12 Interesting Facts About Albert Brooks

1. #001

   Albert Brooks appeared as a guest voice actor on The Simpsons (1989) six times. With one exception, he played a different character each time, and as of 2018 he had made more guest appearances on the show than anyone else. He was credited each time as "A. Brooks" and had no relation to James L. Brooks.

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2. #002

   He changed his surname to "Einstein" because there was already a highly famous theoretical physicist named Albert Einstein.

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3. #011

   Brooks was romantically linked to the singer Linda Ronstadt and the actresses Carrie Fisher, Julie Hagerty and Kathryn Harrold before he married the artist Kimberly Shlain.

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4. #013

   He turned down the role of Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman (1990), and Richard Gere ultimately got the part.

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5. #016

   He is a good friend of Debbie Reynolds.

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6. #017

   He attended the same high school as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily and Crispin Glover.

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7. #018

   He is a friend of Richard Lewis.

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8. #019

   Brooks was honored by the American Film Institute with a retrospective screening of his work at the first US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.

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9. #020

   Following Reiner's untimely death in December 2025, he helped organize the first of several memorials held for Rob Reiner.

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10. #021

    Biography: "Who's Who in Comedy", Ronald L. Smith, pp. 61-62. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.

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11. #022

    Albert Brooks appeared in two films whose end title sequences feature the song "Beyond the Sea": My First Mister (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003).

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12. #025

    Albert Brooks lives in Santa Monica, California.

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