Mel Brooks
Known for: Acting
Born: June 28, 1926
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
Spaceballs
1987
History of the World: Part I
1981
Silent Movie
1976
Life Stinks
1991
To Be or Not to Be
1983
High Anxiety
1977
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
2012
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009
Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition
2009
The Critic
1963
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
2012
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
2009
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
2015
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
2011
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003
Sunset People
1984
Mel Brooks: The Genius Entertainer
2017
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
The 2000 Year Old Man
1975
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
2009
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
2001
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012
Life Stinks: Does Life Really Stink?
2003
Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
2005
The Making of 'The Producers'
2002
Back in the Saddle
2001
The Automat
2021
Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures
2008
Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West
2014
Mel Brooks: Seriously... Well, Almost
2024
Spaceballs: The New One
2027
Spaceballs: The Documentary
2005
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
Screw Loose
1999
Free to Be... a Family
1988
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
Flower of the Dawn
2025
The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks
2006
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018
It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.
2016
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
2001
Enormous
David Lynch: The Idea Dictates Everything
2021
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein
1994
Sex, Lies and Video Violence
2000
The Last Laugh
2016
Mickey's Audition
1992
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009
Mickey's 50
1978
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
2019
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025
Robots
2005
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
Caesar's Writers
1996
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
2017
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
1998
Untitled Lani Pixels Project
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
2023
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
1970
John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
The Land of Sometimes
2026
Blazing Saddles
1974
The Twelve Chairs
1970
Ballerina
2016
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
Peeping Times
1978
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016
Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show
2010
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
The Muppet Movie
1979
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997
The Little Rascals
1994
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
From Darkness to Light
2025
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Young Frankenstein
1974
Toy Story 4
2019
The Producers
1968
The Producers
2005
The Silence of the Hams
1994
Mad About You
1992
The Simpsons
1989
Noel's House Party
1991
The David Susskind Show
1959
Frasier
1993
Inside Comedy
2012
The Electric Company
1971
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
2008
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
Saturday Night Clive
1989
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
The Oscars
1953
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
An Audience with...
1978
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Wogan
1982
Flick Flack
1974
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
To Tell the Truth
2016
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Legends
2006
Champs-Elysées
1982
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
Broadway: The American Musical
2004
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Primetime Glick
2001
History of the World: Part II
2023
Please Turn the Page
1977
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
The Paul Reiser Show
2011
Great Performances
1971
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Grammys
1959
When Things Were Rotten
1975
Somebody Feed Phil
2018
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
Tony Awards
1956
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Film '72
1971
Live & Kicking
1993
Forky Asks a Question
2019