He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2023.īrooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows from 1950 to 1954. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 18 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. Melvin James Brooks ( né Kaminsky June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright.
