
Robin Williams
11 FOLLOWERS • 102 CREDITS • JUL 21, 1951 - AUG 11, 2014 • 63
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.
Known For

Saturday Night Live

The Simpsons

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Tony Awards

Friends

Teen Choice Awards

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Golden Globe Awards

Today

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Daily Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Parkinson

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Real Time with Bill Maher

American Idol

Eight Is Enough

The Early Show

Celebrities Uncensored

The Oscars

Sesame Street

Wogan

Hollywood Squares

Faerie Tale Theatre

Dark Side of Comedy

Biography

The Larry Sanders Show

SpongeBob SquarePants

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Inside Comedy

Clive Anderson All Talk

Happy Days

L.A. Doctors

The Jay Leno Show

Louie

Mind of Mencia

Laugh-In

Homicide: Life on the Street

Wilfred

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Once Upon a Studio

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

The Butler

Absolutely Anything

The Big Wedding

Noel

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Night at the Museum

But... Seriously

August Rush

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

The Grammys

Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People

Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly

Rona Barrett Looks at 1978

History of the Sitcom

The Richard Pryor Show

Hook

Robots

Old Dogs

Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

Good Will Hunting

Happy Feet Two

Insomnia

Awakenings

Aladdin

Happy Feet

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Toys

Comic Relief

Jack

Cadillac Man

Flubber

The Birdcage

Bicentennial Man

One Hour Photo

Good Morning, Vietnam

RV

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway

Jumanji

MADtv

Popeye

Patch Adams

Dead Poets Society

What Dreams May Come

Mrs. Doubtfire

Boulevard

The Crazy Ones
Production Credits
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