Bill Corbett
Writing • Born 1960-03-30
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.
Filmography
66 credits
RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
Movie • 2021
Self
We Brought Back MST3K
Movie • 2018
Self
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
Movie • 2013
Self
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Movie • 2012
Self
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Movie • 2009
Self
Max the Hero
Movie • 2007
Max (voice)
RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
Movie • 2017
Self
RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Movie • 2022
Self
RiffTrax Live: RAD
Movie • 2023
Self
Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Movie • 2013
Self
Hate Mail
Movie • 2020
Self
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
Movie • 2014
Self
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
Movie • 2019
Self
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Movie • 2014
Self
GrimTrax
Movie • 2024
Self
RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Movie • 2024
Self
Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Movie • 2013
Self
RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
Movie • 2015
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
Movie • 2016
Self
1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Movie • 1997
Crow T. Robot (voice)
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Movie • 1998
Crow T. Robot (voice)
Rifftrax Live: The Room
Movie • 2015
Self
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Movie • 1964
Bill Corbett
RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
Movie • 2012
Himself
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
Movie • 2014
Himself
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Movie • 2017
Self
Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
Movie • 2016
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Movie • 2017
Self
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
Movie • 2015
Self
The Last Dance: RAW
Movie • 1999
Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
Movie • 2018
Self
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
Movie • 2016
Self
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Movie • 2019
Self
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Movie • 2019
Self
RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Movie • 2015
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
Movie • 2010
himself
RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
Movie • 2019
Self
RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
Movie • 2009
Himself
The Frank
Movie • 2014
Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Movie • 2013
Himself
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Movie • 2016
Self
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Movie • 2015
Himself
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Movie • 2016
Self
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
Movie • 2010
The Rifftrax Yule Log
Movie • 2018
Self
RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
Movie • 2025
Self
RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
Movie • 2022
RiffTrax Live: Timecop
Movie • 2025
Self
Santa's Village of Madness
Movie • 2012
Self
Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer
Movie • 2011
The Three Stooges in Color
Movie • 2005
GrimTrax Returns
Movie • 2026
Self
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
Movie
Crow T. Robot (voice)
Hunks of Junk
Movie • 2026
Self
Total Riff Off
TV • 2014
Tigtone
TV • 2019
King
Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV • 2017
Brain Guy
The Adventures of Edward the Less
TV • 2001
Edward (voice)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV • 1989
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
Infinity Train
TV • 2019
Perry the Parasite (voice)
Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse
TV • 2025
Mike the Microwave (voice)
Rifftrax
TV • 2006
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
TV
Crow T. Robot (voice)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV • 1989
Space Mother (voice)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV • 1989
Intergalactic Judge
Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV • 1989
Krankor