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.

Filmography

• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Crow T. Robot (voice) / Brain Guy, Writer, Creator
• 2026Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death — Crow T. Robot (voice) / Brain Guy, Writer
• Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse — Mike the Microwave (voice)
• 2025Dead Media — Jackson Billy
• 2025RiffTrax Live: Timecop — Self, Writer
• 2024GrimTrax — Self, Writer
• 2024RiffTrax Live: Point Break — Self, Writer
• 2023RiffTrax Live: RAD — Self, Writer
• 2022RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
• 2022RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing — Self, Writer
• 2020Hate Mail — Self, Writer
• Infinity Train — Perry the Parasite (voice)
• 2019RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019 — Self, Writer
• 2019RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders — Self, Writer
• Tigtone — King
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 — Brain Guy, Writer
• 2017RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party — Self, Writer
• 2016RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion — Self, Writer
• 2016Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
• 2015RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
• 2015RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
• 2014RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus — Self, Writer
• 2014The Frank — Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
• Total Riff Off
• 2013Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians — Self, Writer
• 2013Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers — Self, Writer
• 2012Backyard Blockbusters — Thanks
• 2012RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate — Self, Writer
• 2012Santa's Village of Madness — Self, Writer
• 2011Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer
• 2010RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill — himself, Writer
• 2010Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness — Writer
• 2008Meet Dave — Screenplay
• 2007Max the Hero — Max (voice)
• 2007The Film Crew: Killers from Space — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2007The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2007The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo — Self, Writer, Producer
• 2005The Three Stooges in Color
• The Adventures of Edward the Less — Edward (voice)
• 2000Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3 — Writer
• 19982nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review — Crow T. Robot (voice), Writer
• 19971st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review — Crow T. Robot (voice) / Brain Guy, Writer
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 — Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer, Space Mother (voice), Intergalactic Judge, Krankor, Writer
• 1964Three Stooges: Greatest Routines — Bill Corbett
• Stubborn Beast — Martin
• The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark — Self, Writer, Producer

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2026GrimTrax Returns — Self
• 2026Hunks of Junk — Self
• 2021RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins — Self
• 2019RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion — Self
• 2019RiffTrax Live: Octaman — Self
• 2018RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny — Self
• 2018The Rifftrax Yule Log — Self
• 2018We Brought Back MST3K — Self
• 2017RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors — Self
• 2017Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop — Self
• 2016RiffTrax Live: Mothra — Self
• 2016RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers — Self
• 2016Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016 — Self
• 2015RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2 — Self
• 2015Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015 — Himself
• 2015Rifftrax Live: The Room — Self
• 2014RiffTrax Live: Godzilla — Self
• 2014RiffTrax Live: Sharknado — Himself
• 2013RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead — Self
• 2013RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013 — Himself
• 2012RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror — Himself
• FourCast — Self - Guest
• 2009RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza! — Himself
• 2009RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space — Self
• 1999The Last Dance: RAW — Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer