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Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

32 movies on Netflix

Biography

Albert Brooks was born in Beverly Hills into a show business family and entered comedy as a young man, becoming a regular on late-1960s and early-1970s variety and talk shows. After two stand-up albums and short films for Saturday Night Live, he made his first mainstream film appearance in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). He then wrote, directed and starred in the satire Real Life (1979) and followed it with comedies about self-absorbed men, including Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985) and Defending Your Life (1991). His supporting role in Broadcast News (1987) earned an Academy Award nomination, and his turn as a gangster in Drive (2011) was widely praised. He has also appeared in Private Benjamin (1980), Out of Sight (1998) and My First Mister (2001), and voiced Marlin in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016). On television he was a recurring guest voice on The Simpsons, including The Simpsons Movie (2007).

79years old

Turns 80 on July 22in 281 days

  • Born Beverly Hills
  • Star sign: CancerLast day of the sign, on the Leo cusp
  • Albert Lawrence Einstein (birth name)Also credited as Albert Lawrence Brooks and A. Brooks

Movie Career

Films
32
Career span
49 years1976 to 2025

Genres

First and latest

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  1. About the name

    By 19, Brooks had adopted Albert Brooks as his professional name. He joked that the real Albert Einstein changed his own name to sound more intelligent.

  2. Early training

    Brooks went to Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, where Michael McKean and David L. Lander were among his classmates, but he left after a single year to concentrate on comedy.

  3. First role

    Brooks made his first mainstream film appearance in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and Scorsese let him improvise much of his dialogue.

  4. Behind the camera

    Brooks made his directorial debut with Real Life in 1979, a film he wrote with Harry Shearer and Monica Johnson. In it he plays a version of himself filming a suburban family, and it has been viewed as foretelling reality television.

  5. A first

    Brooks's first short film, The Famous Comedians School, aired in 1972 on PBS's The Great American Dream Machine and was an early mockumentary.

  6. Behind the award

    After being passed over for an Academy Award nomination for Drive, Brooks tweeted, "And to the Academy: 'You don't like me. You really don't like me'."

Albert Brooks movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Finding Nemo2003 Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Familyas Marlinvoice

    IMDb rating 8.21.2M votes

  2. Drive2011 Crime, Dramaas Bernie Rose

    IMDb rating 7.8774K votes

  3. Finding Dory2016as Marlinvoice

    IMDb rating 7.2340K votes

  4. Taxi Driver1976as Tom

    IMDb rating 8.21.0M votes

  5. Concussion2015as Dr. Cyril Wecht

    IMDb rating 7.1106K votes

  6. The Secret Life of Pets2016as Tiberiusvoice

    IMDb rating 6.5239K votes

  7. The Simpsons Movie2007as Russ Cargillvoice

    IMDb rating 7.3366K votes

  8. Twilight Zone: The Movie1983as Car Driver (Prologue)

    IMDb rating 6.444K votes

Most often with

James L. Brooks directed three of these films, Andrew Stanton two and Howard Zieff two. Julie Kavner appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Julie Kavner, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Julie KavnerJohn Lithgow, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John LithgowPatton Oswalt, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Patton OswaltJodie Foster, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jodie FosterPeter Boyle, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Peter BoyleOscar Isaac, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Oscar IsaacJames L. BrooksDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by James L. BrooksAndrew StantonDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Andrew StantonHoward ZieffDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Howard Zieff

Films together

Box office

What Albert Brooks's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$4.3 billion

24 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 32 films: 24 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 24Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

Finding Dory2016as Marlin (voice)$1.0 billion

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Finding Dory2016as Marlin (voice)
    $1.0B24.1% of the total
  2. 2
    Finding Nemo2003as Marlin (voice)
    $940M22.0% of the total
  3. 3
    The Secret Life of Pets2016as Tiberius (voice)
    $875M20.5% of the total
  4. 4
    The Simpsons Movie2007as Russ Cargill (voice)
    $527M12.3% of the total
  5. 5
    Doctor Dolittle1998as Tiger (voice)
    $295M6.9% of the total
  6. 6
    This Is 402012as Larry
    $88M2.1% of the total
  7. 7
    Drive2011as Bernie Rose
    $80M1.9% of the total
  8. 8
    Out of Sight1998as Richard Ripley
    $78M1.8% of the total
Private Benjamin (1980), $69.8 millionBroadcast News (1987), $67.3 millionConcussion (2015), $50.4 millionTwilight Zone: The Movie (1983), $29.5 millionTaxi Driver (1976), $28.6 millionThe In-Laws (2003), $26.8 millionUnfaithfully Yours (1984), $19.9 millionMother (1996), $19.1 millionDefending Your Life (1991), $16.4 millionA Most Violent Year (2014), $12.0 millionLost in America (1985), $10.2 millionElla McCay (2025), $4.5 millionThe Scout (1994), $2.7 millionMy First Mister (2001), $595,005Real Life (1979), $364,642Critical Care (1997), $271,000

$358 millionfrom the other 16 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total

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