Robin Williams

Acting · Born 1951-07-21 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Fisher King as Parry
• Dead Poets Society as John Keating
• Insomnia as Walter Finch
• Good Will Hunting as Sean Maguire
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Dr. Know (voice)
• Mrs. Doubtfire as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire
• Good Morning, Vietnam as Adrian Cronauer
• Aladdin as Genie / Peddler (voice)
• Bicentennial Man as Andrew
• Hamlet as Osric

TV

• Friends as Tomas (uncredited)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Merritt Rook
• Happy Days as Mork
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Robert Ellison
• Louie as Robin
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Simpsons as Dr. J. Loren Pryor (voice) (as Doug Hill)
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self