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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…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Bill Corbett's Filmography
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death
as Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
Hunks of Junk
as Self
GrimTrax Returns
as Self
Dead Media
as Jackson Billy
RiffTrax Live: Timecop
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Point Break
as Self
GrimTrax
as Self
RiffTrax Live: RAD
as Self
RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
as Self
Hate Mail
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
as Self
The Rifftrax Yule Log
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
as Self
We Brought Back MST3K
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
as Self
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
as Self
Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
as Self
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
as Self
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
as Self
Rifftrax Live: The Room
as Self
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
as Himself
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
as Self
The Frank
as Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
as Himself
Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
as Self
Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
as Himself
No Poster
Santa's Village of Madness
as Self
RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
as Himself
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
as Self
Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
as himself
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
as Himself
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
as Self
No Poster
Max the Hero
as Max (voice)
The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon
as Self
The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
as Self
The Film Crew: Killers from Space
as Self
No Poster
The Three Stooges in Color
The Last Dance: RAW
as Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
as Crow T. Robot (voice)
1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
as Crow T. Robot (voice) / Brain Guy
No Poster
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
as Bill Corbett
Stubborn Beast
as Martin
The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
as Self