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André 3000

André Benjamin, also known as André 3000, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor, best known for being part of American hip-hop duo OutKast alongside fellow rapper Big Boi. As an actor, his role as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All is by my Side (2013) got him an Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Lead Actor. He has made appearances in a number of TV series and films, including Families, The Shield, Be Cool, Revolver, Semi-Pro, and Four Brothers.

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Bill Corbett

Cast · Known for 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.

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Robert Czech

Robert Czech is known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) and Wegrzy w Warszawie (2020).

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Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson is known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) and Becoming Redwood (2012).

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Kenneth Anderson

Kenneth Anderson is an actor, known for 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Hollow Reed (1996) and Feast of July (1995).

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Patrick Brantseg

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Patrick Brantseg is the former Art Director and performer for "Gypsy" on Mystery Science Theater 3000, taking over the character from Jim Mallon, the show's producer, mid-way through the show's eighth season, starting with Agent for H.A.R.M. He began his career at Best Brains, Inc. as an intern in 1992. In that same year he was hired to work in the art department under the direction of Jef Maynard. In 1993, after Michael J. Nelson took over as host, Bransteg was given the title "utility infielder," which meant that he took care of many smaller duties around the BBI offices. Brantseg hails from Sisseton, South Dakota. He studied art at the University of Minnesota and was doing well until they asked him to leave after two years. In an interview, he stated he was "not ready to learn," "doing very well in art classes and not so well in other things." And in retrospect, "I think there was an attitude problem -- the teachers', not mine." With nowhere else to go, he toured the mid-West as the drummer with the punk band, "Black Spot." After recording a CD and touring, he left the band and returned to school to study television production. He cites Laurel and Hardy, David Bowie, Buck Owens, Vincent van Gogh and his mother and father as his heroes.

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David Sussman

Writer · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

David Sussman is a Writer, Songwriter and Actor known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), The Lavender Hill Mob and Burn Notice (2007).

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Chris Murray

Creator · Writer · Known for Doctors, Waterloo Road

Chris Murray created two series for the BBC: medical series Doctors, now in its 19th season, with over 3000 episodes the most successful British daytime drama ever and Merseybeat, a police procedural that ran for four seasons with Chris becoming Executive Producer and Showrunner for last two. Prior to screenwriting he spent a relatively successful decade as one half of a stand-up comedian duo. In tandem with the above, his long-held private passion for the occult and paranormal led to work on series such as Sea Of Souls and in recent years, following a Masters degree in the subject, he has shifted original work in this direction.

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L.T. Tolliver

Cast · Known for Castle

L.T. Tolliver is known for his work on Castle (2009), Mr. 3000 (2004) and The Bernie Mac Show (2001).

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Brent Butt

Born in the small farming town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada (population 3000) as the youngest of seven children. Brent began doing stand-up comedy in 1988. He was soon headlining top clubs and theatres across Canada, and has been selected to represent his country at both the Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival, and the World Comedy Tour in Australia. He has appeared in numerous Canadian television programs, and a few U.S. shows (The X-Files (1993), Millennium (1996), Becoming Dick (2000)). He was named 'Best Male Standup' at the 2001 Canadian Comedy Awards. He lives and works out of Vancouver, on Canada's West Coast, and is concentrating more on acting.

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Trace Beaulieu

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trace Beaulieu (born November 6, 1958) is an American puppeteer, writer, and actor. He is best known for his roles on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K).   Description above from the Wikipedia article Trace Beaulieu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Frank Conniff

Cast · Writer · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Frank Conniff Jr. (born August 30, 1956) is an American writer, actor, comedian and producer, best known for his portrayal of TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He is the son of journalist and editor Frank Conniff.

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Joel Hodgson

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000, Steven Universe

Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com. Hodgson is currently "movie riffing" with fellow cast members of MST3K under the name Cinematic Titanic, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download.

