Mel Brooks
| First Name | Mel |
| Last Name | Brooks |
| Full Name at Birth | Melvin Kaminsky |
| Age | 85 |
| Date of Birth | June 28, 1926 |
| Birthplace | Brooklyn, NY |
| Height | 5' 5" (165 cm) |
| Build | Average |
| Hair Color | Grey |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | American |
| High School | Eastern District High School, Brooklyn, NY (1944) |
| Occupation Category | Film Director |
| Claim to Fame | Blazing Saddles |
| Father | Maximillian Kaminsky |
| Mother | Kate Brookman |
Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, June 28, 1926) is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award. Three of his films ranked in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 comedy films of all-time: Blazing Saddles at number 6, The Producers at number 11, and Young Frankenstein at number 13.
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Filmography
Selected Mel Brooks film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
2012
Laughing Stock
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2008
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
President Skroob, Yogurt
1975
The 2000 Year Old Man
2000 Year Old Man
1974
Free to Be... You & Me
Baby Boy
1970
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man
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1963
The Critic
Narrator
1961
The New Steve Allen Show
2000 Year Old Man
Producer Credits
2008
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
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Writer Credits
2008
Spaceballs: The Animated Series
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1975
The 2000 Year Old Man
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1975
When Things Were Rotten
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1973
10 from Your Show of Shows
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1963
The Critic
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1963
Inside Danny Baker
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1960
The Man in the Moon
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1959
Accent on Love
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1959
At the Movies
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1958
Sid Caesar Invites You
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1954
Caesar's Hour
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1949
The Admiral Broadway Revue
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series
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Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) 1960–1969
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84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Get Smart (1965)
Get Smart (2008)
High Anxiety (1977)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Life Stinks (1991)
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New Faces (1954)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Silent Movie (1976)
Spaceballs (1987)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Fly (1986)
The Producers (1968)
The Producers (2005)
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
When Things Were Rotten (1975)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
2009 Kennedy Center Honorees
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
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Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series
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