Bill Corbett

Born: 1960-03-30

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.


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GrimTrax

as Self
Released: 2024-01-19

For the first time ever, we’ve assembled five shorts about death, loneliness, and dismemberment...

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We Brought Back MST3K

as Self
Released: 2018-04-17

This feature length documentary provides fans with an insider’s look at the creation of Season...

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RiffTrax Live: Point Break

as Self
Released: 2024-08-08

For our fifteenth year of RiffTrax Live, we've selected the 1990's cult classic about bank...

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The Last Dance: RAW

as Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
Released: 1999-10-31

A documentary about the making of Danger: Diabolik, the final episode of Mystery Science Theater...

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RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion

as Self
Released: 2016-06-28

Mike, Kevin and Bill were joined on stage by their MST3K colleagues at the State Theatre in...

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Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers

as Self
Released: 2013-08-15

Starship Troopers is the tale of young trooper Johnny Rico, played by Casper Van Dien, star of...

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RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors

as Self
Released: 2017-08-17

Someone is taking the Doctor's past selves out of time and space, placing them in a vast...

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RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead

as Self
Released: 2013-10-24

This classic 1968 horror film is where it all began. No, not the cronut trend, we’re talking...

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The Frank

as Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
Released: 2014-09-02

THE FRANK is a light-hearted music video featuring many of the original cast and crew of Mystery...

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RiffTrax Live: RAD

as Self
Released: 2023-08-17

Teens! Bikes! Feathered Hair! Love and revenge! Leotards and acid-washed denim! It’s all here in...

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RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror

as Himself
Released: 2012-10-25

Birdemic is one of our favorite bad movies of all time, and there’s no better way to watch it...

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Rifftrax Live: Miami Connection

as uncredited
Released: 2015-10-01

If you put everything about the 80s in a blender, then somehow ran the resulting smoothie...

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RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2

as Himself
Released: 2015-09-15

Watch as the amazing comedians from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) tear apart the...

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RiffTrax Live: Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes

as uncredited
Released: 2021-10-26

There’s still evil up there at the old Amityville house. A group of priests gathers to quell the...

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RiffTrax Live: Sharknado

as Himself
Released: 2014-07-10

RiffTrax gives the classic riff treatment of the cult film 'Sharknado', a film about sharks - in...

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Rifftrax Live: Time Chasers

as Himself
Released: 2016-05-05

Mike, Kevin and Bill riff the original cut of Time Chasers. Plus, a short of "Chimp the Fireman."

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Rifftrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing

as Self
Released: 2022-08-18

He’s back! You probably didn’t know that he was gone, but he was and now he’s back! Swamp Thing,...

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RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion

as Bill
Released: 2019-10-18

The Giant Spider Invasion, one of the most popular MST3K movies ever, is coming to a Theater...

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Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop

as Himself
Released: 2017-04-13

The Samurai Cop is here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he’s already infringed on enough...

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Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness

as uncredited
Released: 2010-08-19

In RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness, Mike, Kevin and Bill deliver their trademark form of rapid...

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Rifftrax Live: Space Mutiny

as Self
Released: 2018-08-10

Blast off to the 80s with Rifftrax Live: Space Mutiny! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this cult...

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Hate Mail

as Self
Released: 2020-05-09

Hate Mail is an epistolary play something like Love Letters, with two actors reading letters and...

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RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny

as uncredited
Released: 2015-12-03

Santa’s sleigh is stuck on the beach, and only one creature can help him: The Ice Cream Bunny!...

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RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party

as Himself
Released: 2017-06-15

Join Mike, Kevin and Bill, along with guests Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, the Mads from MST3K...

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RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate

as Self
Released: 2012-08-16

For those who missed it in theaters, this is a completely new riff of “Manos” The Hands of Fate,...

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Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015

as Himself
Released: 2015-03-06

Mike, Kevin, and Bill take on some of the funniest, most unbelievable vintage shorts we've ever...

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RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins

as Self
Released: 2021-08-17

At an abandoned old movie studio, security guards keep getting mysteriously murdered. The...

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Rifftrax Live: Mothra

as Himself
Released: 2016-08-18

It’s the story of a group of explorers who travel to a remote island, kidnap two tiny women,...

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Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016

as Himself
Released: 2016-04-04

Mike, Kevin, and Bill were joined onstage at SF SKetchfest Live 2016 by very special guest...

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RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space

as Self
Released: 2009-08-20

The stars of MST3K riff the worst movie of all time in RiffTrax Live - Plan 9 From Outer Space....

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RiffTrax Live: Godzilla

as Self
Released: 2014-08-14

Sony Pictures, Fathom Events and RiffTrax are thrilled to be back in theaters nationwide this...

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RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders

as Self
Released: 2019-07-06

It’s the year 2762. The galaxy is plagued with warring factions using hokey special effects to...

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RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill

as himself
Released: 2010-10-28

Is there any possible downside to accepting an invitation from Vincent Price to spend an evening...

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RiffTrax Live: Octaman

as Self
Released: 2019-04-18

Deep in the Mexican jungle, a legendary creature lurks in a radioactive swamp. Is it a man? Is...

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Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls

as uncredited
Released: 2016-10-27

Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this spooky midnight-movie cult...

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Rifftrax Live: The Room

as Himself
Released: 2015-05-06

Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax riff Tommy Wiseau's The Room LIVE...

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RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019

as Self
Released: 2019-02-28

Bill and Kevin are joined onstage by the great Paul F. Tompkins, and together they host and riff...

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RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013

as Himself
Released: 2013-05-30

Watch Mike, Bill, Kevin, and an all-star crew of hilarious guest riffers take on seven classic...

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Rifftrax: Stitches

as uncredited
Released: 2020-06-26

Satan walks among us and he's sassy grandma? All this takes place in the late 90's, or perhaps...

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RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus

as Self
Released: 2014-12-04

From the strange and ridiculously colorful world of K. Gordon Murray comes the 1959 Holiday...

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Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

as Self
Released: 2013-12-05

The nasty Martian villain Voldar (his face is coated in green oil and he has a huge mustache,...

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RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!

as Himself
Released: 2009-12-16

What do ice-skating reindeer, pipe-smoking santas and a parade of aquatic champions have in...

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RiffTrax: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Himself (voice)
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Scavenger girl Rey leaves her junkyard home to fulfill her destiny of escorting a robot around...

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Mystery Science Theater 3000

as Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
First aired: 1989-11-25

A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...

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Infinity Train

as Perry the Parasite (voice)
First aired: 2019-08-05

Passengers on board the mysterious Infinity Train must explore a series of endless cars that...

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Mystery Science Theater 3000

as Brain Guy
First aired: 2017-04-14

The cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B...

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Mystery Science Theater 3000

as Observer
First aired: 2017-04-14

The cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B...

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Tigtone

as King
First aired: 2019-01-14

A quest-addicted hero slashes his way across a satirical fantasy universe with melodramatic...

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