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Comedy legend Mel Brooks turns 100 • Nov. 10, 2026, 5:04 PM ET (Deutsche Welle)

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Also Known As Melvin Kaminsky
Born June 28, 1926 (age 100) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Tony Awards • EGOT • National Medal of Arts (2015) • Kennedy Center Honors (2009) • Grammy Award (2001) • Grammy Award (1998) • Academy Award (1969) • Emmy Award (1967)
Notable Works “Blazing Saddles” • “High Anxiety” • “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” • “Spaceballs” • “The Producers” • “Young Frankenstein”
Notable Family Members spouse Anne Bancroft

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Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks smiles and gestures while directing on the set of The Producers, with an actor in costume standing beside him on a staircase.
Zero Mostel, Lee Meredith, and Gene Wilder in a comedic scene from The Producers (1968); Meredith leans across a desk between Mostel and Wilder, who both react with surprise.
Mel Brooks, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder, and Teri Garr pose together in costume on the laboratory set of Young Frankenstein.
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Barbra Streisand in 2010, wearing a layered necklace and a black jacket, with straight shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly at an event.
Barbra Streisand
American singer and actress
Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Rita Moreno smiles and holds up her memoir featuring a black-and-white portrait of herself on the cover at a book signing event in Los Angeles.
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican-born American actress, dancer, and singer
Julian Fellowes in a pinstripe suit and tie stands in front of an Oscar statue at the 2009 Governors Awards in Hollywood, California.
Julian Fellowes
British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Louis C.K.
Louis C.K.
American comedian and writer
The multitalented Donald Glover, 2019
Donald Glover
American writer, actor, and musician
South Park
Trey Parker
American screenwriter, actor, and producer
Jordan Peele wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, standing in front of a blue background.
Jordan Peele
American comedian, writer, director, and producer
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Mike Nichols
American director
Viola Davis stands at a microphone in a white and black gown, holding her Emmy Award while accepting the outstanding lead actress in a drama series honor.
Viola Davis
American actress
James Earl Jones smiling and wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie and glasses at an event in 1997.
James Earl Jones
American actor
Whoopi Goldberg smiles in front of a red Fashion Group International step-and-repeat backdrop at the FGI Night of Stars 39th Annual Gala in New York City.
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress
Amy Poehler, as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation, smiles and points both hands in a playful gesture while standing in an office setting.
Amy Poehler
American comedian and actress
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key
American actor, writer and producer
John Gielgud
John Gielgud
British actor and director
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.
Ben Affleck
American actor, writer, and director

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