Editing Albert Brooks

{{short description|American actor (born 1947)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Albert Brooks
| image              = Albert Brooks at 'Drive' premiere TIFF 9.10.11.jpg
| caption            = Brooks at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2011
| birth_name         = Albert Lawrence Einstein
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1947|7|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|director|writer|comedian}}
| years_active       = 1969–present
| spouse             = {{Marriage|[[Kimberly Brooks (artist)|Kimberly Shlain]]|1997}}
| children           = 2
| father             = [[Harry Einstein]]
| mother             = [[Thelma Leeds]]
| relatives          = {{unbulleted list
| [[Bob Einstein]] (brother)
| [[Charles Einstein]] (half-brother)
}}
| website            = {{URL|albertbrooks.com}}
}}

'''Albert Brooks''' (born '''Albert Lawrence Einstein'''; July 22, 1947)<ref name="filmreference">{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/60/Albert-Brooks.html|title=Albert Brooks Biography (1947-)|website=www.filmreference.com|access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance in the 1987 comedy-drama film ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]'' and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 action drama film ''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]''.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/aa87.html "Academy Awards 1987"]. filmsite.org.</ref> Brooks has also acted in films such as ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' (1976), ''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]'' (1980), ''[[Unfaithfully Yours (1984 film)|Unfaithfully Yours]]'' (1984), ''[[Out of Sight]]'' (1998) and ''[[My First Mister]]'' (2001). He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as ''[[Modern Romance (film)|Modern Romance]]'' (1981), ''[[Lost in America]]'' (1985), and ''[[Defending Your Life]]'' (1991). He is also the author of ''[[2030 (novel)|2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America]]'' (2011).

Brooks has also voiced several characters in animated films and television shows. His voice acting roles include Marlin in ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003) and its sequel ''[[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).

==Early life==
Brooks was born Albert Lawrence Einstein on July 22, 1947, into a [[Jewish]] show business family in [[Beverly Hills]], [[California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egothemag.com/archives/2006/01/comedy_in_the_m.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210221819/http://www.egothemag.com/archives/2006/01/comedy_in_the_m.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2006 |title=Comedy in The Muslim World |work=EGO Magazine |date=January 2006 |first=Rachel |last=Astarte Piccione }}</ref><ref name="filmreference"/> to [[Thelma Leeds]] (née Goodman), an actress, and [[Harry Einstein]], a radio comedian who performed on [[Eddie Cantor]]'s radio program and was known as "Parkyakarkus".<ref name="filmreference"/> He is the youngest of three sons. His older brothers are the late comedic actor [[Bob Einstein]] (1942–2019), and Clifford Einstein (b. 1939), a partner and longtime chief creative officer at Los Angeles advertising agency Dailey & Associates. His older half-brother was [[Charles Einstein]] (1926–2007), a writer for such television programs as ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' and ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''. His grandparents emigrated from Austria and Russia. He grew up among show business families in Southern California, attending [[Beverly Hills High School]] with [[Richard Dreyfuss]] and [[Rob Reiner]].<ref>Kaufman, Peter (January 22, 2006). [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F58714871BD6E8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "The background on Albert Brooks"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The Buffalo News]]''. Accessed April 24, 2008. "Albert Brooks, who grew up in a showbiz family and attended Beverly Hills High School, has never been interested in being an outsider."</ref>

==Career==

Brooks attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now [[Carnegie Mellon University]]) in [[Pittsburgh]] (where his classmates included [[Michael McKean]] and [[David L. Lander]]), but dropped out after one year to focus on his comedy career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/mother-lode-vol-47-no-3/|title=Mother Lode|last=Lambert|first=Pam|date=January 27, 1997|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=March 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref> By the age of 19, he had changed his professional name to Albert Brooks, joking that "the real [[Albert Einstein]] changed his name to sound more intelligent".<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCall|first1=Cheryl|title=Psst! Albert Brooks Isn't Kin to Mel Except in Comedy|url=https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073410,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025937/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073410,00.html |archive-date=2015-11-17 |magazine=People}}</ref> He quickly became a regular on variety and talk shows during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was on the writing staff for the ill-fated ABC show ''[[Turn-On]]'', which was cancelled after one episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063960/fullcredits/|title=Turn-On (TV Series 1969-) Full Cast and Crew|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref> In 1970–71, he also worked with college friends McKean and Lander (alongside [[Harry Shearer]]) as a writer/guest performer on some early material by radio and LP record comedy group [[The Credibility Gap]]. Brooks led a new generation of self-reflective baby-boomer comics appearing on NBC's ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. His on-stage persona, that of an [[egotistical]], [[narcissistic]], nervous comic, an ironic showbiz insider who punctured himself before an audience by disassembling his mastery of comedic stagecraft, influenced other [[postmodernism|post-modern]] comedians of the 1970s, including [[Steve Martin]], [[Martin Mull]], and [[Andy Kaufman]].

