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(268)
Self
2005
Self
1996
Self
1962
Self
2007
Dr. J. Loren Pryor (voice) (as Doug Hill)
1989
Himself
1969
Merritt Rook
1999
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1988
Self - Guest
1993
Self
2009
Self
1971
Tomas (uncredited)
1994
Ivan 'Bob' Poppanoff the 'Russian Idol'
2002
Self
2001
Self - Panelist
1998
Himself
1992
Self
2003
Self
2003
Self
1986
Mork
1974
Robin Williams
1992
Self
1987
Self
2008
Self - Winner
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Cecil B. deMille Award Recipient
1944
Self - Special Award Recipient
1944
The Circuit Breakers Member
1977
Kevin Powalski
2002
Self
1998
Self
1998
The Frog / Prince Robin
1982
Self
2012
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Host
1975
Self
1987
Self - Presenter
1956
Self
2003
Self
1953
Mork
1978
Robin
2010
Simon Roberts
2013
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self - Guest
1991
Self
1952
Robert Ellison
1993
Self
1982
Himself
2007
Self
1992
Dr. Eddy
2011
1999
Self
2009
Self (archive footage)
2021
Sean Maguire
1997
Mork
1979
Self (archive footage) - Actor
2021
Genie (voice)
1997
Self (archive footage)
2015
Himself
2005
Self
1999
John Keating
1989
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
1996
Genie / Peddler (voice)
1992
Dr. Know (voice)
2001
Fender (voice)
2005
2005
Peter Banning / Peter Pan
1991
Theodore Roosevelt
2006
Self - Host
1986
Theodore Roosevelt
2014
Hugo Kingsley
1998
Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Theodore Roosevelt
2009
Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
2006
Malcolm Sayer
1990
Walter Finch
2002
Self
1994
Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
2007
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited)
1995
Armand Goldman
1996
Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
2011
Bob Munro
2006
Andrew
1999
Jack Powell
1996
Self (archive footage)
2024
Genie (voice) (archive footage)
2023
Hunter 'Patch' Adams
1998
Popeye
1980
Alan Parrish
1995
Genie (voice)
1996
Professor Philip Brainard
1997
King of the Moon
1988
Mel
1997
Dwight Eisenhower
2013
Batty Koda (voice)
1992
Chris Nielsen
1998
Mork (voice)
1982
Dennis the Dog (voice)
2015
Osric
1996
Alan W. Hakman
2004
Adrian Cronauer
1987
Self (archive footage)
2024
Himself
2006
Dan
2009
Parry
1991
Father Monaghan
2013
Napoleon Cross (uncredited)
2006
Joey O'Brien
1990
Charlie Boyd / The Priest
2004
Self (archive footage)
2022
Various
1977
Reverend Frank
2007
Leslie Zevo
1992
Seymour Parrish
2002
Self (archive footage)
2007
Tom Dobbs
2006
Self
2003
Rainbow Randolph
2002
Roger Stillman
2013
Self
2001
Dr. Kosevich
1995
Mitch Mitchler
2014
Cozy Carlisle
1991
Henry Altmann
2014
Lance Clayton
2009
Jakob Heym
1999
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Professor (uncredited)
1996
Jack Dundee
1986
Everyman
1990
Holden
2009
Dale Putley
1997
Paul Barnell
2005
Regular Performer
1977
Self (archive footage)
2014
T.S. Garp
1982
Self
2005
Robin Williams
1992
(archive footage)
2012
Pappass
2004
Gabriel Noone
2006
Self
2009
The Father
1994
Jack Moniker
1986
Himself
1982
Hector
1994
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self / Alan Parrish
2000
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
2005
Nolan Mack
2014
Self
1982
Mime Class Instructor
1991
Self
2005
Self
2012
Self
2000
Donald Quinelle
1983
Self
2014
Self
1999
(archive footage)
2010
Self
2016
Lawyer / Man with Toothache (uncredited)
1977
Self - Nominee
1999
Self
1995
Mork (archive footage)
2011
(voice)
1987
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
2007
Vladimir Ivanoff
1984
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1998
Self
2002
Self
1989
Self
2001
Self
2007
Tommy Wilhelm
1986
Self
2013
Genie (voice) (uncredited)
1995
Self
2010
Self
1990
Self
2013
Robin Leach
1987
Self
1986
(archive footage)
2020
Self
1987
Self
2007
Self
2001
Himself (archive footage)
2021
Hans Hänkie
2003
Self
2008
Himself
2002
Self
2007
Himself
1989
Self
2008
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
1998
The Frog / Prince Robin
1982
Self
2000
Himself
2008
Self
1996
Self
2008
Narrator (voice)
1988
1989
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self - Guest Performer
1986
Self
1978
Self
1979
Kiwi (voice)
1991
Henry
1978
Self
1988
Self
1993
Self
1986
Self
1986
Self
2003
Bill Lohmer – Air Conditioning Salesman (uncredited)
1988
Self
2007
Albert Einstein
1986
Self
1983
Self
1993
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
2012
Self (uncredited)
2000
1984
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self
2002
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
2002
Self
2008
Self
2006
Self (archive footage)
2008
Himself
2004
Self
1987
Self
2002
Himself
2012
Self
1986
Himself
2009
Self (uncredited)
1980
Self
1988
Himself (uncredited)
1989
Self
1987
Self (archive footage)
2005
Himself
2005
Self
2006
Self
1990
2006
Self
1979
Robin
1989
Self (archive footage)
2016
Self - Host
1982
Himself
2006
1999
Self
1977
Self
1978
Self
1986
Narrator (voice)
1991
Self
2014
Self
1986
Self
1985
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self
1994
Self (archive footage)
2020
Himself
1987
