Robin Williams
Biography
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards.
Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and released several comedy albums including Reality ... What a Concept in 1980. He rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). He received his first leading film role in Popeye (1980). Williams went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting (1997). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), and The Fisher King (1991).
Williams starred in the critically acclaimed dramas The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), Patch Adams (1998), Insomnia (2002), One Hour Photo (2002), and World's Greatest Dad (2009). He also starred in family films such as Hook (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), Jack (1996), Flubber (1997), RV (2006), and the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006–2014). He lent his voice to the animated films Aladdin (1992), Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006), and its 2011 sequel.
Williams was found dead at his home in Paradise Cay, California, in August 2014, at the age of 63. At the time of his suicide, he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. According to his widow, Williams had experienced depression, anxiety, and increasing paranoia. His autopsy found "diffuse Lewy body disease" and Lewy body dementia professionals said his symptoms were consistent with dementia with Lewy bodies.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-07-21
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Cast
The Fisher King
1991
7.30
Dead Poets Society
1989
8.30
Insomnia
2002
6.95
Hook
1991
6.83
Good Will Hunting
1997
8.16
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
7.05
Cadillac Man
1990
5.80
Night at the Museum
2006
6.59
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
7.19
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
7.31
Aladdin
1992
7.65
Bicentennial Man
1999
7.30
Hamlet
1996
7.33
Jakob the Liar
1999
6.69
Patch Adams
1998
7.31
Deconstructing Harry
1997
7.30
License to Wed
2007
5.70
World's Greatest Dad
2009
6.60
The Birdcage
1996
7.03
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
2002
7.62
Awakenings
1990
7.78
Popeye
1980
5.49
August Rush
2007
7.42
The Final Cut
2004
6.05
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
0.00
The Best of Times
1986
5.61
Old Dogs
2009
5.50
An Evening with Robin Williams
1983
7.40
The World According to Garp
1982
6.70
Moscow on the Hudson
1984
6.20
Toys
1992
5.27
Nine Months
1995
5.72
Dead Again
1991
6.40
Jack
1996
6.30
House of D
2004
6.29
Jumanji
1995
7.24
What Dreams May Come
1998
7.20
Shakes the Clown
1991
5.45
Death to Smoochy
2002
5.90
RV
2006
5.87
Club Paradise
1986
5.10
Robots
2005
6.47
The Night Listener
2006
5.50
Flubber
1997
5.65
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
6.37
One Hour Photo
2002
6.65
Fathers' Day
1997
5.50
The Big White
2005
6.20
Citizen Steve
1987
5.88
Happy Feet
2006
6.20
Man of the Year
2006
5.92
The Survivors
1983
5.70
I Love Liberty
1982
0.00
The Aristocrats
2005
5.92
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
7.50
Being Human
1994
5.10
Happy Feet Two
2011
6.18
Once Upon a Studio
2023
8.28
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
7.54
Comic Relief 2006
2006
7.00
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
1987
1.00
The Big Wedding
2013
5.85
Sorority '62
1978
0.00
Seize the Day
1986
4.98
Free to Be... a Family
1988
9.33
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
5.66
The Butler
2013
7.33
The Beatles Revolution
2000
0.00
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
7.10
Radioman
2012
5.70
The Face of Love
2013
6.10
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979
0.00
Absolutely Anything
2015
5.90
The Pixar Story
2007
7.60
Boulevard
2014
5.74
Comic Relief III
1989
0.00
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
6.00
But... Seriously
1994
10.00
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
5.40
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
10.00
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
9.33
Shrink
2009
6.12
Earth to America
2005
8.00
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
6.25
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
3.40
We Are Most Amused
2008
7.20
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
7.00
George Martin: In My Life
1998
2.00
A Tribute to Sam Kinison
1993
6.00
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
0.00
Superstar: Robin Williams
2021
0.00
Comic Relief Zero
2013
4.70
Junket Whore
1998
0.00
The Robin Williams Supernova
2024
10.00
Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall
1980
6.50
The Earth Day Special
1990
7.57
Back to Neverland
1989
7.04
Persistence of Vision
2012
8.00
History of the Joke
2008
5.00
Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses?
1977
4.83
Get Bruce!
1999
6.20
3 Still Standing
2014
6.00
I'm from Hollywood
1989
6.20
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
2003
5.58
Emmanuel's Gift
2005
7.30
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
7.10
Certifiably Jonathan
2007
4.00
Altman
2014
6.50
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
2008
7.31
A Wish for Wings That Work
1991
6.10
The Secret Agent
1996
5.40
The Tale of the Frog Prince
1982
6.10
Romanekian
2005
10.00
Cannes: All Access
2007
3.70
Robin Williams: Off the Wall
1978
7.67
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
6.99
The Tour Baby
2004
0.00
JoJo: The Pop Princess
2006
8.30
The World of Jim Henson
1994
7.30
Noel
2004
5.80
Rabbit Ears - Pecos Bill
1988
6.00
Aladdin on Ice
1995
4.50
Robin's Wish
2021
6.90
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
7.60
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996
6.50
Fog City Mavericks
2007
8.50
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.67
Everyone's Hero
2006
6.00
Comic Relief '90
1990
5.00
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
1988
0.00
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
0.00
Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber
2002
0.00
Superstars and their Moms
1987
10.00
The Return of Spinal Tap
1992
6.20
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
6.20
