Cast & creator
Bill Corbett
Best known for Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mystery Science Theater 3000
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.
90
film credits
16
television credits
71
1964–2026 · acting roles
8.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
Showing 106 of 106 credits
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000
Space Mother (voice)
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000
Intergalactic Judge
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000
Krankor
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000
Writer
1989
Infinity Train
Perry the Parasite (voice)
2019
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Brain Guy
2017Mystery Science Theater 3000
Writer
2017
Meet Dave
Screenplay
2008
Tigtone
King
2019
Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse
Mike the Microwave (voice)
2025
Dead Media
Jackson Billy
2025The Adventures of Edward the Less
Edward (voice)
2001
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Brain Guy
2026Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
Writer
2026Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
Creator
2026
FourCast
Self - Guest
2009
Stubborn Beast
Martin
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Crow T. Robot (voice)
19982nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Writer
1998
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Brain Guy
2026Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death
Writer
2026
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Self
2019RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
Writer
2019
We Brought Back MST3K
Self
2018Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Bill Corbett
1964
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Self
2017RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Writer
2017
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Himself
2013
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
himself
2010RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
Writer
2010
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Self
2016
GrimTrax Returns
Self
2026
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Self
2016RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Writer
2016
RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
2015
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Himself
2015
RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
Himself
2009
RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
2015
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Self
2012RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Writer
2012
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Self
2019RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Writer
20191st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Crow T. Robot (voice) / Brain Guy
19971st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
Writer
1997
Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Self
2013Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Writer
2013
Backyard Blockbusters
Thanks
2012
The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
Self
2007The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
Writer
2007The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
Producer
2007
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
2010Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
Writer
2010
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Self
2014RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Writer
2014
RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
Self
2018
Hate Mail
Self
2020Hate Mail
Writer
2020
RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Self
2024RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Writer
2024
RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
Self
2019
The Last Dance: RAW
Himself / Crow T. Robot / Observer
1999
The Rifftrax Yule Log
Self
2018
Rifftrax Live: The Room
Self
2015
The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon
Self
2007The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon
Writer
2007The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon
Producer
2007
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Writer
2000
The Film Crew: Killers from Space
Self
2007The Film Crew: Killers from Space
Writer
2007The Film Crew: Killers from Space
Producer
2007
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Self
2009
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
Self
2016
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Self
2017
RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
Himself
2012
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
Self
2015
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
Self
2013
RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Self
2022RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Writer
2022
Hunks of Junk
Self
2026
Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Self
2013Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Writer
2013
RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
2022
RiffTrax Live: Timecop
Self
2025RiffTrax Live: Timecop
Writer
2025The Three Stooges in Color
2005
Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer
2011Santa's Village of Madness
Self
2012Santa's Village of Madness
Writer
2012
Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
2016
RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
Self
2017
RiffTrax Live: RAD
Self
2023RiffTrax Live: RAD
Writer
2023
GrimTrax
Self
2024GrimTrax
Writer
2024Total Riff Off
2014Max the Hero
Max (voice)
2007
The Frank
Brainmonger, Puppeteer #1
2014
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
Self
2016
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
Self
2014
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
Himself
2014
RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
Self
2021
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
Self
2019
The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
Self
The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
Writer
The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
Producer