Eddie Brooks: Where is Mel Brooks’ son now?

Eddie Brooks

Eddie Brooks is an American actor and also the son of legendary actor, comedian, and filmmaker Mel Brooks. Eddie Brooks’ father has kept the world laughing for decades. He is one of the few entertainers to ever win the EGOT. One of his most greatest creations was “Get Smart” (1965 to 1970), which won seven Emmy awards. In 1968, he also made his first feature film titled “The Producers” for which he won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Aside from being a National treasure, Mel is also a family man. Who is Mel Brooks’ son, Eddie?

Eddie Brooks: Bio Summary

Full NameEdward “Eddie” Brooks
famous asSon of Mel Brooks
Age 64 years old as of 2023
Date of Birth 24 May 1959
Place of BirthNew York, USA
Zodiac signGemini
NationalityAmerican
EthnicityJew
Siblings  Stephanie BrooksNicky Brooks, Max Brooks
Parents Mel Brooks, Florence Baum
Children Samantha Brooks

How old is Mel Brooks, Eddie?

Eddie Brooks was born on  24 May 1959 in New York, USA. As of 2023, he is 64 years old. He is the son of Mel Brooks and his Broadway dancer ex-wife Florence Baum. Aside from Eddie, Mel Brooks has three other children:  Stephanie BrooksNicky Brooks, and Max Brooks. Mel and Baum had three children- Eddie, Stephenie, and Nicky. Max was born from Mel’s second marriage to Oscar-winning actress Anne Bancroft, another Hollywood legend.

ALSO, READ; Florence Baum: Is Mel Brooks’ Ex-wife Still Alive?

Eddie Brooks is a director and actor

From the ever-renewing top-notch pieces The Producers and Young Frankenstein to rear precious gems such as The Twelve Chairs, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Hollywood legend Brooks is a magical alchemist consistently creating comic gold from such disparate ingredients as Catskills shtick and Broadway pizzazz, New World insouciance and Old World resonance, laughter, tears and then more and more laughter.

The son of the iconic star also started acting as a child. Mel’s son Eddie made an appearance in the 1970 movie Where’s Poppa? directed by Carl Reiner. In 1978, the New Yorker also reported that Eddie was studying music in Manhattan. As an adult, Eddie Brooks has stayed behind the scenes working as a director and Cinematographer per his IMBD profile. Mel Brooks’ son Eddie directed the short films The Green Room and Of the Woods: Prologue. 

ALSO, READ; Nicky Brooks: Who is Mel Brooks’ son?

While Eddie Brooks is pushing his way through Hollywood, his father isn’t slowing down either even though he is 96 as of 2023. The sequel to his seminal film History of the World, Part I premiered as a Hulu series on March 6, 2023, per PEOPLE. Eddie Brooks keeps his life lowkey, but his daughter seems to enjoy the limelight

Eddie is a married man

Eddie is married to his wife Sarah. The couple are also the parents of their daughter, Samantha Brooks, who is a journalist. Samantha interviewed her grandfather in November 2022, and the two touched on everything from dating tips to Brooks’ Hulu series History of the World: Part II. Mel’s granddaughter referred to him as “grandfather and friend” during their interview on Samantha’s almost 4k subscribers youtube channel.

The grandfather confessed he wants to see more of his granddaughter than calls. This is because she lives in New York and he is in Los Angeles. The grandfather and granddaughter spent about half an hour discussing different topics.

ALSO, READ; Who is Stephanie Brooks, Mel Brooks’ only daughter?

Eddie Brooks’ daughter, Samantha Brooks is also an actress with about five roles under her belt so far, per IMDb. Having graduated from NYU Gallatin with a concentration in The Ideal Narrative: Fiction, Film, and Performance with a minor in Creative Writing, Samantha is making her way in the Big Apple in her grandfather Mel Brooks’ footsteps. She also hosts a podcast called “Alakazam! With Alex & Sam” while honing her craft as an actor, writer, and filmmaker.

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  • Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

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Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

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