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").
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q691500
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Filmography (Movies)
RiffTrax: The Riffer's Cup
Character:Self
Release Date:24/11/2025
RiffTrax Live: Timecop
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2025
RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2025
RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Character:Self
Release Date:08/08/2024
GrimTrax
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/2024
RiffTrax Live: RAD
Character:Self
Release Date:17/08/2023
RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2022
RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
Character:
Release Date:07/01/2022
RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
Character:Self
Release Date:17/08/2021
Hate Mail
Character:Self
Release Date:09/05/2020
RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2019
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Character:Self
Release Date:06/07/2019
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
Character:Self
Release Date:18/04/2019
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2019
The Rifftrax Yule Log
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2018
RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
Character:Self
Release Date:10/08/2018
We Brought Back MST3K
Character:Self
Release Date:17/04/2018
RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
Character:Self
Release Date:17/08/2017
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Character:Self
Release Date:15/06/2017
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Character:Self
Release Date:13/04/2017
Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
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Release Date:27/10/2016
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2016
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:28/06/2016
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
Character:Self
Release Date:05/05/2016
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Character:Self
Release Date:04/04/2016
RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
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Release Date:03/12/2015
RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
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Release Date:01/10/2015
RiffTrax: Death Promise
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Release Date:25/09/2015
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
Character:Self
Release Date:15/09/2015
Rifftrax: Birdemic
Character:Self
Release Date:08/08/2015
Rifftrax Live: The Room
Character:Self
Release Date:06/05/2015
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Character:Himself
Release Date:06/03/2015
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2014
Rifftrax: R.O.T.O.R.
Character:self
Release Date:03/10/2014
The Frank
Character:Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
Release Date:02/09/2014
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2014
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/07/2014
Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Character:Self
Release Date:05/12/2013
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/2013
Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Character:Self
Release Date:15/08/2013
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/05/2013
Rifftrax: Cool as Ice
Character:self
Release Date:17/02/2013
Santa's Village of Madness
Character:Self
Release Date:21/12/2012
RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/10/2012
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Character:Self
Release Date:16/08/2012
Rifftrax: The Guy From Harlem
Character:self
Release Date:04/08/2012
Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer
Character:
Release Date:17/08/2011
Rifftrax: The Crater Lake Monster
Character:self
Release Date:25/05/2011
Rifftrax: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Character:self
Release Date:16/12/2010
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
Character:himself
Release Date:28/10/2010
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
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Release Date:19/08/2010
RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
Character:Himself
Release Date:16/12/2009
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Character:Self
Release Date:20/08/2009
Rifftrax: Twilight
Character:self
Release Date:20/04/2009
Max the Hero
Character:Max (voice)
Release Date:20/10/2007
The Three Stooges in Color
Character:
Release Date:26/04/2005
The Last Dance: RAW
Character:Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
Release Date:31/10/1999
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Character:Crow T. Robot (voice)
Release Date:04/09/1998
1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Character:Crow T. Robot (voice)
Release Date:02/09/1997
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Character:Bill Corbett
Release Date:01/12/1964
Television Appearances
Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse
Character:Mike the Microwave (voice)
Infinity Train
Character:Perry the Parasite (voice)
Tigtone
Character:King
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character:Brain Guy
Total Riff Off
Character:
The Adventures of Edward the Less
Character:Edward (voice)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character:Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
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