Robin Williams

Known for ActingBorn 1951-07-21Died 2014-08-11Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Romanekian

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Superstars and their Moms

Comic Relief

Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale

Teen Choice Awards

Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg

The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool

In the Wild: Dolphins With Robin Williams

The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

Free to Be... a Family

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

Fog City Mavericks

Once Upon a Studio

L.A. Doctors

But... Seriously

Dark Side of Comedy

JoJo: The Pop Princess

Friends

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

Dead Poets Society

The Top Ten Revealed

Good Will Hunting

Persistence of Vision

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met

Homicide: Life on the Street

Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Faerie Tale Theatre

Louie

Comic Relief III

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

Emmanuel's Gift

Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway