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| Talent Agent: |
William Morris Endeavor (WME) Entertainment - Brad Slater
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| Profession: |
Actor / Writer / Director |
| Born: |
22 July 1947, Beverly Hills, California, USA (age 62) |
| Birth Name: |
Albert Lawrence Einstein |
| Height: |
5' 10" (1.78 m) |
| Spouse: |
Kimberly Shlain (15 March 1997 - present) 2 children
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| Also Known As: |
Albert Brooks / A. Brooks |
| Awards: |
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination |
| Credited Years: |
1969 - 2008 |
Trademarks
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Dysfunctional relationships (Real Life, Modern Romance, Mother (1996)). |
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Frequent collaborators: Monica Mcgowan Johnson and James L. Brooks |
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[Satire] Frequently satirizes different facets of Hollywood (Reality TV/Filmmaking in Real Life, Screenwriting in _The Muse (1999)). |
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Always casts himself in the lead role of his films as a nebbish weisenheimer. |
Real Life Quotes
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Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch. |
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I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society. |
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"For so long afterward [9/11], whenever I heard anyone talk about Muslims, it was in association with terrorism. But I thought, what could I do in a teeny way - and believe me, it's a teeny way - to defuse this? There had to be some way to separate the 1.5 billion people who don't want to kill us from the 100,000 or so who do. I thought if I could get five Muslims and six Hindus and maybe 3 Jews to laugh for 90 minutes, then I've accomplished something." [on Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World] |
Trivia
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Son, Jacob Eli, born [1 October 1998] |
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Brother of Bob Einstein who is best known for his character "Super Dave" Osbourne. |
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A good friend of Carrie Fisher. Debbie Reynolds used to try to get Carrie (her daughter) and Albert to marry. |
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Turned down the lead in When Harry Met Sally... because he thought it was too much like a Woody Allen script. Albert has been described as a West Coast Woody Allen |
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Son of Thelma Leeds and Harry Parke(comedian known as 'Parkyakarkus'). |
Other Works
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TV commercials for Blockbuster (voice) (2007) | |
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