Bill Corbett
Born: 1960-03-30 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For: Writing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Hunks of Junk as Self
- GrimTrax Returns as Self
2025
- Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse as Mike the Microwave (voice)
- RiffTrax: Super Zeroes as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Timecop as Self
- Dead Media as Jackson Billy
2024
- RiffTrax Live: Point Break as Self
- GrimTrax as Self
2023
- RiffTrax Live: RAD as Self
2021
- RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins as Self
2020
- Hate Mail as Self
2019
- Infinity Train as Perry the Parasite (voice)
- Tigtone as King
- RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Octaman as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019 as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion as Self
2018
- We Brought Back MST3K as Self
- The Rifftrax Yule Log as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny as Self
2017
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Brain Guy
- RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party as Self
- Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors as Self
2016
2015
2014
- Total Riff Off
- The Frank as Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
- RiffTrax Live: Sharknado as Himself
- RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Godzilla as Self
2013
2012
- Backyard Blockbusters ... (Thanks)
- RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate as Self
- RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror as Himself
- Santa's Village of Madness as Self
2010
2009
2008
- Meet Dave ... (Screenplay)
2007
- The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon as Self
- The Film Crew: Killers from Space as Self
- Max the Hero as Max (voice)
- The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo as Self
2001
- The Adventures of Edward the Less as Edward (voice)
2000
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3 ... (Writer)
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