Albert Brooks . American origin actor, director, writer and comedian, famous for being one of the creative geniuses of comedy in his land.
Summary
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- 1 Beginnings
- 2 First years of career
- 3 Working life
- 4 Filmography
- 5 Sources
the beginning
His family consisted of his mother Thelma Leeds Goodman, a singer and actress, and his father Harry Parke Einstein, a radio comedian who used to work very well around the time he was born. His two brothers are Bob Einstein, better known as Dave Osborne and Cliff Einstein, a producer and chief creative officer for the advertising company Dailey & Associates. All together they attended Beverly Hills High School.
First years of career
Immediately after finishing high school, he decided to enroll at Carnegie Tech University, in the city of Pittsburg. After a year of having studied, he preferred to abandon his degree and dedicate himself to comedy. Thus, during the 60’s and 70’s he dedicated himself to doing comedy in various clubs, being quickly applauded for his genius and his new material. On stage he became an egocentric, narcissistic, nervous and ironic man, delighting people.
Towards the mid-1970s he was invited to countless talkshows and after these he decided to retire from comedy to try his luck with the film industry and humor on the screens. In 1975 he was the director of several skits for the very popular NBC strip “Saturday Night Live”. His first feature film appearance followed immediately: Martin Scorsese’s “ Taxi Driver, ” starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster . As Scorsese later commented, Albert’s character was the only one that he never quite understood, since he had let him improvise the vast majority of his lines. For Brooks this was always a compliment.
Laboral life
In 1979 , he decided to direct his first feature film, ” Real Life ” (Real Life) a comedy where he made a parody about a documentary about the perfect American family. The following year he had a small role in the movie ” Private Benjamin ” (Soldier Benjamin), along with Goldie Hawn and Armand Assante. Immediately afterwards he wrote, directed and acted in his feature film ” Modern Romance .”
Continuing with his great line of comedies, in 1985 he released ” Lost in America ” (Lost in America), where a couple of yuppies are fed up with the life of the corporations and go out into the world to see what lies beyond. Coming to the ’90s, he presented the world with a series of very interesting allegories in ” Defending Your Life ” (Defending Your Life). This romantic comedy is about a man who must justify why he has been so insensitive all his life, now that he has arrived in paradise after dying.
Once again, he himself had been the writer and director of the feature film, and he chose Meryl Streep to be his life partner. Critics considered the film one of the best of the year and it was a total success for Warner Bros. The following year, in 1996 , it continued in its line with cute comedies presenting ” Mother ” and tells the story of a man that you want to improve your relationship with your mother by moving in with her.
Come the new millennium, he became best friends with Leelee Sobieski in the film ” My First Mister .” She is a dark, fan of cemeteries and gloomy music, while he runs a clothing store. Together they discover a beautiful friendship that leads them to open up to their true feelings. In 2003 , Albert lent his voice to bring Nemo’s father Marlin to life in ” Finding Nemo. ” This was not the first time that he worked as a voice actor , since he had previously played Hank Scorpio in ” The Simpsons. ” Returning a bit to his alma mater, in 2005 he starred in ” Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World”(Searching for Comedy in the Muslim World). There he played a comedian who was sent by the United States to the Middle East to find out what makes Muslims laugh. Finally in 2007 , at the public’s request, he worked on ” The Simpsons, The Movie ” voicing Russ Cargill .
Filmography
- Drive( 2011 ) – Bernie Rose
- Weeds( 2005 ) – Lenny Botwin (6 episodes, 2008 )
- Finding Nemo( 2003 ) – Voice of Marlin
- Till Death Do You Part( 2003 ) – Jerry Peyser
- Learning to Live( 1994 ) – Burke Adler
- TheHeadhunter ( 1994 ) – Al Percolo
- On the Edge of the News( 1986 ) – Aaron Altman
- On the Limits of Reality( 1983 ) – Driver of the vehicle in the prologue