Person Details

Birthday: 1960-03-30 23:15:16

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 16

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

Bill Corbett is a former writer for MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 and also a performer on the show, providing the voice of the robot Crow (v.2.0) and playing various other strange characters -- including the all-powerful but clueless alien The Observer (a.k.a. "Brain Guy"). Corbett is also a screenwriter and playwright. Corbett's screenplay STARSHIP DAVE, co-written with Rob Greenberg, was made into the movie MEET DAVE starring Eddie Murphy, released by 20th Century Fox. His plays have been produced internationally. Corbett's comedy THE BIG SLAM has been produced at numerous theaters across the U.S., including Woolly Mammoth in Washington, D.C.; ACT in Seattle; and actor Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theater in Chelsea, Michigan. Other plays include HATE MAIL, THE STUFF OF DREAMS, and his comic book holiday mashup SUPER-POWERED-REVENGE CHRISTMAS #1. He has been a contributing writer to National Public Radio's PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION and ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, and is co-creator of the animated web series POKER NIGHT on Icebox.com. Corbett has also been an actor in the resident acting companies at the Guthrie Theater and the Berkshire Theater Festival, and has taught playwriting and screenwriting at Kenyon College in Ohio, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, and many other universities and schools. He's a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he earned an MFA in playwriting and screenwriting. Before that, he received a BA from Yale College. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he now lives in Minneapolis with his wife Virginia, their two children, and a feisty Jack Russell Terrier.

Most Famous Work

Mystery Science Theater 3000
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8
Mystery Science Theater 3000
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8
Meet Dave
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5

Meet Dave

(2008) Screenplay
Backyard Blockbusters
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8

Backyard Blockbusters

(2012) Thanks
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
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9
Rifftrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
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10
RiffTrax Live: RAD
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8

RiffTrax Live: RAD

(2023) Writer
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
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9

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self
2022 Self
2021 N/A
Self
2020 Self
2019 Bill
Bill Corbett
Perry the Parasite (voice)
Self
Bill Corbett
King
2018 N/A
Himself
2017 Self
Himself
Observer
Brain Guy
Himself
2016 N/A
Himself
Himself
Himself
Himself
2015 N/A
Himself
Himself
Self
Himself
2014 Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
Self
Himself
N/A
2013 Self
Self
Self
Himself
2012 Himself
Self
2010 himself
N/A
2009 Himself
Self
2007 Max (voice)
Bill Corbett
Bill Corbett
N/A
Bill Corbett
Himself
2001 Edward (voice)
1999 Himself / Crow T. Robot
Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
1989 Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
1964 Bill Corbett
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2012 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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