
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance as a ruthless Jewish mobster in the 2011 action drama film Drive. Brooks has also played in Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), and My First Mister (2001). He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), and Defending Your Life (1991). He is also the author of 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America (2011).
His voice acting credits include Marlin in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), Tiberius in The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and several one-time characters in The Simpsons, including Hank Scorpio in "You Only Move Twice" (1996) and Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie (2007).
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.395 |
Birthday | 1947-07-22 |
Place of Birth | Beverly Hills, California, USA |
Also Known As | A. Brooks, 艾伯特·布魯克斯, آلبرت بروکس, |

2003

Finding Nemo
7.817/19511
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome...
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Finding Nemo

2007

The Simpsons Movie
7.009/8092
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitive...
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The Simpsons Movie

1976

Taxi Driver
8.134/12490
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for...
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Taxi Driver

1998

Out of Sight
6.7/1291
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the ri...
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Out of Sight

1980

Private Benjamin
5.9/386
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
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Private Benjamin

2003

The In-Laws
5.6/284
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
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The In-Laws

1991

Defending Your Life
6.9/277
Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way stat...
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Defending Your Life

2001

My First Mister
6.5/59
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Alber...
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My First Mister

2006

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
5.2/24
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what make...
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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

1979

Real Life
6.6/84
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS...
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Real Life

1987

Broadcast News
6.7/414
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she...
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Broadcast News

1985

Lost in America
6.9/149
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liqu...
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Lost in America

1996

Mother
6.7/79
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
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Mother

1994

The Scout
5.164/107
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potent...
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The Scout

1997

Critical Care
6.4/40
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their com...
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Critical Care

1999

The Muse
5.2/139
With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
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The Muse

1981

Modern Romance
6.8/84
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
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Modern Romance

2021

The Super Bob Einstein Movie
6.7/23
This documentary explores Bob Einstein’s unlikely discovery and enduring career, sharing the many evolving layers of his comedy from the people that k...
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The Super Bob Einstein Movie

2011

Drive
7.58/12781
Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming...
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Drive

2003

Exploring the Reef
6.3/18
Jean-Michael Cousteau's documentary about the Great Barrier Reef keeps getting interrupted by characters from Disney's Finding Nemo.
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Exploring the Reef

2012

This Is 40
5.9/2184
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their hous...
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This Is 40

1994

I'll Do Anything
5.6/49
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter h...
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I'll Do Anything

2016

Finding Dory
7.038/12157
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did...
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Finding Dory

2014

A Most Violent Year
6.6/1429
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the live...
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A Most Violent Year

1999

Making 'Taxi Driver'
6.9/28
A behind the scenes snapshot of the making of one of the greatest films ever made. Filled with trivia, interviews from cast and crew, and more.
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Making 'Taxi Driver'

2023

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
7.333/21
Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their...
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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

2007

The Pixar Story
7.5/230
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...
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The Pixar Story

1984

Unfaithfully Yours
5.6/46
A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.
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Unfaithfully Yours

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie
6.5/735
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000...
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Twilight Zone: The Movie

2025

Ella McCay
0/0
An idealistic young politician juggles familial issues and a challenging work life while preparing to take over the job of her mentor, the state’s lon...
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Ella McCay

2015

Concussion
7.092/2573
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologi...
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Concussion

2016

The Secret Life of Pets
6.289/8126
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
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The Secret Life of Pets

2002

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
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Classic Carson monologues, visits from Carnac and Art Fern, comedians Eddie Murphy, Garry Shandling, Albert Brooks and Bill Maher. Hollywood legend Ji...
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The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

2021

Albert Brooks and Robert Weide
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Albert Brooks and Robert Weide discuss the film Defending your Life.
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Albert Brooks and Robert Weide

2015

The Little Prince
7.608/2809
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency...
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The Little Prince

1998

Doctor Dolittle
5.705/3097
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a chi...
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Doctor Dolittle

2017

I Love You, Daddy
5.7/88
When a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to hand...
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I Love You, Daddy

1983

Terms of Endearment
7.1/766
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find...
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Terms of Endearment

1975

The Impossible Truth
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Albert Brooks presents a mockumentary in which he presents several shocking news stories. Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 1
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The Impossible Truth

1975

Home Movies & Failed Candid-Camera Stunts
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Albert Brooks introduces himself to the audience through showing them his home movies from childhood & attempts and fails at doing candid-camera style...
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Home Movies & Failed Candid-Camera Stunts

1975

Open Heart Surgery
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Albert places an ad in a newspaper expressing a desire to perform a heart bypass & gets to live his dream of being a heart surgeon for one day. Saturd...
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Open Heart Surgery

1975

Upcoming Season
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Super mid-season replacements to failed shows in a network's super season.
Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 4
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Upcoming Season

1975

Sick
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Albert Brooks is sick and stuck in bed.
Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 7
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Sick

1976

Audience Research
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Albert Brooks goes to a research institute to find out why people don't like him and how he can change that. Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 9
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Audience Research

1972

Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians
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This short film originally aired as part of a satirical PBS show called The Great American Dream Machine. The film is a parody of The Famous Artists S...
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