Portrait of Mel Brooks

Acting

Mel Brooks

Career

Active from 1954 to 2027, busiest in 1970 and 1974 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Producers
The Producers
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mel Brooks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.7, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    2.2, average 4.7
  • Tension
    3.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Eccentric Characters 3
  • Sci-Fi Parody 3
  • Absurdist Comedy 3
  • Satirical Comedy 3
  • Mel Brooks Humor 3
  • Mel Brooks Comedy 3
  • Slapstick Comedy 3
  • Musical Comedy 2
  • Irreverent Storytelling 2
  • Satirical 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Enormous
Enormous

as Bernie (voice)

Untitled Lani Pixels Project
Untitled Lani Pixels Project

as Gatekeeper (voice)

Untitled Get Smart Reboot
Untitled Get Smart Reboot

Characters

2020s

8 titles · average score 61
Spaceballs: The New One
Spaceballs: The New One (2027)

as President Skroob / Yogurt

Addicted to It
Addicted to It (2026)

as Phoney Bunny

The Land of Sometimes
The Land of Sometimes (2026)
GoodWatch score 40

as The Postman (voice)

Flower of the Dawn
Flower of the Dawn (2025)

as Bürgermeister (voice)

History of the World: Part II
History of the World: Part II (2023)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
GoodWatch score 53

as Shogun (voice)

Only Murders in the Building
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Mel Brooks

The Automat
The Automat (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

Songs

2010s

13 titles · average score 60
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? (2019)
GoodWatch score 66

as Melephant Brooks (voice)

Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4 (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

as Melephant Brooks (voice)

Forky Asks a Question
Forky Asks a Question (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Melephant Brooks (voice)

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
GoodWatch score 58

as Vlad (voice)

Ballerina
Ballerina (2016)
GoodWatch score 60

as Luteau (US version)

Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Executive Producer

Hotel Transylvania 2
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
GoodWatch score 58

as Vlad (voice)

Sam
Sam (2015)
GoodWatch score 43

Executive Producer

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

as Albert Einstein (voice)

Ride
Ride (2014)
GoodWatch score 50

Thanks

The Paul Reiser Show
The Paul Reiser Show (2011)
GoodWatch score 32

TV show · as The Angry Cat (voice)

Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show
Ruby's Studio: the Feelings Show (2010)

as Sally Simon Simmons Narrator

2000s

14 titles · average score 58
Glenn Martin, DDS
Glenn Martin, DDS (2009)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show

Spaceballs: The Animated Series
Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008)
GoodWatch score 28

TV show · as President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)

Get Smart
Get Smart (2008)
GoodWatch score 57

Characters

Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures
Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures (2008)
GoodWatch score 43

as President Skroob/Yogurt

The Producers
The Producers (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

as Hilda the Pigeon / Tom the Cat (voice)

Robots
Robots (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

as Bigweld (voice)

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Wiley (voice)

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Santa Claus (voice)

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

as Joe Snow (voice)

Primetime Glick
Primetime Glick (2001)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show

Sex, Lies and Video Violence
Sex, Lies and Video Violence (2000)
GoodWatch score 58

as Stressed old man

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Mel Brooks

1990s

13 titles · average score 54
Screw Loose
Screw Loose (1999)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jake Gordon

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
GoodWatch score 33

as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing

The Little Rascals
The Little Rascals (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mr. Welling

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
GoodWatch score 55

as Rabbi Tuckman

Frasier
Frasier (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Tom (voice)

RTL Samstag Nacht
RTL Samstag Nacht (1993)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Mad About You
Mad About You (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Uncle Phil

Mickey's Audition
Mickey's Audition (1992)

as Movie Director

The Vagrant
The Vagrant (1992)
GoodWatch score 58

Executive Producer

Life Stinks
Life Stinks (1991)
GoodWatch score 47

as Goddard Bolt

Noel's House Party
Noel's House Party (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Look Who's Talking Too
Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
GoodWatch score 29

as Mr. Toilet Man (voice)

1980s

12 titles · average score 53
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Mel Brooks (voice)

The Fly II
The Fly II (1989)
GoodWatch score 39

Producer

Saturday Night Clive
Saturday Night Clive (1989)

TV show

Spaceballs
Spaceballs (1987)
GoodWatch score 61

as President Skroob / Yogurt

84 Charing Cross Road
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

Executive Producer

Solarbabies
Solarbabies (1986)
GoodWatch score 24

Producer

The Doctor and the Devils
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
GoodWatch score 35

Executive Producer

An Audience with Mel Brooks
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)

Writer

To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
GoodWatch score 64

as Dr. Frederick Bronski

History of the World: Part I
History of the World: Part I (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI

The Nude Bomb
The Nude Bomb (1980)
GoodWatch score 36

Characters

Fatso
Fatso (1980)
GoodWatch score 45

Producer

1970s

16 titles · average score 70
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie (1979)
GoodWatch score 80

as Professor Max Krassman

High Anxiety
High Anxiety (1977)
GoodWatch score 65

as Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke

Silent Movie
Silent Movie (1976)
GoodWatch score 72

as Mel Funn

When Things Were Rotten
When Things Were Rotten (1975)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Guard (uncredited)

The 2000 Year Old Man
The 2000 Year Old Man (1975)
GoodWatch score 69

as 2000 Year Old Man (voice)

Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein (1974)
GoodWatch score 85

as Werewolf / Cat / Victor Frankenstein (voice) (uncredited)

Blazing Saddles
Blazing Saddles (1974)
GoodWatch score 79

as William Le Petomane / Indian Chief

Free to Be… You and Me
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
GoodWatch score 79

as Baby Boy (voice)

The Electric Company
The Electric Company (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Blond-Haired Cartoon Man (voice)

The Twelve Chairs
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
GoodWatch score 74

as Tikon

Shinbone Alley
Shinbone Alley (1970)
GoodWatch score 62

Author, Writer

Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)

Writer

1960s

5 titles · average score 76
The Producers
The Producers (1968)
GoodWatch score 85

as Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart
Get Smart: A Man Called Smart (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

The Critic
The Critic (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Narrator (voice)

Inside Danny Baker
Inside Danny Baker (1963)

Writer

The Ladies Man
The Ladies Man (1961)
GoodWatch score 82

Writer

1950s

1 title · average score 56
New Faces
New Faces (1954)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer