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Albert Brooks is among the most inventive practitioners of motion picture comedy, as well as one of its most incisive commentators on contemporary life. Albert Brooks began his career as a stand-up comic, and went on to become an award-winning actor, writer and filmmaker. Albert Brooks' special guest starring role in "Weeds" marks Brooks' foray into cable television. Albert Brooks has written, directed and starred in the feature films: "Real Life," "Modern Romance," "Lost In America," "Defending Your Life," "Mother," "The Muse" and "Looking For Comedy in the Muslim World." Albert Brooks made his acting debut in Martin Scorsese's classic, "Taxi Driver." Albert Brooks' other acting credits include such films as "Private Benjamin," "Unfaithfully Yours," "I'll Do Anything," "Critical Care," "Out of Sight" and "My First Mister." Albert Brooks earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in "Broadcast News." "Finding Nemo," which he starred in, received an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and has become one of the highest grossing animated films ever made. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Albert Brooks studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University before starting his performing career in 1968 doing stand-up comedy on network television. Albert Brooks began on "The Steve Allen Show," later became a regular on "The Dean Martin Show," and performed on such variety programs as "The Ed Sullivan Show," "The Merv Griffin Show," "The Hollywood Palace" and had over forty appearances on "The Tonight Show" starring Johnny Carson. Albert Brooks has recorded two comedy albums: "Comedy Minus One" and "A Star is Bought," the latter earning him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Recording. Albert Brooks' first directorial effort was in 1972 for the PBS series "The Great American Dream Machine." Albert Brooks adapted an article he had written for Esquire Magazine, "Albert Brooks' Famous School for Comedians" into a short film. Following this, Albert Brooks created six short films for the debut season of "Saturday Night Live." Albert Brooks has been honored by the American Film Institute with a retrospective of his work at the first U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen Colorado.
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Always fun to watch a movie and say "I know where that is!" - Defending your Life w/ Albert Brooks and M Streep, the Fluor Bldgs in Irvine! less than an hour agoI've always kinda thought of Oprah as the antichrist as described by Albert Brooks in Broadcast News. (Clip's not on YouTube, alas.) 3 hours agoRT @JohnDCook "It's better to be known by 6 people for something you're proud of than by 6M for something you're not." - Albert Brooks 6 hours ago@dellalee Reminds me of what Albert Brooks said about the Devil in Broadcast News "He'll be smiling" 6 hours agoRT @DougOntrack: "It's better to be known by 6 people for something you're proud of than by 6M for something you're not." - Albert Brooks 6 hours ago"It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not." - Albert Brooks 7 hours ago@kevinpollak Love the new cartoon-you, but where's the hat? Kevin with no hat is like Albert Brooks without the "NEMO, NEMO" 21 hours agoWow longest day of my life! Got to actually shake hands and meet albert brooks tho. Came to the office specifically to meet me! :) Mr. Nemo! 1 day agoDid you know that Super Dave Osborne is the older brother of Albert Brooks? I certainly did not. 1 day agoSetting up to watch Taxi Driver with Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, and Albert Brooks. 1 day agoWeird Internet Tidbit of the Day: Just found out that Albert Brooks is the younger brother of Super Dave Osborne. Thanks Wikipedia! 1 day ago@SusanKim4 I liked it...but then again I'm a big Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks fan....could care less about William Hurt... 1 day ago@jamesdece yes, bob einstein ... brother of weeds albert brooks 3 days ago"Sometimes I wonder if through sheer stupidity children aren't just as smart as any grownup." -- Albert Brooks 3 days ago"Its better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than 2 be known by sixty million for something you're not" Albert Brooks 3 days ago |
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