Bill Corbett
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · RiffTrax Live: Point Break as Self
- 2024 · GrimTrax as Self
- 2023 · RiffTrax Live: RAD as Self
- 2022 · Rifftrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing as Self
- 2021 · RiffTrax Live: Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes as
- 2021 · RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins as Self
- 2020 · Hate Mail as Self
- 2019 · RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion as Bill
- 2019 · Infinity Train as Perry the Parasite (voice)
- 2019 · RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders as Self
- 2019 · RiffTrax Live: Octaman as Self
- 2019 · RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019 as Self
- 2019 · Tigtone as King
- 2018 · Rifftrax Live: Space Mutiny as Self
- 2018 · We Brought Back MST3K as Self
- 2017 · RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors as Self
- 2017 · RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party as Himself
- 2017 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Brain Guy
- 2017 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Observer
- 2017 · Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop as Himself
- 2016 · Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls as
- 2016 · Rifftrax Live: Mothra as Himself
- 2016 · RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion as Self
- 2016 · Rifftrax Live: Time Chasers as Himself
- 2016 · Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016 as Himself
- 2015 · RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny as
- 2015 · Rifftrax Live: Miami Connection as
- 2015 · RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2 as Himself
- 2015 · Rifftrax Live: The Room as Himself
- 2015 · Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015 as Himself
- 2014 · RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus as Self
- 2014 · The Frank as Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
- 2014 · RiffTrax Live: Godzilla as Self
- 2014 · RiffTrax Live: Sharknado as Himself
- 2014 · Total Riff Off as
- 2013 · Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians as Self
- 2013 · RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead as Self
- 2013 · Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers as Self
- 2013 · RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013 as Himself
- 2012 · RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror as Himself
- 2012 · RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate as Self
- 2010 · RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill as himself
- 2010 · Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness as
- 2009 · RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza! as Himself
- 2009 · RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space as Self
- 2007 · Max the Hero as Max (voice)
- 2001 · The Adventures of Edward the Less as Edward (voice)
- 1999 · The Last Dance: RAW as Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
- 1998 · 2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review as Crow T. Robot (voice)
- 1997 · 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review as Crow T. Robot (voice)
- 1989 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
- 1964 · Three Stooges: Greatest Routines as Bill Corbett