Albert Brooks - wikipedia Albert Brooks Albert Brooks Brooks at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Albert Lawrence Einstein ( 1947 - 07 - 22 ) July 22, 1947 ( age 70 ) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University Occupation Actor, filmmaker, author, comedian Years active 1969 -- present Spouse ( s ) Kimberly Shlain Brooks ( m. 1997 ) Children Parent ( s ) Harry Einstein Thelma Leeds Relatives Bob Einstein ( brother ) Charles Einstein ( half - brother ) Albert Lawrence Brooks ( born Albert Lawrence Einstein ; July 22, 1947 ) is an American actor, filmmaker, author, and comedian. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987 's Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 film Drive. His voice acting credits include Marlin in Finding Nemo ( 2003 ) and Finding Dory ( 2016 ), and recurring guest voices for The Simpsons, including Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie ( 2007 ). He has directed, written, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance ( 1981 ), Lost in America ( 1985 ), and Defending Your Life ( 1991 ). He is also the author of 2030 : The Real Story of What Happens to America ( 2011 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 1981 -- 1999 2.3 2000 -- present 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links Early Life Brooks was born in Beverly Hills, California, the son of Thelma Leeds ( née Goodman ), a singer and actress, and Harry Parke, a radio comedian who performed on Eddie Cantor 's radio program and was known as Parkyakarkus. His brothers are comedic actor Bob Einstein, better known as a character he created named `` Super Dave Osborne '', and for a recurring role in Curb Your Enthusiasm ; and Cliff Einstein, a partner and longtime chief creative officer at Los Angeles advertising agency Dailey & Associates. His half - brother was Charles Einstein ( 1926 -- 2007 ), a writer for such television programs as Playhouse 90 and Lou Grant. Brooks is Jewish ; his grandparents emigrated from Austria and Russia. He grew up among show business families in southern California, attending Beverly Hills High School with Richard Dreyfuss and Rob Reiner. Career Early career Brooks attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, but dropped out after one year to focus on his comedy career. By the age of 19, he had changed his professional name to Albert Brooks, joking that `` the real Albert Einstein changed his name to sound more intelligent ''. He began a comedy career that quickly made him a regular on variety and talk shows during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Brooks led a new generation of self - reflective baby - boomer comics appearing on NBC 's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. His onstage persona, that of an egotistical, narcissistic, nervous comic, an ironic showbiz insider who punctured himself before an audience by disassembling his mastery of comedic stagecraft, influenced other ' 70s post-modern comedians, including Steve Martin, Martin Mull, and Andy Kaufman. After two successful comedy albums, Comedy Minus One ( 1973 ) and the Grammy Award -- nominated A Star Is Bought ( 1975 ), Brooks left the stand - up circuit to try his hand as a filmmaker. He had already made his first short film, The Famous Comedians School, a satiric short and an early example of the mockumentary subgenre that appeared on the PBS show The Great American Dream Machine in 1972. In 1975, he directed six short films for the first season of NBC 's Saturday Night Live : October 11, 1975, episode ( host : George Carlin ) : `` The Impossible Truth '' October 18, 1975, episode ( host : Paul Simon ) : failed Candid Camera stunts and home movies October 25, 1975, episode ( host : Rob Reiner ) : heart surgery November 8, 1975, episode ( host : Candice Bergen ) : upcoming season December 13, 1975, episode ( host : Richard Pryor ) : sick January 9, 1976, episode ( host : Elliott Gould ) : audience test screening In 1976 he appeared in his first mainstream film role, in Martin Scorsese 's landmark Taxi Driver ; Scorsese allowed Brooks to improvise much of his dialogue. The role reflected Brooks 's decision to move to Los Angeles to enter the film business. In an interview, Brooks mentioned a conversation he 'd had with Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader, in which Schrader said that Brooks 's character was the only one in the movie that he could not `` understand '' -- a remark that Brooks found amusing, as the movie 's antihero was a psychotic loner. Brooks directed his first feature film, Real Life, in 1979. The film, in which Brooks ( playing a version of himself ) obnoxiously films a typical suburban family in an effort to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize, was a sendup of PBS 's An American Family documentary. It has also been viewed as foretelling the future emergence of reality television. Brooks also made a cameo appearance in the film Private Benjamin ( 1980 ), starring Goldie Hawn. ( He also got starring credits in the film, even though his character dies within roughly the first half - hour of the film. ) 1981 -- 1999 Through the 1980s and 1990s, Brooks co-wrote ( with longtime collaborator Monica Johnson ), directed and starred in a series of well - received comedies, playing variants on his standard neurotic and self - obsessed character. These include 1981 's Modern Romance, where Brooks played a film editor desperate to win back his ex-girlfriend ( Kathryn Harrold ). The film received a limited release and ultimately grossed under $3 million domestically, but was well received by critics, with one reviewer commenting that the film was `` not Brooks at his best, but still amusing ''. His best - received film, Lost in America ( 1985 ), featured Brooks and Julie Hagerty as a couple who leave their yuppie lifestyle and drop out of society to live in a motor home as they have always dreamed of doing, meeting disappointment. Brooks 's Defending Your Life ( 1991 ) placed his lead character in the afterlife, put on trial to justify his human fears and determine his cosmic fate. Critics responded to the offbeat premise and the chemistry between Brooks and Meryl Streep, as his post-death love interest. His later efforts did not find large audiences, but still retained Brooks 's touch as a filmmaker. He garnered positive reviews for Mother ( 1996 ), which starred Brooks as a middle - aged writer moving back home to resolve tensions between himself and his mother ( Debbie Reynolds ). 1999 's The Muse featured Brooks as a Hollywood screenwriter who has `` lost his edge '' using the services of an authentic muse ( Sharon Stone ) for inspiration. In an interview with Brooks with regards to The Muse, Gavin Smith wrote, `` Brooks 's distinctive film making style is remarkably discreet and unemphatic ; he has a light, deft touch, with a classical precision and economy, shooting and cutting his scenes in smooth, seamless successions of medium shots, with clean, high - key lighting. '' Brooks has appeared as a guest voice on The Simpsons five times during its run ( always under the name A. Brooks ), and is described as the best guest star in the show 's history by IGN, particularly for his role as supervillain Hank Scorpio in the episode `` You Only Move Twice ''. Brooks also acted in other writers ' and directors ' films during the 1980s and 1990s. He had a cameo in the opening scene of Twilight Zone : The Movie, playing a driver whose passenger ( Dan Aykroyd ) has a shocking secret. In James L. Brooks 's hit Broadcast News ( 1987 ), Albert Brooks was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing an insecure, supremely ethical network TV reporter, who offers the rhetorical question, `` Would n't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive ? '' He also won positive notices for his role in 1998 's Out of Sight, playing an untrustworthy banker and ex-convict. 2000 -- present Brooks received positive reviews for his portrayal of a dying retail store owner who befriends disillusioned teen Leelee Sobieski in My First Mister ( 2001 ). Brooks continued his voiceover work in Pixar 's Finding Nemo ( 2003 ), as the voice of Marlin, one of the film 's protagonists. In 2005, his film Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World was dropped by Sony Pictures due to their desire to change the title. Warner Independent Pictures purchased the film and gave it a limited release in January 2006 ; the film received mixed reviews and a low box office gross. The movie goes back to the days of Brooks 's Real Life, as Brooks once again plays himself, a filmmaker commissioned by the U.S. government to see what makes the Muslim people laugh, thus sending him on a tour of India and Pakistan. In 2006 he appeared in the documentary film Wanderlust as David Howard from `` Lost in America ''. The documentary included many other well known people. In 2007, he continued his long term collaboration with The Simpsons by voicing Russ Cargill, the central antagonist of The Simpsons Movie. He has played Lenny Botwin, Nancy Botwin 's estranged father - in - law, on Showtime 's television series Weeds. St. Martin 's Press published his first novel, 2030 : The Real Story of What Happens to America, on May 10, 2011. In 2011, Brooks co-starred as the vicious gangster Bernie Rose, the main antagonist in the motion picture Drive, alongside Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, a role that has been given much critical praise and positive reviews, with several critics proclaiming Brooks ' performance as one of the film 's best aspects. After receiving awards and nominations from several film festivals and critic groups, but not an Academy Award nomination, Brooks responded humorously on Twitter, `` And to the Academy : ' You do n't like me. You really do n't like me '. '' In 2016, Brooks reprised the role of Marlin from Finding Nemo in the 2016 sequel Finding Dory and voiced Tiberius, a curmudgeonly red - tailed hawk in The Secret Life of Pets, Dory is Brooks 's largest grossing film to date. Personal Life In 1997, Brooks married website designer Kimberly Shlain, daughter of surgeon and writer Leonard Shlain. They have two children, Jacob and Claire, and reside in Santa Monica, California. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1976 Taxi Driver Tom 1979 Real Life Albert Brooks Also writer and director 1980 Private Benjamin Yale Goodman 1981 Modern Romance Robert Cole Also writer and director Twilight Zone : The Movie Car Driver Segment : Prologue Terms of Endearment Rudyard Credited as `` A. Brooks '' 1984 Unfaithfully Yours Norman Robbins 1985 Lost in America David Howard Also writer and director National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Broadcast News Aaron Altman American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Supporting Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated -- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 2nd place -- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor 3rd place -- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor 1991 Defending Your Life Daniel Miller Also writer and director 1994 I 'll Do Anything Burke Adler 1994 The Scout Al Percolo Also writer Mother John Henderson Also writer and director National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay Critical Care Dr. Butz 1998 Dr. Dolittle Jacob the Tiger ( voice ) 1998 Out of Sight Richard Ripley 1999 The Muse Steven Phillips Also writer and director My First Mister Randall ' R ' Harris 2003 The In - Laws Jerry Peyser 2003 Finding Nemo Marlin ( voice ) 2003 Exploring the Reef Marlin ( voice ) Short film 2005 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Albert Brooks Also writer and director 2007 The Simpsons Movie Russ Cargill ( voice ) Credited as `` A. Brooks '' 2011 Drive Bernie Rose African American Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Supporting Actor Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Village Voice Film Poll -- Supporting Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor ( runner - up ) Nominated -- Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture Nominated -- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Nominated -- Indiana Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor ( runner - up ) Nominated -- London Film Critics Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year Nominated -- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor ( runner - up ) 2012 This Is 40 Larry 2014 A Most Violent Year Andrew Walsh 2015 The Little Prince The Businessman ( voice ) 2015 Concussion Dr. Cyril Wecht 2016 Finding Dory Marlin ( voice ) 2016 The Secret Life of Pets Tiberius ( voice ) Television Year Title Role Notes 1969 Hot Wheels Mickey Barnes / Kip Chogi ( voices ) 1970 The Odd Couple Rudy Episode 1.8 : `` Oscar, the Model '' and Episode 1.11 : `` Felix Is Missing '' 1971 Love, American Style Christopher Leacock Episode 2.16 : `` Love and Operation Model / Love and the Sack '' 1972 The New Dick Van Dyke Show Dr. Norman Episode 2.2 : `` The Needle '' 1975 -- 76 Saturday Night Live Additional characters Writer and director of several segments 1976 The Famous Comedians School N / A Television film ; writer, editor and director 1990 -- present The Simpsons Various characters Appeared in seven episodes Credited as `` A. Brooks '' 2008 Weeds Lenny Botwin 4 episodes 2018 The Cops Al ( Brooks ) 10 episodes References Jump up ^ `` Academy Awards 1987 ''. filmsite.org. Jump up ^ Albert Brooks Biography ( 1947 -- ). filmreference.com Jump up ^ Astarte Piccione, Rachel ( January 2006 ). `` Comedy in The Muslim World ''. EGO Magazine. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. Jump up ^ Kaufman, Peter ( January 22, 2006 ). `` The background on Albert Brooks ''. The Washington Post, The Buffalo News. Accessed April 24, 2008. `` Albert Brooks, who grew up in a showbiz family and attended Beverly Hills High School, has never been interested in being an outsider. '' Jump up ^ McCall, Cheryl. `` Psst ! Albert Brooks Is n't Kin to Mel Except in Comedy ''. people.com. Jump up ^ Ramsey Ess, The Short Films of Albert Brooks, January 4, 2013 Jump up ^ Montoya, Maria ( February 28, 2009 ). `` Albert Brooks ' Real Life ' film is an unexpected classic ''. The Times - Picayune. Jump up ^ `` Modern Romance box office ''. boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2006. Jump up ^ `` Modern Romance ( 1981 ) ''. rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved March 12, 2006. Jump up ^ Film Comment, Jan / Feb 1999, All The Choices : Albert Brooks Interview Jump up ^ Goldman, Eric ; Iverson, Dan ; Zoromski, Brian. `` Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances ''. IGN. Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2007. Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael ( April 14, 2008 ). `` Weeds Scoop : Albert Brooks Is Nancy 's ' Dad ' ''. TV Guide. Jump up ^ Maslin, Janet ( May 1, 2011 ). `` A Wry Eye on Problems of the Future ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Hughes, Sarah Anne ( January 24, 2012 ). `` Albert Brooks not nominated for Oscar : ' I got ROBBED... I mean literally. My pants and shoes have been stolen ' ''. The Washington Post. Jump up ^ Barmak, Sarah ( January 27, 2012 ). `` Talking Points : Hollywood abuzz over Oscar snubs ''. The Toronto Star. Jump up ^ Rochlin, Margy ( August 22, 1999 ). `` A Funnyman Whose Muse is in the Mirror ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Apatow, Judd ( January 2013 ). `` Our Mr. Brooks ''. Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 22, 2016. Jump up ^ The Odd Couple - Felix Is Missing on IMDb External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albert Brooks. Official website Albert Brooks on IMDb Albert Brooks at AllMovie Interview : Albert Brooks : Comedy And Dystopia -- On Point. The films of Albert Brooks, Hell Is For Hyphenates, January 31, 2014 Films directed by Albert Brooks Real Life ( 1979 ) Modern Romance ( 1981 ) Lost in America ( 1985 ) Defending Your Life ( 1991 ) Mother ( 1996 ) The Muse ( 1999 ) Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World ( 2005 ) Awards for Albert Brooks Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Robert De Niro ( 1980 ) Burt Lancaster ( 1981 ) Dustin Hoffman ( 1982 ) Eric Roberts ( 1983 ) Haing S. Ngor ( 1984 ) Jack Nicholson ( 1985 ) Bob Hoskins ( 1986 ) Albert Brooks ( 1987 ) Daniel Day - Lewis ( 1988 ) Daniel Day - Lewis ( 1989 ) Jeremy Irons ( 1990 ) Nick Nolte ( 1991 ) Denzel Washington ( 1992 ) Daniel Day - Lewis ( 1993 ) Albert Finney ( 1994 ) Nicolas Cage ( 1995 ) Geoffrey Rush ( 1996 ) Al Pacino ( 1997 ) Brendan Gleeson ( 1998 ) Jim Carrey ( 1999 ) Colin Farrell ( 2000 ) Brian Cox / Denzel Washington ( 2001 ) Adrien Brody ( 2002 ) Bill Murray ( 2003 ) Jamie Foxx ( 2004 ) Philip Seymour Hoffman ( 2005 ) Forest Whitaker ( 2006 ) Frank Langella ( 2007 ) Sean Penn / Mickey Rourke ( 2008 ) Jeremy Renner ( 2009 ) Jesse Eisenberg ( 2010 ) Brad Pitt ( 2011 ) Daniel Day - Lewis ( 2012 ) Chiwetel Ejiofor ( 2013 ) Michael Keaton ( 2014 ) Paul Dano / Leonardo DiCaprio ( 2015 ) Casey Affleck ( 2016 ) Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor 1980 - 2000 Jason Robards ( 1980 ) Jack Nicholson ( 1981 ) Mickey Rourke ( 1982 ) Jack Nicholson ( 1983 ) John Malkovich ( 1984 ) Ian Holm ( 1985 ) Dennis Hopper / Ray Liotta ( 1986 ) R. Lee Ermey ( 1987 ) Dean Stockwell ( 1988 ) Danny Aiello ( 1989 ) Joe Pesci ( 1990 ) Anthony Hopkins ( 1991 ) Gene Hackman ( 1992 ) Ralph Fiennes ( 1993 ) Martin Landau ( 1994 ) Kevin Spacey ( 1995 ) Edward Norton ( 1996 ) Kevin Spacey ( 1997 ) William H. Macy / Billy Bob Thornton ( 1998 ) Christopher Plummer ( 1999 ) Fred Willard ( 2000 ) 2001 - present Ben Kingsley ( 2001 ) Alan Arkin ( 2002 ) Peter Sarsgaard ( 2003 ) Thomas Haden Church ( 2004 ) Paul Giamatti ( 2005 ) Mark Wahlberg ( 2006 ) Javier Bardem ( 2007 ) Heath Ledger ( 2008 ) Christoph Waltz ( 2009 ) Christian Bale ( 2010 ) Albert Brooks ( 2011 ) Ezra Miller ( 2012 ) James Gandolfini ( 2013 ) J.K. Simmons ( 2014 ) Mark Rylance ( 2015 ) Mahershala Ali ( 2016 ) National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay 1967 -- 2000 David Newman and Robert Benton ( 1967 ) John Cassavetes ( 1968 ) Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker ( 1969 ) Éric Rohmer ( 1970 ) Penelope Gilliatt ( 1971 ) Ingmar Bergman ( 1972 ) George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck ( 1973 ) Ingmar Bergman ( 1974 ) Robert Towne and Warren Beatty ( 1975 ) Alain Tanner and John Berger ( 1976 ) Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman ( 1977 ) Paul Mazursky ( 1978 ) Steve Tesich ( 1979 ) Bo Goldman ( 1980 ) John Guare ( 1981 ) Murray Schisgal and Larry Gelbart ( 1982 ) Bill Forsyth ( 1983 ) Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman ( 1984 ) Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson ( 1985 ) Hanif Kureishi ( 1986 ) John Boorman ( 1987 ) Ron Shelton ( 1988 ) Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost ( 1989 ) Charles Burnett ( 1990 ) David Cronenberg ( 1991 ) David Webb Peoples ( 1992 ) Jane Campion ( 1993 ) Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary ( 1994 ) Amy Heckerling ( 1995 ) Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson ( 1996 ) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland ( 1997 ) Scott Frank ( 1998 ) Charlie Kaufman ( 1999 ) Kenneth Lonergan ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Julian Fellowes ( 2001 ) Ronald Harwood ( 2002 ) Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini ( 2003 ) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor ( 2004 ) Noah Baumbach ( 2005 ) Peter Morgan ( 2006 ) Tamara Jenkins ( 2007 ) Mike Leigh ( 2008 ) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ( 2009 ) Aaron Sorkin ( 2010 ) Asghar Farhadi ( 2011 ) Tony Kushner ( 2012 ) Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy ( 2013 ) Wes Anderson ( 2014 ) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer ( 2015 ) Kenneth Lonergan ( 2016 ) National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor 1967 -- 1980 Gene Hackman ( 1967 ) Seymour Cassel ( 1968 ) Jack Nicholson ( 1969 ) Chief Dan George ( 1970 ) Bruce Dern ( 1971 ) Eddie Albert / Joel Grey ( 1972 ) Robert De Niro ( 1973 ) Holger Löwenadler ( 1974 ) Henry Gibson ( 1975 ) Jason Robards ( 1976 ) Edward Fox ( 1977 ) Richard Farnsworth / Robert Morley ( 1978 ) Frederic Forrest ( 1979 ) Joe Pesci ( 1980 ) 1981 -- 2000 Robert Preston ( 1981 ) Mickey Rourke ( 1982 ) Jack Nicholson ( 1983 ) John Malkovich ( 1984 ) John Gielgud ( 1985 ) Dennis Hopper ( 1986 ) Morgan Freeman ( 1987 ) Dean Stockwell ( 1988 ) Beau Bridges ( 1989 ) Bruce Davison ( 1990 ) Harvey Keitel ( 1991 ) Gene Hackman ( 1992 ) Ralph Fiennes ( 1993 ) Martin Landau ( 1994 ) Don Cheadle ( 1995 ) Martin Donovan / Tony Shalhoub ( 1996 ) Burt Reynolds ( 1997 ) Bill Murray ( 1998 ) Christopher Plummer ( 1999 ) Benicio del Toro ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Steve Buscemi ( 2001 ) Christopher Walken ( 2002 ) Peter Sarsgaard ( 2003 ) Thomas Haden Church ( 2004 ) Ed Harris ( 2005 ) Mark Wahlberg ( 2006 ) Casey Affleck ( 2007 ) Eddie Marsan ( 2008 ) Paul Schneider / Christoph Waltz ( 2009 ) Geoffrey Rush ( 2010 ) Albert Brooks ( 2011 ) Matthew McConaughey ( 2012 ) James Franco ( 2013 ) J.K. Simmons ( 2014 ) Mark Rylance ( 2015 ) Mahershala Ali ( 2016 ) New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Jack Nicholson ( 1969 ) Chief Dan George ( 1970 ) Ben Johnson ( 1971 ) Robert Duvall ( 1972 ) Robert De Niro ( 1973 ) Charles Boyer ( 1974 ) Alan Arkin ( 1975 ) Jason Robards ( 1976 ) Maximilian Schell ( 1977 ) Christopher Walken ( 1978 ) Melvyn Douglas ( 1979 ) Joe Pesci ( 1980 ) John Gielgud ( 1981 ) John Lithgow ( 1982 ) Jack Nicholson ( 1983 ) Ralph Richardson ( 1984 ) Klaus Maria Brandauer ( 1985 ) Daniel Day - Lewis ( 1986 ) Morgan Freeman ( 1987 ) Dean Stockwell ( 1988 ) Alan Alda ( 1989 ) Bruce Davison ( 1990 ) Samuel L. Jackson ( 1991 ) Gene Hackman ( 1992 ) Ralph Fiennes ( 1993 ) Martin Landau ( 1994 ) Kevin Spacey ( 1995 ) Harry Belafonte ( 1996 ) Burt Reynolds ( 1997 ) Bill Murray ( 1998 ) John Malkovich ( 1999 ) Benicio del Toro ( 2000 ) Steve Buscemi ( 2001 ) Dennis Quaid ( 2002 ) Eugene Levy ( 2003 ) Clive Owen ( 2004 ) William Hurt ( 2005 ) Jackie Earle Haley ( 2006 ) Javier Bardem ( 2007 ) Josh Brolin ( 2008 ) Christoph Waltz ( 2009 ) Mark Ruffalo ( 2010 ) Albert Brooks ( 2011 ) Matthew McConaughey ( 2012 ) Jared Leto ( 2013 ) J.K. Simmons ( 2014 ) Mark Rylance ( 2015 ) Mahershala Ali ( 2016 ) Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ( 1996 -- 2005, retired ) Cuba Gooding Jr. ( 1996 ) Rupert Everett ( 1997 ) Bill Murray ( 1998 ) William H. Macy ( 1999 ) Willem Dafoe ( 2000 ) Jim Broadbent ( 2001 ) Michael Constantine ( 2002 ) Eugene Levy ( 2003 ) Thomas Haden Church ( 2004 ) Val Kilmer ( 2005 ) Motion Picture Drama ( 1996 -- 2005, retired ) Armin Mueller - Stahl ( 1996 ) Burt Reynolds ( 1997 ) Donald Sutherland ( 1998 ) Harry Lennix ( 1999 ) Bruce Greenwood ( 2000 ) Ben Kingsley ( 2001 ) Dennis Haysbert ( 2002 ) Djimon Hounsou ( 2003 ) Christopher Walken ( 2004 ) Danny Huston ( 2005 ) Motion Picture ( 2006 -- present ) Leonardo DiCaprio ( 2006 ) Casey Affleck / Tom Wilkinson ( 2007 ) Michael Shannon ( 2008 ) Christoph Waltz ( 2009 ) Christian Bale ( 2010 ) Albert Brooks ( 2011 ) Javier Bardem ( 2012 ) Jared Leto ( 2013 ) J.K. 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Question: who plays russ cargill in the simpsons movie
Answer: Albert Lawrence Brooks