
Bill Corbett
Department: Writing
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.
Known For

RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
2021

We Brought Back MST3K
2018

RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
2013

RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
2012

RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
2009

Max the Hero
2007

RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
2017

RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
2022

RiffTrax Live: RAD
2023

Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
2013

Hate Mail
2020

RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
2014

RiffTrax Live: Octaman
2019

RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
2014

GrimTrax
2024

RiffTrax Live: Point Break
2024

Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
2013

RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
2015

RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
2016

1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
1997

2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
1998

Rifftrax Live: The Room
2015

Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
1964

RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
2012

RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
2014

RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
2017

Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
2016

Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
2017

RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
2015

The Last Dance: RAW
1999

RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
2018

RiffTrax Live: Mothra
2016

RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
2019

RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
2019

RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
2015

RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
2010

RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
2019

RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
2009

The Frank
2014

RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
2013

Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
2015

RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
2016

Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
2016

Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
2010

The Rifftrax Yule Log
2018

RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
2025

RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
2022

RiffTrax Live: Timecop
2025

Santa's Village of Madness
2012

Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer
2011

The Three Stooges in Color
2005

GrimTrax Returns
2026

Hunks of Junk
2026

RiffTrax: Pressure Point
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Dead Media
2025

The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon
2007

The Film Crew: Killers from Space
2007

The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
2007

The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
2007

Total Riff Off
2014

Tigtone
2019

Mystery Science Theater 3000
2017

The Adventures of Edward the Less
2001

Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989

Infinity Train
2019

Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse
2025

Rifftrax
2006

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989

Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989

Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989