Albert Brooks in Drive
Albert Brooks (1947 - )
Director/screenwriter
Film Deaths[]
- Private Benjamin (1980) [Yale Goodman]: Dies of a heart attack while making love with Goldie Hawn on their wedding night.
- Terms of Endearment (1983) [Rudyard Greenway]: Dies (off screen) of an unspecified circumstance; his death is revealed when his wife (Shirley MacLaine) and daughter (Jennifer Josey) attend his funeral (Albert doesn't appear physically in the movie, only providing a brief off-camera voiceover early in the film).
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) [Car Driver]: Strangled/neck snapped by Dan Aykroyd after Dan transforms into a monster while sitting in Albert's car.
- Defending Your Life (1991) [Daniel Miller]: Killed in a car accident; the scene cuts away just before the impact, and the rest of the movie takes place in the afterlife.
- My First Mister (2001) [Randall 'R' Harris]: Dies of leukemia.
- Drive (2011) [Bernie Rose]: Stabbed in the stomach by Ryan Gosling, after Albert stabs Ryan.
Gallery[]
Albert Brooks (with the monster Dan Aykroyd) in Twilight Zone: The Movie
Noteworthy Connections[]
- Son of Harry Einstein and Thelma Leeds
- Brother of Bob Einstein (a.k.a. 'Super Dave' Osborne)