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Albert Brooks
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American actor and comedian
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Albert Lawrence Einstein, known professionally as Albert Brooks, is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and voice actor. Born on July 22, 1947, in Beverly Hills, California, he is the son of Harry Einstein and Thelma Leeds, and the brother of Bob Einstein. He attended Beverly Hills High School and Carnegie Mellon University. His career began in 1969, and he has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Brooks is associated with works including *Lost in America*, *2030*, *Twenty Thirty*, and *Broadcast News*. His professional activities span acting, directing, and writing, with a catalog of works that includes films and other media. He speaks English as his native language and holds United States citizenship.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 July 1947
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Lost in America
- 2030
- Twenty Thirty
- Broadcast news
- Broadcast news
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Beverly Hills, California, USA
Albert Lawrence Einstein (born July 22, 1947), known professionally as Albert Brooks, is an American actor and filmmaker. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance as a ruthless Jewish mobster in the 2011 action drama film Drive. Brooks has also played in Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980),…
Known for
- Ella McCay — Governor Bill2025
- Breakdown: 1975 — Self2025
- Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life — Self2025
- Albert Brooks: Defending My Life — Self2023
- The Super Bob Einstein Movie — Self2021
- Albert Brooks and Robert Weide — Self2021
- I Love You, Daddy — Dick Welker (voice)2017
- Finding Dory — Marlin (voice)2016
- The Secret Life of Pets — Tiberius (voice)2016
- Concussion — Dr. Cyril Wecht2015
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1947
Discography
- Comedy Minus One1973
- A Star Is Bought1975
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,197
- Total plays
- 8,920
Tags
Albert Brooks (born July 22, 1947) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer, comedian and director. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Albert+Brooks">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 447
- Cited by
- 9,591
Research areas
Most cited works
- Handbook of perturbative QCD1995 · 440 cit
- Uncertainties of predictions from parton distribution functions. II. The Hessian method2001 · 402 cit
- Fermilab Tevatron run-1<i>Z</i>boson data and the Collins-Soper-Sterman resummation formalism2003 · 382 cit
- Uncertainties of predictions from parton distribution functions. I. The Lagrange multiplier method2001 · 279 cit
- Top Quark Physics2000 · 170 cit
via OpenAlex · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,769x
- G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences
· 2007 · cited 54,658x
- Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
· 1977 · cited 50,552x
- Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
· 2009 · cited 31,385x
- Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks
· 1999 · cited 28,079x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Albert Lawrence Einstein , ( 1947-07-22 ) July 22, 1947 (age 78) , Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Occupations
- Actor director writer comedian
- Years active
- 1969–present
- Spouse
- Kimberly Shlain ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
- Parents
- Harry Einstein (father) Thelma Leeds (mother)
- Relatives
- Bob Einstein (brother) Charles Einstein (half-brother)
- Website
- albertbrooks .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lawrence
- Family name
- Einstein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beverly Hills
- Father
- Harry Einstein
- Mother
- Thelma Leeds
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Beverly Hills High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- The Simpsons
- Official website
- www.albertbrooks.com
- Image
- Albert Brooks at 'Drive' premiere TIFF 9.10.11.jpg
- Residence
- Santa Monica
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- Commons category
- Albert Brooks
- date of birth
- 1947-07-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- name in native language
- Albert Brooks
- birth name
- Albert Lawrence Einstein
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- social media followers
- 1625066
- writing language
- English language
- influenced by
- Woody Allen
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Albert Lawrence Einstein (born July 22, 1947), 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).
Brooks voiced several characters in animated films and television shows. For example, Marlin in Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), Tiberius in The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and several one-time characters on The Simpsons, including Hank Scorpio in "You Only Move Twice" (1996) and Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie (2007).
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