After two successful comedy albums, ''Comedy Minus One'' (1973) and the [[Grammy Award]]-nominated ''[[A Star Is Bought]]'' (1975), Brooks left the stand-up circuit to try his hand as a filmmaker. He had already made his first short film, ''The Famous Comedians School'', a satiric short and an early example of the [[mockumentary]] subgenre that was aired in 1972 on the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] show ''[[The Great American Dream Machine]]''.<ref>Ramsey Ess (January 4, 2013). [http://splitsider.com/2013/01/the-short-films-of-albert-brooks/ "The Short Films of Albert Brooks"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214022718/http://splitsider.com/2013/01/the-short-films-of-albert-brooks |date=February 14, 2015}}.</ref>

In 1975, Brooks directed six short films for the first season of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/01/the-short-films-of-albert-brooks.html|title=The Short Films of Albert Brooks|last=Ess|first=Ramsey|date=4 January 2013|website=Vulture|publisher=Vox Media, LLC|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> In 1976, he appeared in his first mainstream film role, in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s landmark ''[[Taxi Driver]]''; Scorsese allowed Brooks to improvise much of his dialogue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/30/albert-brooks-takes-look-back-his-career/|title=Albert Brooks takes a look back on his career |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref>

Brooks directed his first feature film, ''[[Real Life (1979 film)|Real Life]]'', in 1979, which he co-wrote with Harry Shearer and [[Monica Johnson]]. The film, in which Brooks (playing a version of himself) films a typical suburban family in an effort to win both an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] and a [[Nobel Prize]], was a sendup of [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]'s ''[[An American Family]]'' documentary. It has also been viewed as foretelling the emergence of [[reality television]].<ref>Montoya, Maria (February 28, 2009). [http://blog.nola.com/davewalker/2009/02/albert_brooks_real_life_film_i.html "Albert Brooks 'Real Life' film is an unexpected classic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709130050/http://blog.nola.com/davewalker/2009/02/albert_brooks_real_life_film_i.html |date=July 9, 2011}}. ''[[The Times-Picayune]]''.</ref> Brooks also appeared in the film ''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]'' (1980), starring [[Goldie Hawn]].<ref>{{cite AV media| people=Howard Zieff (director)| title=Private Benjamin| medium=Film| publisher=Warner Brothers| date=10 October 1980}}</ref>

Through the 1980s and 1990s, Brooks co-wrote (with long-time collaborator [[Monica Johnson]]), directed and starred in a series of well-received comedies, playing variants on his standard neurotic and self-obsessed character. These include 1981's ''[[Modern Romance (film)|Modern Romance]]'', where Brooks played a film editor desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend ([[Kathryn Harrold]]). The film received a limited release and ultimately grossed under $3 million domestically.<ref name="modgross">{{cite web |title=Modern Romance box office |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=modernromance.htm |access-date=March 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319105856/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=modernromance.htm |archive-date=March 19, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> His best-received film, the satirical road movie ''[[Lost in America]]'' (1985), featured Brooks and [[Julie Hagerty]] as a couple who leave their [[yuppie]] lifestyle and drop out of society to live in a motor home as they have always dreamed of doing, meeting disappointment.

Brooks's ''[[Defending Your Life]]'' (1991) placed his lead character in the [[afterlife]], put on trial to justify his human fears and determine his cosmic fate. Critics responded to the off-beat premise and the chemistry between Brooks and [[Meryl Streep]], as his post-death love interest. His later efforts did not find large audiences, but still retained Brooks's touch as a filmmaker. He garnered positive reviews for ''[[Mother (1996 film)|Mother]]'' (1996), which starred Brooks as a middle-aged writer moving back home to resolve tensions between himself and his mother ([[Debbie Reynolds]]). [[1999 in film|1999's]] ''[[The Muse (1999 film)|The Muse]]'' featured Brooks as a Hollywood screenwriter who has "lost his edge", using the services of an authentic [[muse]] ([[Sharon Stone]]) for inspiration. In an interview with Brooks with regard to ''The Muse'', Gavin Smith wrote, "Brooks's distinctive film making style is remarkably discreet and unemphatic; he has a light, deft touch, with a classical precision and economy, shooting and cutting his scenes in smooth, seamless successions of medium shots, with clean, high-key lighting."<ref>''Film Comment'', Jan/Feb 1999, [http://www.filmcomment.com/article/all-the-choices-albert-brooks-interview All The Choices: Albert Brooks Interview]</ref>

