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.
Known For
RiffTrax Live: TimeCop
Self
2025
Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse
Mike the Microwave (voice) · (6 episodes)
2025
RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
Self
2025
RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Self
2024
GrimTrax
Self
2024
RiffTrax Live: RAD
Self
2023
RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Self
2022
RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
2022
RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
Self
2021
Hate Mail
Self
2020
RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
Bill
2019
Infinity Train
Perry the Parasite (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Self
2019
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
Self
2019
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Self
2019
Tigtone
King · (20 episodes)
2019
The Rifftrax Yule Log
Himself
2018
RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
Self
2018
We Brought Back MST3K
Self
2018
RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
Self
2017
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Himself
2017
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Brain Guy · (2 episodes)
2017
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Observer · (1 episode)
2017
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Himself
2017
Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
2016
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
Himself
2016
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Self
2016
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
Himself
2016
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Himself
2016
RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
2015
RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
2015
RiffTrax: Death Promise
2015
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
Himself
2015
Rifftrax: Birdemic
self
2015
Rifftrax Live: The Room
Himself
2015
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Himself
2015
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Self
2014
Rifftrax: R.O.T.O.R.
self
2014
The Frank
Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
2014
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
Self
2014
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
Himself
2014
Total Riff Off
(6 episodes)
2014
Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Self
2013
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
Self
2013
Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Self
2013
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Himself
2013
Rifftrax: Cool as Ice
self
2013
Santa's Village of Madness
Self
2012
RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
Himself
2012
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Self
2012
Rifftrax: The Guy From Harlem
self
2012
Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer
2011
Rifftrax: The Crater Lake Monster
self
2011
Rifftrax: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
self
2010
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
himself
2010
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
2010
RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
Himself
2009
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Self
2009
Rifftrax: Twilight
self
2009
Max the Hero
Max (voice)
2007
The Adventures of Edward the Less
Edward (voice) · (13 episodes)
2001
The Last Dance: RAW
Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
1999
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Crow T. Robot (voice)
1998
1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Crow T. Robot (voice)
1997
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer · (48 episodes)
1989
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Bill Corbett
1964