Albert Lawrence Brooks is an American actor, voice actor, writer, comedian and director who has an estimated net worth of $28 million. Though it may sound like one of his cerebral comedy routines, Albert Brooks came into this world as Albert Einstein. The son of comedian Harry Einstein (better known to millions of radio fans as Parkyakarkus), Brooks briefly attended Carnegie Tech before launching a hills-and-valley career as a standup comic. Like such contemporaries as George Carlin and Robert Klein, Brooks delighted in finding humor in the inconsistencies of everyday life, and had a particular fondness for exploiting clichés that many people never realized were clichés. Two of his most fondly remembered routines involved a talking mime and a ritualistic recital of the ingredients in a carton of Cool-Whip.
Brooks’s highest-profile performance came not in one of his directorial projects, but in the 2003 Pixar underwater adventure Finding Nemo. Lending his voice to the film’s lead clownfish, the critically-acclaimed picture went on to be one of the highest grossing movies of all time and also featured the talents of Ellen Degeneres and Willem Dafoe.
His voice acting credits include Marlin the clownfish in Finding Nemo and recurring guest voices for The Simpsons and Russ Cargill in its film adaptation The Simpsons Movie. Born in Beverly Hills, California, he attended Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, but dropped out after one year to focus on his comedy career.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
Asset |
Value of his 4,475 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms home in Santa Monica, California |
$4,495,000 |
|
2011 |
Sale of Asset |
Value of his beam-ceiling, 5,100-square-foot Bel Air home |
$6,300,000 |
|
1993 |
Salary |
Salary with The Scout |
$3,000,000 |