Brooks has appeared as a guest voice on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' seven times during its run (always under the name ''A. Brooks''). He is described as the best guest star in the show's history by [[IGN]], particularly for his role as supervillain [[Hank Scorpio]] in the episode "[[You Only Move Twice]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p5.html|title=Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances|access-date=March 25, 2007|author1=Goldman, Eric |author2=Iverson, Dan |author3=Zoromski, Brian |website=IGN| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070308101151/http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p5.html| archive-date= March 8, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Brooks also acted in other writers' and directors' films during the 1980s and 1990s. He had a cameo in the opening scene of ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'', playing a driver whose passenger ([[Dan Aykroyd]]) has a shocking secret. In [[James L. Brooks]]'s hit ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]'' (1987), Albert Brooks was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for playing an insecure, supremely ethical television news reporter, who offers the rhetorical question, "Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?" He also won positive notices for his role in 1998's ''[[Out of Sight (1998 film)|Out of Sight]]'', playing an untrustworthy banker and ex-convict.

[[File:Albert Brooks and Sheetal Sheth.jpg|thumb|right|Brooks with [[Sheetal Sheth]] at the premiere of ''[[Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World]]'' in 2006]]

Brooks received positive reviews for his portrayal of a dying retail store owner who befriends a disillusioned teenager (played by [[Leelee Sobieski]]) in ''[[My First Mister]]'' (2001). Brooks continued his voiceover work in [[Pixar]]'s ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003), as the voice of Marlin, one of the film's protagonists.

His 2005 film ''[[Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World]]'' was dropped by [[Sony Pictures]] due to their desire to change the title. [[Warner Independent Pictures]] purchased the film and gave it a limited release in January 2006; the film received mixed reviews and a low box office gross. As with ''[[Real Life (1979 film)|Real Life]]'', Brooks plays a fictionalized "Albert Brooks", a filmmaker ostensibly commissioned by the US government to see what makes the Muslim people laugh, and sending him on a tour of India and Pakistan.

In 2006 he appeared in the documentary film ''[[Wanderlust (2006 film)|Wanderlust]]'' as David Howard from ''Lost in America''. In 2007, he continued his long-term collaboration with ''The Simpsons'' by voicing Russ Cargill, the central antagonist of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''. He portrayed Lenny Botwin, [[Nancy Botwin]]'s estranged father-in-law, during the 2008 season of the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''.<ref>Ausiello, Michael (April 14, 2008). [http://www.tvguide.com/news/Weeds-Scoop-Albert-8084.aspx "Weeds Scoop: Albert Brooks Is Nancy's 'Dad'"]. ''[[TV Guide]]''.</ref>

''[[2030 (novel)|2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America]]'', his first novel, was published by [[St. Martin's Press]] on May 10, 2011.<ref>{{cite news| last=Maslin| first=Janet| title=A Wry Eye on Problems of the Future| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/books/albert-brookss-2030-his-first-novel-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/books/albert-brookss-2030-his-first-novel-review.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=May 1, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Brooks co-starred as the vicious gangster Bernie Rose, the main antagonist in the 2011 film ''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]'', alongside [[Ryan Gosling]] and [[Carey Mulligan]]. His performance received much critical praise and positive reviews. After receiving awards and nominations from several film festivals and critic groups, but not an Academy Award nomination, Brooks responded humorously on [[Twitter]], "And to the Academy: 'You don't like me. You really don't like me'."<ref>{{cite news |date=January 24, 2012 |title=Albert Brooks not nominated for Oscar: 'I got ROBBED ... I mean literally. My pants and shoes have been stolen'|first=Sarah Anne |last=Hughes |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/albert-brooks-not-nominated-for-oscar-i-got-robbed--i-mean-literally-my-pants-and-shoes-have-been-stolen/2012/01/24/gIQATuGXNQ_blog.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Talking Points: Hollywood abuzz over Oscar snubs |date= January 27, 2012 |first=Sarah |last=Barmak |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1122818}}</ref>

