Albert brooks is an American actor, writer, and director. Brooks is one of America's greatest gems in the field of performance art, especially Cinema. He has featured in successful movies and TV series like Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), and Mother (1996). Albert is also known for his numerous voice-over characters. His movie Finding Nemo (2003) received an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and has become one of the highest-grossing animated films ever made.
What Is Albert Brooks Net Worth? Movies & TV Shows
American actor Albert Brooks has an estimated net worth of $ 28 million from his successful acting and writing career.
Brooks made his first major television appearance in 1969 in the famous American television talk show The Tonight Show, Starring Johnny Carson. His performance on the show influenced many others to turn comedians, including famous actor Steve Martin.
Brooks has recorded two comedy albums: Comedy Minus One and A Star is Bought in the early 1970s. His comedy album A Star is Bought was nominated for Grammy Award. Being a comedian actor, Albert bid a temporary farewell to stand-up comedy after releasing two comedy albums.
Brooks made six short films for the TV show Saturday Night Live in the year 1975. The Impossible Truth, Heart Surgery, and Sick are a few of the short films he made for this television show.
Brooks made his acting debut in Martin Scorsese’s 1976 classic, Taxi Driver. Real Life (1979) is the first featured film of Brooks, which was a spoof of the documentary series The American Family.
He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films such as Modern Romance (1981), Terms of Endearment (1983), Lost in America (1985), Broadcast News (1987), Defending Your Life (1991), The Scout (1994), Mother (1996), Out of Sight (1998) and The Muse (1999). Lost in America (1985) is considered his best work so far.
Brooks became a part of the viral animated movie Finding Nemo in the year 2003. He was the voice of the character Marlin in this movie.
Albert has features as a character of Bernie Rose in Drive (2011), The Businessman in The Little Prince (2015), Marlin in Finding Dory (2016), and Dick Welker in I Love You, Daddy (2017).
Brooks also portrayed Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie (1990-2020). He featured in the villain's role, the head of the EPA, who places a dome over Springfield in this series. He has appeared as a popular guest voice on the show from the very first season in 1990.
Albert has been nominated and awarded for his blazing work in the film industry. He was nominated for the prestigious Oscar Award for the best supporting role in his film Broadcast News (1987). He also won an ‘American Comedy’ award for being the funniest male performer.
>Brooks was also awarded by 'New York Film Critics Circle Awards' for the movie Mother (1996), and he won almost a dozen awards for his role as Bernie Rose in the film Drive in the year 2011. He was also awarded Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (OFCC) Award, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, Austin Film Critics Award, and Las Vegas Film Critics Award in the same year, 2011.
Who Is Albert Brooks? Family Details
73 years old, Albert Brooks was born on 22 July 1947 in Beverly Hills, California. He was born to parents to Harry Einstein and Thelma Leeds.
Albert’s mother, Thelma, was an actress, whereas his father was a comedian. Brooks lost his father at the age of eleven. His father died from a heart attack.
Albert has a brother, Bob Einstein. Bob is also a well-known comedian as a character Super Dave. According to brooks Twitter post, Bob died in 2019. It can be easily suspected from his post that he was so close to his brother, and he will miss his brother forever.
Albert pursued his primary education at Beverly Hills High School. Later, Brooks got a scholarship to study at the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University to pursue further studies. However, he dropped out of college within a year since he was interested in pursuing acting full-time.
Concerning his physical appearance, Albert Brooks stands at the height of 5 feet and 10 inches (1.78m).
Who Is Albert Brooks Married To?
Brooks got married to Kimberly Shlain in 1997. Kimberly Shlain is a contemporary American artist whose work integrates landscape, figuration, and abstraction to address subjects of history, memory, and identity.
Albert Brooks with his wife, Kimberly Brooks (©:gettyimages)
Albert Brooks has posted on his Twitter that:
"My wife and I had a little spat this morning. I pulled out one of the great Trump lines and said, “I don’t want to discuss this; I have total authority.” I don’t know how it worked out for Trump, I’m sleeping in the garage."
The couple was blessed with two kids and became the parents of son Jacob and daughter Claire.
At the second annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on 10 Nay 2010, Albert Brooks and his wife Kimberly arrived together on the red carpet in The In Laws' premier.
Apart from Kimberly, Albert was rumored to have an affair with actress Kathryn Harrold. He was even linked to actresses like Carrie Fisher and Julie Hagerty.