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Charles Stone III

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Stone III (born in 1966) is a film director, known for films such as Drumline starring Nick Cannon, Mr. 3000 starring Bernie Mac, and Paid in Full. Stone directed the video to What They Do by The Roots, featuring the group running through many rap video clichés. Stone was the creator of the popular United States advertising campaign, "Whassup?" for Budweiser. In October 2008, he directed a spoof of this campaign to depict his critical view of the Republican Party's 8 years in the White House and to support the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. A 1984 graduate of Central High School (Philadelphia), he is the son of Louise Davis Stone and distinguished journalist and Tuskegee Airman Chuck Stone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Stone III, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Jim Mallon

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

James Joseph Mallon (born March 19, 1956) is an American television and film producer and writer, most notable for being executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He is also president of the series' original production company, Best Brains, Inc., directed more than 75 episodes of MST3K, and played the role of Gypsy from the first season until Jack Frost in the middle of the eighth season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Mallon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Mike Dodge

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mike Dodge was born on 18 July 1937 in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon (2007) and The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (2007). He died on 29 October 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

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Michael J. Nelson

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams. His first book, Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, "He's more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers... Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes... and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves." Mike's laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, "From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half," and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, "[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley's immortal Treasurer's Report." And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, "Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson's mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network--only funnier!" Nelson speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with fellow former MST3K writers/performers Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy operate a podcast called RiffTrax, which, in a similar vein to MST3K, targets more mainstream films.

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Bradley J. Keely

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Bradley J. Keely was born on 25 January 1964 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA. He is an editor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie and DragonflyTV .

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Paul Chaplin

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Paul Chaplin is an American writer and comedian, known for his work on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, for which he wrote and played the recurring characters of an Observer, Ned the Nanite, Pitch the Demon, and Ortega, along with several other bit roles.

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Mary Jo Pehl

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mary Jo Pehl (born February 27, 1960)[1] is an American writer, actress, and comedian. She is best known for her various roles on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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Jack Beaulieu

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Jack Beaulieu was born on 1 October 1923 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988). He was married to Florine Emily 'Flo' Freeland. He died on 28 December 2010. He was the father of Trace Beaulieu and Bryan Beaulieu.

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Peter Rudrud

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Peter Rudrud was born on 5 August 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is a production manager and actor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), Snow (1998) and 2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1998).

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J. Elvis Weinstein

Cast · Known for Mystery Science Theater 3000

Joshua Stuart Weinstein began his stand-up comedy career at age 15 in Mpls. Minnesota. At 17, he was one of the founding writer/performers of the cult sci-fi comedy TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) as the original voice/puppeteer of robots Tom Servo and Gypsy, and the role of Dr. Lawrence Erhardt. He adopted the name "J. Elvis Weinstein" to avoid confusion with another writer named Josh Weinstein (known for his work on The Simpsons). Since moving to Los Angeles, he has worked as a writer/producer on a wide range of network TV comedy, including Freaks and Geeks, Malcolm and Eddie, Dead Last, and My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star. He was also the Head Writer on America's Funniest Home Videos and Later with Greg Kinnear. In 2008 he reunited with his MST3K co-stars to form Cinematic Titanic, which toured U.S. Theaters as a live show and produced 12 DVDs, now available as a box set. Weinstein has written and directed three films – two feature documentaries (I Need You to Kill and Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be?) and a comedy short (The Mediocre Samaritan). As a performer, he continues to perform stand-up, co-hosts the podcast Thought Spiral with comedian Andy Kindler, and recently co-starred in the feature film The Fiddling Horse.

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Alexandra Carr

Alexandra Blaisdell Carr (born May 27, 1966), credited as Alexandra Carr, Alexandra B. Carr or Alex Carr, worked on Mystery Science Theater 3000 from Season K through Season 4. She served as a Production Assistant, Post-Production Coordinator, Fan Club Coordinator and Production Manager. She also performed Magic Voice from Season 2 through the middle of Season 4 as well as playing Sylvia in the second season premiere.