Actor, voice actor, writer, comedian, and director Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein) wrote, directed and starred in comedies such as Modern Romance, Lost in America, and Defending Your Life, and is the author of the satire 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America. His grandparents emigrated from Austria and Russia. By 19, he had changed and begun to make his own name—Albert Brooks—on a Steve Allen TV show.
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