Bill Corbett
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Bill Corbett

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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.

Films Featuring Bill Corbett

RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins

20218.0

We Brought Back MST3K

201810.0

RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate

20128.7

RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead

20139.7

RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space

20098.6

Max the Hero

Max the Hero

20076.0

RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors

20179.0

RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing

20225.5

RiffTrax Live: RAD

20238.0

Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers

201310.0

Hate Mail

2020

RiffTrax Live: Godzilla

20149.4

RiffTrax Live: Octaman

20196.4

RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus

20147.0

GrimTrax

202410.0

RiffTrax Live: Point Break

20249.0

Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

20137.5

RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection

20158.0

RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers

20168.2

2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review

19987.0

1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review

1997

Rifftrax Live: The Room

20158.8

Three Stooges: Greatest Routines

Three Stooges: Greatest Routines

19649.0

RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror

20128.2

RiffTrax Live: Sharknado

20146.3

RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party

20177.8

Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls

20169.0

Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop

20176.1

RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2

20157.6

The Last Dance: RAW

1999

RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny

20188.5

RiffTrax Live: Mothra

20164.7

RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders

201910.0

RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019

20198.5

RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny

20158.7

RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill

20108.5

RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion

20198.0

RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!

20098.2

The Frank

2014

RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013

20137.0

RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion

20169.0

Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015

20157.7

Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016

20167.7

Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness

20109.0

The Rifftrax Yule Log

2018

RiffTrax: Super Zeroes

2025

RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes

2022

RiffTrax Live: Timecop

202510.0

Santa's Village of Madness

Santa's Village of Madness

2012

Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer

201110.0

The Three Stooges in Color

The Three Stooges in Color

20058.0

GrimTrax Returns

2026

Hunks of Junk

2026

RiffTrax: Pressure Point

RiffTrax: Pressure Point

Dead Media

2025

The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon

2007

The Film Crew: Killers from Space

2007

The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo

2007

The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark

Stubborn Beast

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death

2026