Bill Corbett
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.
Acting
TV
Infinity Train
as Perry the Parasite (voice)
2019
TV
Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
1989
TV
Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Space Mother (voice)
1989
TV
Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Intergalactic Judge
1989
TV
Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Krankor
1989
TV
Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Brain Guy
2017
TV
Tigtone
as King
2019
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
2015
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
as Himself
2012
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
as Himself
2014
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
as Self
2014
Movie
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
as Self
2017
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
2015
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
as Self
2016
Movie
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
as himself
2010
Movie
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
as Self
2016
Movie
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
as Self
2012
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
as Self
2019
Movie
Rifftrax Live: The Room
as Self
2015
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
as Self
2015
Movie
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
2010
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
as Self
2009
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
as Self
2016
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
as Self
2017
Crew
Movie
Meet Dave
Screenplay
2008
TV
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Writer
1989
TV
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Writer
2017
Movie
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Writer
2016
Movie
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
Writer
2010
Movie
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Writer
2012
Movie
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
Writer
2010
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Writer
2017
Movie
Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Writer
2013
Movie
Backyard Blockbusters
Thanks
2012
Movie
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Writer
2000
Movie
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Writer
2014