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Albert Brooks

Actor, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn July 22, 1947 (77 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Weeds
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie

Known For

  • Finding Nemo
  • Finding Dory
  • Drive
  • Taxi Driver
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • The Secret Life of Pets
  • Concussion
  • Defending Your Life
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie
  • Broadcast News
  • A Most Violent Year
  • The Muse
  • Lost in America
  • The In-Laws
  • The Scout
  • Mother
  • The Little Prince
  • My First Mister
  • Modern Romance
  • Real Life
  • Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
  • Private Benjamin
  • I'll Do Anything
  • Unfaithfully Yours

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    2017
    I Love You, Daddy · as Dick Welker (voice)
    2016
    The Secret Life of Pets · as Tiberius (voice)
    2016
    Finding Dory · as Marlin (voice)
    2015
    Concussion · as Dr. Cyril Wecht
    2015
    The Little Prince · as The Businessman (voice)
    2014
    A Most Violent Year · as Andrew Walsh
    2012
    This Is 40 · as Larry
    2011
    Drive · as Bernie Rose
    2007
    The Pixar Story · as Marlin (voice) (archive Footage)
    2007
    The Simpsons Movie · as Russ Cargill (voice)
    2005
    Weeds (TV Series) · as Lenny Botwin
    2003
    Exploring the Reef · as Marlin (voice)
    2003
    Finding Nemo · as Marlin (voice)
    2003
    The In-Laws · as Jerry Peyser
    2001
    My First Mister · as Randall ("r")
    2000
    1999
    The Muse · as Steven Phillips
    1998
    Out of Sight · as Richard Ripley
    1998
    Doctor Dolittle · as Tiger (voice)
    1997
    Critical Care · as Dr. Butz
    1997
    1996
    Mother · as John Henderson
    1994
    The Scout · as Al Percolo
    1994
    I'll Do Anything · as Burke Adler
    1992
    1991
    Defending Your Life · as Daniel Miller
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Jacques (voice)
    1987
    Broadcast News · as Aaron Altman
    1985
    Lost in America · as David Howard
    1984
    Unfaithfully Yours · as Norman Robbins
    1983
    Terms of Endearment · as Rudyard Greenway (voice)
    1983
    1981
    Modern Romance · as Robert Cole
    1980
    Private Benjamin · as Yale Goodman
    1976
    Taxi Driver · as Tom
    1975
    Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Interviewer (segment 'the Impossible Truth') (voice)
    1971
    The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Norman
    1970
    The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Rudy
    1969
    Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Christopher
    1969
    Team Hot Wheels (TV Series) · as Kip Chogi (voice)
    1969
    Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as College Student
    1960
    Insight (TV Series) · as Hank

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