Robin Williams
Acting
🎂 1951-07-21
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.
Cast credits(264)
Merritt Rook
1999
Dr. J. Loren Pryor (voice) (as Doug Hill)
1989
Tomas (uncredited)
1994
Self
1996
Self
2007
Self
2003
Himself
1969
Self
1962
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Host
1975
Self
1982
Self - Presenter
1956
Self
1971
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Cecil B. deMille Award Recipient
1944
Self - Special Award Recipient
1944
Self
2005
Robert Ellison
1993
Self
1997
Ivan 'Bob' Poppanoff the 'Russian Idol'
2002
John Keating
1989
Mork
1974
Self
2003
Himself
1992
Sean Maguire
1997
Self - Guest
1988
Self
2003
Genie / Peddler (voice)
1992
Mel
1997
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1998
Self
1986
Theodore Roosevelt
2006
Self
1953
Peter Banning / Peter Pan
1991
Self
1987
Theodore Roosevelt
2014
Fender (voice)
2005
Robin Williams
1992
1999
Robin
2010
The Circuit Breakers Member
1977
The Frog / Prince Robin
1982
Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
2006
Self - Panelist
1998
Dr. Know (voice)
2001
Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Theodore Roosevelt
2009
Self
2001
Dr. Eddy
2011
Andrew
1999
Bob Munro
2006
Hugo Kingsley
1998
Walter Finch
2002
Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
2007
Kevin Powalski
2002
Self
1998
Self
2009
Chris Nielsen
1998
Genie (voice)
1996
Hunter 'Patch' Adams
1998
Dwight Eisenhower
2013
Genie (voice) (archive sound)
2023
Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
2011
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited)
1995
Mork
1978
Armand Goldman
1996
Self
2012
Malcolm Sayer
1990
Self - Guest
1991
Dennis the Dog (voice)
2015
Batty Koda (voice)
1992
King of the Moon
1988
Popeye
1980
Professor Philip Brainard
1997
Self
2009
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self (archive footage)
2022
Dan
2009
Self (archive footage)
2014
2005
Dale Putley
1997
Seymour Parrish
2002
Self
2012
Alan Parrish
1995
Self
2008
Osric
1996
Adrian Cronauer
1987
Simon Roberts
2013
Mitch Mitchler
2014
Parry
1991
Reverend Frank
2007
Charlie Boyd / The Priest
2004
Self
1987
Pappass
2004
Self
2013
(voice)
1987
Father Monaghan
2013
Rainbow Randolph
2002
Self (archive footage)
2007
Alan W. Hakman
2004
Henry Altmann
2014
Self
1986
Dr. Kosevich
1995
Self
2007
Himself
2008
Jakob Heym
1999
Bill Lohmer – Air Conditioning Salesman (uncredited)
1988
Self
2005
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
1992
Paul Barnell
2005
Cozy Carlisle
1991
Jack Powell
1996
Lawyer / Man with Toothache (uncredited)
1977
Jack Dundee
1986
Self
2005
Napoleon Cross (uncredited)
2006
Leslie Zevo
1992
(archive footage)
2012
Self
1986
Everyman
1990
Self
1999
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self
2007
Lance Clayton
2009
Self / Alan Parrish
2000
Self
1982
Vladimir Ivanoff
1984
Holden
2009
Self (archive footage)
1994
T.S. Garp
1982
Self
1982
(archive footage)
2020
Self
2006
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
1998
(archive footage)
2010
Self
1995
Self (archive footage)
2015
Tom Dobbs
2006
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self
2005
Self
1990
Jack Moniker
1986
Joey O'Brien
1990
Self
2001
Self
2008
1984
Self
2012
Self
1952
Self (archive footage)
2024
Himself
2006
Roger Stillman
2013
Self
2009
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self
2000
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
2000
Mime Class Instructor
1991
The Professor (uncredited)
1996
Self
1978
Gabriel Noone
2006
Self (archive footage)
2013
Donald Quinelle
1983
Self
2013
Nolan Mack
2014
Self
2003
Self
1987
Self
1989
Himself
2007
Self
2002
Mork
1979
Self
1986
Self
1996
Himself
2005
Self
2001
Self
2002
Self
2001
Self - Guest Performer
1986
Kiwi (voice)
1991
Self
2007
Himself
2006
Hector
1994
Self
2006
Self (archive footage) - Actor
2021
Hans Hänkie
2003
Self (archive footage)
2022
Robin Leach
1987
Mork (archive footage)
2011
Self
2014
Self
1988
Self (archive footage)
2008
Self
1989
1989
Mork (voice)
1982
Self
1985
Self
1998
Himself (archive footage)
2021
Self - Host
1982
Self
1994
Self
1999
Various
1977
Self (archive footage)
2016
Self
1996
Robin
1989
Self
1979
Self
2014
Regular Performer
1977
Self - Host
1986
The Frog / Prince Robin
1982
Self (archive footage)
1994
Himself
1982
Tommy Wilhelm
1986
Genie (voice) (uncredited)
1995
Self
2010
Himself
2009
Henry
1978
Self (archive footage)
2022
Himself
2002
Genie (voice)
1997
Self
2008
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
2016
Self
2005
Self
1993
Self - Nominee
1999
Robin Williams
1992
2006
Narrator (voice)
1988
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
1993
Self
1979
Self
2007
Self
2008
Self
2002
Self
2003
Self
2007
Self
1986
Self
2008
The Father
1994
Self
1983
Self
1988
Self
1994
Self
1990
Self (uncredited)
1980
Albert Einstein
1986
Narrator (voice)
1991
1999
Himself
2012
Self (uncredited)
2000
Self
1977
Self
2002
Self
1986
Himself
2004
Self
1987
Self
1987
Self (archive footage)
2021
Himself (uncredited)
1989
Himself
1987
Self
1986
Self
1978
