writer
1963
as Creator
1963
as Writer
1991
as Story
2021
as Songs
1987
as Executive Producer
-
as Producer
-
as Original Film Writer
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