Robin Williams
Known for Acting · 271 credits
- Born
- 1951-07-21
- Died
- 2014-08-11
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Robin McLaurin 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.
Known For
TV Shows (74)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Merritt Rook
The Simpsons
1989
as Dr. J. Loren Pryor (voice) (as Doug Hill)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
Friends
1994
as Tomas (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Sesame Street
1969
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Cecil B. deMille Award Recipient / Self - Special Award Recipient
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
American Idol
2002
as Ivan 'Bob' Poppanoff the 'Russian Idol'
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Happy Days
1974
as Mork
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Robert Ellison
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
American Masters
1986
as Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Robin Williams
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self
Louie
2010
as Robin
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as The Frog / Prince Robin
Eight Is Enough
1977
as The Circuit Breakers Member
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Himself
Mork & Mindy
1978
as Mork
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008
as Self
L.A. Doctors
1998
as Hugo Kingsley
Wilfred
2011
as Dr. Eddy
Biography
1987
as Self
Inside Comedy
2012
as Self
The Crazy Ones
2013
as Simon Roberts
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009
as Self
Life with Bonnie
2002
as Kevin Powalski
Charlie Rose
1991
as Self
Dark Side of Comedy
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Top Ten Revealed
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Mind of Mencia
2005
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Shrink Rap
2007
as Self
Out of the Blue
1979
as Mork
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
2005
as Self
Movies (197)
Dead Poets Society
1989
as John Keating
Aladdin
1992
as Genie / Peddler (voice)
Good Will Hunting
1997
as Sean Maguire
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
as Theodore Roosevelt
Robots
2005
as Fender (voice)
Night at the Museum
2006
as Theodore Roosevelt
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
as Dr. Know (voice)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited)
Hook
1991
as Peter Banning / Peter Pan
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Genie (voice) (archive sound)
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
as Theodore Roosevelt
Happy Feet
2006
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
August Rush
2007
as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
Insomnia
2002
as Walter Finch
Flubber
1997
as Professor Philip Brainard
RV
2006
as Bob Munro
The Birdcage
1996
as Armand Goldman
Popeye
1980
as Popeye
The Butler
2013
as Dwight Eisenhower
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Andrew
Awakenings
1990
as Malcolm Sayer
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Dennis the Dog (voice)
What Dreams May Come
1998
as Chris Nielsen
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
as Genie (voice)
Jumanji
1995
as Alan Parrish
Happy Feet Two
2011
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
One Hour Photo
2002
as Seymour Parrish
Old Dogs
2009
as Dan
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Patch Adams
1998
as Hunter 'Patch' Adams
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as King of the Moon
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
as Adrian Cronauer
Radioman
2012
as Self
Dead Again
1991
as Cozy Carlisle
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
as Batty Koda (voice)
Noel
2004
as Charlie Boyd / The Priest
Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Mel
The Fisher King
1991
as Parry
Shrink
2009
as Holden
Jack
1996
as Jack Powell
Hamlet
1996
as Osric
Man of the Year
2006
as Tom Dobbs
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Being Human
1994
as Hector
Club Paradise
1986
as Jack Moniker
License to Wed
2007
as Reverend Frank
Toys
1992
as Leslie Zevo
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Everyman
The Big Wedding
2013
as Father Monaghan
Fathers' Day
1997
as Dale Putley
The World According to Garp
1982
as T.S. Garp
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
as Mitch Mitchler
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
World's Greatest Dad
2009
as Lance Clayton
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
The Final Cut
2004
as Alan W. Hakman
Everyone's Hero
2006
as Napoleon Cross (uncredited)
Nine Months
1995
as Dr. Kosevich
The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
Death to Smoochy
2002
as Rainbow Randolph
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Jakob the Liar
1999
as Jakob Heym
Altman
2014
as Self
The Pixar Story
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018
as Self (voice and archive footage)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
as Henry Altmann
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
Cadillac Man
1990
as Joey O'Brien
House of D
2004
as Pappass
The Big White
2005
as Paul Barnell
Moscow on the Hudson
1984
as Vladimir Ivanoff
Earth to America
2005
as Self
The Best of Times
1986
as Jack Dundee
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as (voice)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
as Bill Lohmer – Air Conditioning Salesman (uncredited)
The Secret Agent
1996
as The Professor (uncredited)
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
as (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
The Night Listener
2006
as Gabriel Noone
The Face of Love
2013
as Roger Stillman
Aladdin on Ice
1995
as Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
as Self (archive footage)
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
as Self
The Survivors
1983
as Donald Quinelle
Junket Whore
1998
as Self
History of the Joke
2008
as Self
Robin Williams: Off the Wall
1978
as Self
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
1987
as Self
Boulevard
2014
as Nolan Mack
Citizen Steve
1987
as Robin Leach
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Fog City Mavericks
2007
as Self
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
as Robin Williams
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
as Self
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
2002
as Self
Certifiably Jonathan
2007
as Self
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
as Self
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
as Hans Hänkie
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000
as Self / Alan Parrish
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
as Self
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
as Mork (archive footage)
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012
as Self
Shakes the Clown
1991
as Mime Class Instructor
3 Still Standing
2014
as Self
Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses?
1977
as Lawyer / Man with Toothache (uncredited)
Free to Be... a Family
1988
as Self
Robin's Wish
2021
as Himself (archive footage)
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979
as Self
A Wish for Wings That Work
1991
as Kiwi (voice) (credited as Sudy Nim)
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
as Self
About Robin Williams
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 Lo… With 271 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, Robin Williams has appeared in 197 films and 74 TV shows.
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Most Popular Robin Williams Movies
- Dead Poets Society (1989) — as John Keating
- Aladdin (1992) — as Genie / Peddler (voice)
- Good Will Hunting (1997) — as Sean Maguire
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) — as Theodore Roosevelt
- Robots (2005) — as Fender (voice)
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