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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor, writer, director, producer, comedian, and composer Mel Brooks. Over his 70 year career in film, theatre, and television Brooks has won an Academy Award, four Emmys, three Tony Awards, three Grammys, and has been nominated for six Golden Globes and one BAFTA Award.
1969 Winner Oscar. Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen. The Producers. 2024 Winner Honorary Award. For his comedic brilliance, producing acumen and expansive body of work. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. 1976 Winner Golden Scroll. Best Director. Young Frankenstein.
- June 28, 1926
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With this year’s Peabody Career Achievement Award, Brooks joins the elite club of performers to achieve PEGOT status, earning Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. Along with Barbra Streisand, Mike Nichols, and Rita Moreno, now only four individuals have reached such a career milestone.
Actor: Spaceballs. Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills.
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In 2001, having previously won an Emmy, a Grammy, and an Oscar, he joined a small list of EGOT winners with his Tony award for The Producers. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2013, and a British Film Institute Fellowship in March 2015.
Brooks is one of the few artists who have received an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy. He was awarded his first Grammy for Best Spoken Comedy Album in 1999 for his recording of The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 with Carl Reiner.
