Bill Corbett
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-03-30 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Bill Corbett
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
as Self
(2025)
RiffTrax Live: TimeCop
as Self
(2024)
GrimTrax
as Self
(2024)
RiffTrax Live: Point Break
as Self
(2023)
RiffTrax Live: RAD
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
(2021)
RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
as Self
(2020)
Hate Mail
as Self
(2019)
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
as Self
(2019)
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
as Self
(2019)
(2019)
(2018)
We Brought Back MST3K
as Self
(2018)
RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
as Self
(2018)
The Rifftrax Yule Log
as Himself
(2017)
(2017)
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
as Himself
(2017)
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
as Himself
(2016)
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
as Himself
(2016)
(2016)
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
as Himself
(2016)
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
as Self
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
Rifftrax Live: The Room
as Himself
(2015)
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
as Himself
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
as Self
(2014)
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
as Self
(2014)
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
as Himself
(2014)
The Frank
as Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
(2012)
(2012)
(2012)
Santa's Village of Madness
as Self
(2010)
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
as himself
(2010)
(2009)
(2009)
(2007)
Max the Hero
as Max (voice)
(1999)
The Last Dance: RAW
as Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
(1998)
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
as Crow T. Robot (voice)
(1997)
1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
as Crow T. Robot (voice)
(1964)
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
as Bill Corbett
Crew
(2025)
RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
Writer
(2025)
RiffTrax Live: TimeCop
Writer
(2024)
GrimTrax
Writer
(2024)
(2023)
RiffTrax Live: RAD
Writer
(2022)
(2020)
Hate Mail
Writer
(2019)
(2019)
(2017)
(2016)
(2014)
(2013)
(2013)
(2012)
(2012)
Backyard Blockbusters
Thanks
(2012)
(2010)
(2010)
(2008)
Meet Dave
Screenplay
(2000)