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Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky) is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor, and producer who is best known for creating broad film farces and comic parodies. He was the writer of the early variety show Your Show of Shows. He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit comedy series Get Smart from 1965 to 1970. Additionally, he is well-known for his voice roles, including Bigweld in Robots, Albert Einstein in DreamWorks' Mr. Peabody & Sherman, and Vlad in the Hotel Transylvania film series.

For Disney, he played Professor Max Krassman in Jim Henson's 1979 film The Muppet Movie, and Melephant Brooks in the 2019 film Toy Story 4. He also played the movie director in Mickey's Audition and voiced Grandpa Mel in Special Agent Oso. He also appeared as himself in Mickey's 50.

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