
Robin Williams
11 FOLLOWERS • 103 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

The Simpsons

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

Friends

Teen Choice Awards

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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

Celebrities Uncensored

The Early Show

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

Happy Days

Clive Anderson All Talk

L.A. Doctors

Louie

The Jay Leno Show

Mind of Mencia

Homicide: Life on the Street

Laugh-In

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

Night at the Museum

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

But... Seriously

August Rush

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

History of the Sitcom

The Grammys

Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People

The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show

Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly

Rona Barrett Looks at 1978

Aladdin

Awakenings

Old Dogs

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Happy Feet

The Richard Pryor Show

Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

Happy Feet Two

Hook

Saturday Night Live

Robots

Good Will Hunting

Insomnia

What Dreams May Come

Man of the Year

Mrs. Doubtfire

MADtv

Flubber

Popeye

Good Morning, Vietnam

Cadillac Man

Toys

Boulevard

Dead Poets Society

Jack

Jumanji

Patch Adams

Comic Relief

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway

Bicentennial Man

The Birdcage

One Hour Photo

The Crazy Ones

RV
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