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.
Acting (169 movies)
The Fisher King
1991
Dead Poets Society
1989
Insomnia
2002
Hook
1991
Good Will Hunting
1997
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Cadillac Man
1990
Night at the Museum
2006
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
Aladdin
1992
Bicentennial Man
1999
Hamlet
1996
Jakob the Liar
1999
Patch Adams
1998
Deconstructing Harry
1997
License to Wed
2007
World's Greatest Dad
2009
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
2002
The Birdcage
1996
Awakenings
1990
Popeye
1980
August Rush
2007
The Final Cut
2004
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
The Best of Times
1986
Old Dogs
2009
An Evening with Robin Williams
1983
Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met
1986
The World According to Garp
1982
Moscow on the Hudson
1984
Toys
1992
Nine Months
1995
Dead Again
1991
Jack
1996
House of D
2004
Jumanji
1995
What Dreams May Come
1998
Shakes the Clown
1991
Death to Smoochy
2002
RV
2006
Club Paradise
1986
Robots
2005
Flubber
1997
The Night Listener
2006
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
2009
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
One Hour Photo
2002
Fathers' Day
1997
The Big White
2005
Citizen Steve
1987
Happy Feet
2006
Man of the Year
2006
The Survivors
1983
I Love Liberty
1982
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
The Aristocrats
2005
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
Being Human
1994
Happy Feet Two
2011
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Once Upon a Studio
2023
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
1987
The Big Wedding
2013
Seize the Day
1986
Free to Be... a Family
1988
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
The Butler
2013
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
Radioman
2012
The Face of Love
2013
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
2022
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979
Absolutely Anything
2015
The Pixar Story
2007
Boulevard
2014
Comic Relief III
1989
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
Shrink
2009
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993
Earth to America
2005
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022
We Are Most Amused
2008
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
A Tribute to Sam Kinison
1993
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000
In the Wild: Dolphins With Robin Williams
1994
Superstar: Robin Williams
2021
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Comic Relief Zero
2013
Junket Whore
1998
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
2008
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show
1977
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Williams: Off the Wall | 1978 | Writer |
| An Evening with Robin Williams | 1983 | Writer |
| Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met | 1986 | Writer |
| Mrs. Doubtfire | 1993 | Producer |
| Robin Williams: Live on Broadway | 2002 | Writer |
| Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction | 2009 | Writer |