Albert Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein, known professionally as Albert Brooks, is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the comedy-drama Broadcast News (1987) and was widely praised for his performance in the action drama Drive (2011). Brooks has acted in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), Out of Sight (1998), My First Mister (2001), and Concussion (2015). He has written, directed, and starred in a number of comedies, including Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), and Defending Your Life (1991). He is the author of 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America (2011).
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🎬 Movies
Breakdown: 1975
actor
2025
Ella McCay
actor
2025
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
actor
2023
Albert Brooks and Robert Weide
actor
2021
I Love You, Daddy
actor
2017
The Secret Life of Pets
actor
2016
Finding Dory
actor
2016
Concussion
actor
2015
The Little Prince
actor
2015
A Most Violent Year
actor
2014
This Is 40
actor
2012
Drive
actor
2011
The Simpsons Movie
actor
2007
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
writer
2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
actor
2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
director
2006
Finding Nemo
actor
2003
The In-Laws
actor
2003
My First Mister
actor
2001
The Muse
actor
1999
The Muse
writer
1999
The Muse
director
1999
Making 'Taxi Driver'
actor
1999
Out of Sight
actor
1998
Doctor Dolittle
actor
1998
Critical Care
actor
1997
Mother
director
1996
Mother
writer
1996
Mother
actor
1996
The Scout
writer
1994
The Scout
actor
1994
I'll Do Anything
actor
1994
Defending Your Life
actor
1991
Defending Your Life
director
1991
Defending Your Life
writer
1991
Broadcast News
actor
1987
Lost in America
writer
1985
Lost in America
actor
1985
Lost in America
director
1985
Unfaithfully Yours
actor
1984
Twilight Zone: The Movie
actor
1983
Modern Romance
director
1981
Modern Romance
writer
1981
Modern Romance
actor
1981
Private Benjamin
actor
1980
Real Life
director
1979
Real Life
actor
1979
Real Life
writer
1979
Taxi Driver
actor
1976