Brian Robbins

Brian Robbins
Born	Brian Levine November 22, 1963 (1963-11-22) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Laura Cathcart

Brian Robbins (born November 22, 1963) is an American actor and producer, director and screenwriter. He often collaborates with Mike Tollin.

Biography

Born Brian Levine in Brooklyn, New York on the day of the Kennedy assassination. Robbins began his career in Auburn, Alabama. As an actor, he is probably best known from his role as Eric Mardian on the ABC sitcom Head of the Class. He also hosted the children's version of the TV game show Pictionary in 1989. In the 1990s, he started producing All That and its spin-offs on Nickelodeon, for his former Head of the Class co-star, Dan Schneider. He has produced several sports movies including Coach Carter and Hardball (2001). He produced Smallville and also currently produces One Tree Hill.

Selected filmography

Actor

• Harper Valley PTA (1 episode, 1982)
• Archie Bunker's Place (1 episode, 1982)
• The Facts of Life (1 episode, 1982)
• Three's Company (1 episode, 1983)
• Knight Rider (1 episode, 1983)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1 episode, 1984)
• Newhart (1 episode, 1984)
• Charles in Charge (1 episode, 1985)
• Growing Pains (1 episode, 1985)
• The Gladiator (1986)
• Mr. Belvedere (1 episode, 1986)
• Cellar Dweller (1988)
• C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989)
• Camp Cucamonga (1990)
• Head of the Class (114 episodes, 1986–1991)
• Full House (2 episodes, 1992)

Director

• All That (Unknown episodes, 1994)
• The Show (1995)
• Kenan & Kel (2 episodes, 1996)
• Good Burger (1997)
• Varsity Blues (1999)
• Popular (1 episode, 1999)
• Ready to Rumble (2000)
• Hardball (2001)
• The Nightmare Room (1 episode, 2001)
• Birds of Prey (1 episode, 2002)
• The Perfect Score (2004)
• The Shaggy Dog (2006)
• Norbit (2007)
• Meet Dave (2008)
• MAD (2011)

Producer

• Cousin Skeeter (4 episodes, 1999–2001)
• The Amanda Show (9 episodes, 2000–2001)
• Summer Catch (2001)
• Smallville (196 episodes, 2001–2011)
• The Nick Cannon Show (5 episodes, 2002)
• What I Like About You (53 episodes, 2002–2006)
• One Tree Hill (152 episodes, 2004–Present)
• Crumbs (2 episodes, 2006)
• Wild Hogs (2007)
• Old Dogs (2009)
• Sonny with a Chance (2009) (Executive Producer)
• Blue Mountain State (2010)
• Fred: The Movie (2010)
• Supah Ninjas (2011)

Writer

• Head of the Class (1 episode, 1988)
• All That (33 episodes, 1997–2005)
• Big Fat Liar (2002)
• All That's 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (2005)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film or series
1993	Heartland Film Festival	Won	Crystal Heart Award	Hardwood Dreams (Shared with Mike Tollin)
1995	Emmy Award	Nominated	Outstanding Informational Special	Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (Shared with Debra Martin Chase, Fredric Golding, Dorian Harewood, David Houle, Tom McMahon, Pat Mitchell, Jack Myers, Vivian Schiller, Mike Tollin, Denzel Washington)
1996	CableACE Award	Won	Children's Special - 7 and Older	Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (Shared with Leonard Armato, Bruce Binkow, Robert Mickelson, Shaquille O'Neal, Mike Tollin, For the special "4 Points")
1997	Directors Guild of America Award	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (For the special "4 Points")
1998		Won	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (Shared with W. Alexander Ellis, Cynthia Riddle, Brad Uecker: for episode "First Time")
2005	Black Movie Awards	Nominated	Outstanding Motion Picture	Coach Carter (Shared with David Gale, Mike Tollin)
2008	Golden Raspberry Award	Nominated	Worst Director	Norbit
2009	Golden Raspberry Award	Nominated	Worst Director	Meet Dave

External links

• Brian Robbins at the Internet Movie Database
• Brian Robbins at AllRovi