Who played Rabbi Tuckman in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"?

Mel Brooks played Rabbi Tuckman in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

The 1993 film is Brooks’s comic parody of the Robin Hood legend. He directed, produced, and co-wrote the movie, and also appeared as Rabbi Tuckman, a deliberately altered version of the traditional Friar Tuck character. The name signals the film’s irreverent Jewish humor while preserving the character’s role as a religious companion to Robin Hood’s band.

Rabbi Tuckman joins Robin, Little John, Will Scarlet O’Hara, and Ahchoo during their campaign against Prince John. His scenes use broad wordplay and physical comedy, including jokes about sacramental wine and circumcision, which fit the movie’s deliberately anachronistic style.

The film starred Cary Elwes as Robin Hood, Richard Lewis as Prince John, and Dave Chappelle as Ahchoo. It was released in 1993 and became a commercial success despite receiving mixed critical reviews. Brooks’s cameo is sometimes overlooked because he is more commonly associated with directing and writing the film than with its ensemble cast.