Brooks voiced Tiberius, a curmudgeonly red-tailed hawk, in the 2016 film ''[[The Secret Life of Pets]]'', and reprised the role of Marlin in ''[[Finding Dory]]'' the same year. In 2019, Brooks did not return to do the voice of Tiberius in ''[[The Secret Life of Pets 2]]'', because he was not available.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-10 |title=Movie Review: 'The Secret Life of Pets 2' - |url=https://movies.mxdwn.com/reviews/movie-review-the-secret-life-of-pets-2/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=mxdwn Movies |language=en-US}}</ref>

In early November 2023, a documentary about the comedian/filmmaker, ''[[Albert Brooks: Defending My Life]]'', directed by his friend [[Rob Reiner]], was released on [[Max (streaming service)|Max]]. The documentary includes interviews from [[David Letterman]], [[Sharon Stone]], [[Larry David]], [[James L Brooks]], [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Sarah Silverman]], [[Ben Stiller]], and others. Later that month, on the podcast ''[[WTF with Marc Maron]]'', Brooks supplemented the biographical information in the documentary with additional stories from his life.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fienberg |first=Daniel |date=26 October 2023 |title='Albert Brooks: Defending My Life' Review: Rob Reiner's Delightful HBO Doc Tribute Leaves You Wanting More |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/albert-brooks-defending-my-life-review-rob-reiner-hbo-doc-tribute-1235629093/ |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=hollywoodreporter.com |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |quote=}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1997, Brooks married artist [[Kimberly Brooks (artist)|Kimberly Shlain]], daughter of surgeon and writer [[Leonard Shlain]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/22/movies/film-a-funnyman-whose-muse-is-in-the-mirror.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 22, 1999 |title=A Funnyman Whose Muse is in the Mirror |first=Margy |last=Rochlin}}</ref><ref name="filmreference"/> They have two children, Jacob and Claire<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/albert-brooks-this-is-40| last=Apatow| first=Judd| title=Our Mr. Brooks| journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]| date=January 2013| access-date=June 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="filmreference"/> and live in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/albert-brooks-snags-santa-monica-cape-cod-1201281188 |title=Albert Brooks Buys New House in Santa Monica &#124; Variety |access-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031220652/http://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/albert-brooks-snags-santa-monica-cape-cod-1201281188 |url-status=deviated }}</ref>

==Works==
===As director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Distribution
|-
| 1971/1972
| "Albert Brooks's Famous School for Comedians"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tropiano |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtGGDwAAQBAJ&dq=The+Famous+Comedians+School+PBS+1971&pg=PT49 |title=Saturday Night Live FAQ: Everything Left to Know About Television's Longest Running Comedy |date=2013-11-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4803-6686-2 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[PBS]]
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Real Life (1979 film)|Real Life]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures]] 
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Modern Romance (film)|Modern Romance]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures]]
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Lost in America]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Warner Bros.]]
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Defending Your Life]]''
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Mother (1996 film)|Mother]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Muse (film)|The Muse]]''
| [[October Films]]
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World]]''
| [[Warner Independent Pictures]]
|}

=== Comedy albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Type
|-
|1973
|''Comedy Minus One''
|live<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Brooks - Comedy Minus One |url=https://www.discogs.com/Albert-Brooks-Comedy-Minus-One/master/647949 |access-date=2021-07-04 |website=[[Discogs]] |year=1973 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1975
|''[[A Star Is Bought]]''
|studio<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Brooks - A Star Is Bought |url=https://www.discogs.com/Albert-Brooks-A-Star-Is-Bought/master/545243 |access-date=2021-07-04 |website=Discogs |year=1975 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

=== Literature ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
|-
|2011
|''[[2030 (novel)|2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America]]''
|}

