Albert Brooks Bio | Wiki
Albert Brooks is an American actor and filmmaker. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987’s Broadcast News. Albert was also widely praised for his performance as a ruthless Jewish mobster in the 2011 action drama film Drive.
He has also played in Taxi Driver, Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours, and My First Mister. In addition to that, he has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance, Lost in America, and Defending Your Life.
Albert Brooks Age
Albert was born on July 22, 1947, in Beverly Hills, California, United States. He is 75 years old.
Albert Brooks Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (Approx. 1.78 m).
Albert Brooks Family | Father
He was born Albert Lawrence Einstein in Beverly Hills, California, to his parents Thelma Leeds and Harry Einstein. Robert’s mother was an actress and his father was a radio comedian who performed on Eddie Cantor’s radio program and was known as “Parkyakarkus”.
He grew up in a Jewish show business family alongside his older two brothers Bob Einstein and Clifford Einstein. Roberts’ brother late comedic actor Bob, is better known as a character he created named “Super Dave Osborne”, who had a recurring role in Curb Your Enthusiasm. Clifford is a partner and longtime chief creative officer at the Los Angeles advertising agency Dailey & Associates.
Albert Brooks Wife
Robert is married to his beautiful wife named artist Kimberly Shlain. She is the daughter of a surgeon and writer Leonard Shlain. The couple celebrated their wedding in 1997. Together, they have two children, Jacob and Claire.
Albert Brooks Education
He grew up among show business families in southern California, attending Beverly Hills High School with Richard Dreyfuss and Rob Reiner.
Movies With Albert Brooks
I Love You, Daddy
The Secret Life of Pets
Finding Dory
Concussion
The Little Prince
A Most Violent Year
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Weeds
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Love, American Style
The Odd Couple
Hot Wheels
Albert Brooks Taxi Driver
In 1976, Robert appeared in his first mainstream film role, in Martin Scorsese’s landmark Taxi Driver. Scorsese allowed him to improvise much of his dialogue. Robert had landed the role after moving to Los Angeles to enter the film business.
Albert Brooks Simpsons
He has appeared as a guest voice on The Simpsons seven times during its run. Robert 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”.
Mother With Albert Brooks
Robert garnered positive reviews for Mother in 1996, which starred him as a middle-aged writer moving back home to resolve tensions between himself and his mother. 1999’s The Muse featured Robert as a Hollywood screenwriter who has “lost his edge”, using the services of an authentic muse for inspiration.
Albert Brooks Drive
In 2011, Robert co-starred as the vicious gangster Bernie Rose, the main antagonist in the film Drive, alongside Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. His performance received much critical praise and positive reviews, with several critics proclaiming Robert’s performance as one of the film’s best aspects.
After receiving awards and nominations from several film festivals and critic groups, but not an Academy Award nomination, he responded humorously on Twitter, “And to the Academy: ‘You don’t like me. You really don’t like me.”
Albert Brooks Real Life
Robert directed his first feature film, Real Life, in 1979. The film, in which he films a typical suburban family in an effort to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize, was a sendup of PBS’s An American Family documentary. It has also been viewed as foretelling the future emergence of reality television. Roberts also made a cameo appearance in the film Private Benjamin (1980), starring Goldie Hawn.
Albert Brooks Finding Nemo
He continued his voiceover work in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, as the voice of Marlin, one of the film’s protagonists. In 2016, Robert voiced Tiberius, a curmudgeonly red-tailed hawk, in The Secret Life of Pets, and reprised the role of Marlin from Finding Nemo in the 2016 sequel Finding Dory.
Albert Brooks Defending Your Life
Robert’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’ touch as a filmmaker.
Albert Brooks Lost In America
Robert’s best-received film, Lost in America (1985), featured him 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. In 2006 he appeared in the documentary film Wanderlust as David Howard from Lost in America. The documentary included many other well-known people.
Albert Brooks Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Albert’s estimated net worth is $30 million.
Is Albert Brooks Related To Mel Brooks
No. The two are not related but share the same sir name. Mel is also an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies.