Albert Brooks

Albert Lawrence Einstein, better known as Albert Brooks, is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles in various films, such as , (which he also directed), , , and . He is also well-known for voicing Jake the Bengal tiger in the 1998 comedy film , Russ Cargill, the main antagonist of the 2007 Fox animated film , and Tiberius in the 2016 Universal/ animated comedy film .
For Disney, he voiced Marlin in Disney/Pixar's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo and its 2016 sequel Finding Dory.
Brooks was born Albert Lawrence Einstein into a Jewish show business family in Beverly Hills, California, to Thelma Leeds (née Goodman), an actress, and Harry Einstein, a radio comedian who performed on 's radio program and was known as "Parkyakarkus". He is the youngest of three sons. His older brothers are the late comedic actor Bob Einstein and Clifford Einstein, a partner and longtime chief creative officer at Los Angeles advertising agency Dailey & Associates. His older half-brother was Charles Einstein, a writer for such television programs as and . 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 .
==Role==
Marlin-FN.png|Marlin(Finding Nemo franchise)
==Gallery==
Albert Brooks behind the scenes FN.jpg|Albert Brooks behind the scenes of Finding Nemo.
Albert Brooks Finding Nemo premiere.jpg|Albert Brooks at the premiere of Finding Nemo in May 2003.
Albert Brooks TIFF11.jpg|Albert Brooks attending the 2011 Toronto International Film Fest.
Albert Brooks AFI15.jpg|Albert Brooks attending the 2015 AFI Fest.
Albert Brooks behind the scenes Finding Dory.jpg|Albert Brooks behind the scenes of Finding Dory.
Albert Brooks FD premeire.jpg|Albert Brooks at the premiere of Finding Dory in June 2016.
John Lasseter with Ellen DeGeneres Albert Brooks Finding Dory premiere.jpg|Albert Brooks with Ellen DeGeneres and John Lasseter at the premiere of Finding Dory.
Albert Brooks TCM Classic Film Fest17.jpg|Albert Brooks speaks at the screening at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Fest.
==Trivia==
*At age 19, he had changed his professional name to Albert Brooks, joking that "the real Albert Einstein changed his name to sound more intelligent."
*He was considered to voice Genie in Aladdin, along with several other actors, but the role was ultimately given to Robin Williams.https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122146/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312562_2,00.html
*He was considered for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in . However, Ewan McGregor was cast in the end.
*He was also considered to voice Pumbaa in The Lion King, along with several other actors, before the role was ultimately given to Ernie Sabella.
*Brooks' voice role as Marlin from the Finding Nemo franchise is virtually identical to his non-Disney voice role as Tiberius from ; coincidentally, both the latter film and Finding Dory were released in 2016.
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