== Filmography ==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Taxi Driver]]''
| Tom
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Real Life (1979 film)|Real Life]]''
| Albert Brooks
| Also writer and director
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]''
| Yale Goodman
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Modern Romance (film)|Modern Romance]]''
| Robert Cole
| Also writer and director
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]''
| Car Driver
| Segment: "Prologue"
|-
| ''[[Terms of Endearment]]''
| Rudyard
| Voice; credited as "A. Brooks"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Unfaithfully Yours (1984 film)|Unfaithfully Yours]]''
| Norman Robbins
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Lost in America]]''
| David Howard
| Also writer and director
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]''
| Aaron Altman
| Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Defending Your Life]]''
| Daniel Miller
| Also writer/director
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''[[I'll Do Anything]]''
| Burke Adler
|
|-
| ''[[The Scout (1994 film)|The Scout]]''
| Al Percolo
| Also writer
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Mother (1996 film)|Mother]]''
| John Henderson
| Also writer and director
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Critical Care (film)|Critical Care]]''
| Dr. Butz
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]''
| Jacob the Tiger 
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Out of Sight]]''
| Richard Ripley
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Muse (film)|The Muse]]''
| Steven Phillips
| Also writer and director
|-
| 2001
| ''[[My First Mister]]''
| Randall 'R' Harris
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| ''[[Finding Nemo]]''
| rowspan="2" | Marlin 
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau]]''
| Voice, [[short film]]
|-
| ''[[The In-Laws (2003 film)|The In-Laws]]''
| Jerry Peyser
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World]]''
| Himself
| Also writer and director
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''
| Russ Cargill 
| Voice; credited as "A. Brooks"
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]''
| Bernie Rose
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[This Is 40]]''
| Larry
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[A Most Violent Year]]''
| Andrew Walsh
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[[The Little Prince (2015 film)|The Little Prince]]''
| The Businessman
| Voice
|-
| ''[[Concussion (2015 film)|Concussion]]''
| [[Cyril Wecht]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Finding Dory]]''
| Marlin 
| rowspan="2" | Voice
|-
| ''[[The Secret Life of Pets]]''
| Tiberius 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[I Love You, Daddy]]''
| Dick Welker 
| Voice; credited as "A. Brooks"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Albert Brooks: Defending My Life]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Ella McCay]]''
|
| Post-production
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|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Hot Wheels (TV series)|Hot Wheels]]''
| Mickey Barnes / Kip Chogi 
| Voice
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''
| Rudy
| 2 episodes<ref>{{IMDb title|tt0664231|The Odd Couple - Felix Is Missing}}</ref>
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Love, American Style]]''
| Christopher Leacock
| Episode 2.16: "Love and Operation Model"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]''
| Dr. Norman
| Episode 2.2: "The Needle"
|-
| 1975–1976
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Interviewer / Bob / Heart Surgeon
| Assistant director: 7 episodes<br>Writer: 5 episodes<br>Actor: 4 episodes
|-
| 1990–2023
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| Hank Scorpio, Jacques, Various roles
| Voice, 9 episodes; credited as "A. Brooks"
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
| Lenny Botwin
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| Himself 
| Episode: "The Five-Foot Fence"
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:36em;"| Award
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Work
! scope="col" style="width:2em;" |Result 
|-
|1985 || [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay]] || ''Lost in America'' || {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=5|1987 || [[American Comedy Award]] for Funniest Male Supporting Actor || rowspan=5|''Broadcast News'' || {{won}} 
|-
|[[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor]] || {{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Awards 1987|National Society of Film Critics Award]] for Best Actor || {{maybe|2nd place}}
|-
|National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor || {{maybe|3rd place}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1996 || [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay]] || rowspan=2|''Mother'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay]] || {{won}}
|-
|rowspan=30|2011 ||  [[African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2011|African American Film Critics Association Award]] for Best Supporting Actor || rowspan=30|''Drive'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[Austin Film Critics Association]] Award for Best Supporting Actor || {{won}}
|-
|[[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}}
|-
|[[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}}
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|Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor || {{won}}
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|[[New York Film Critics Online Awards 2011|New York Film Critics Online Award]] for Best Supporting Actor || {{won}}
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|Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor || {{won}}
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|[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] || {{won}}
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|[[St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}}
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|[[Village Voice Film Poll]] – Supporting Actor || {{won}}
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|[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{won}}
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|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}}
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|Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor || {{maybe|runner-up}}
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|[[Detroit Film Critics Society#Best Supporting Actor 5|Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}}
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|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]] || {{nom}}
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|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male]] || {{nom}}
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|Indiana Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor || {{maybe|runner-up}}
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|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2011|London Film Critics Circle Award]] for Supporting Actor of the Year || {{nom}}
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|[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}}
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| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}}
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|Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor || {{maybe|runner-up}}
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Albert Brooks}}
* {{Official website|http://www.albertbrooks.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|983}}
* Interview: [http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/05/23/albert-brooks-2030 Albert Brooks: Comedy And Dystopia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513043645/http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/05/23/albert-brooks-2030 |date=May 13, 2016 }} – [[On Point]].
* "[http://www.hellisforhyphenates.com/blog/2014/01/31/january-2014/ The films of Albert Brooks]". ''Hell Is For Hyphenates''. January 31, 2014.

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