
Acting
Community Rating
6.6
TMDB estimate
Born
July 21, 1951
Died
August 11, 2014 (age 63)
Born in
Chicago, 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.

Dead Poets Society
John Keating
1989

Good Will Hunting
Sean Maguire
1997

Aladdin
Genie / Peddler (voice)
1992

Night at the Museum
Theodore Roosevelt
2006

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Theodore Roosevelt
2014

Hook
Peter Banning / Peter Pan
1991

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Know (voice)
2001

Old Dogs
Dan
2009

Mrs. Doubtfire
Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire
1993

Robots
Fender (voice)
2005

Happy Feet
Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
2006

The Face of Love
Roger Stillman
2013

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Theodore Roosevelt
2009

Insomnia
Walter Finch
2002

Awakenings
Malcolm Sayer
1990

Once Upon a Studio
Genie (voice) (archive sound)
2023

RV
Bob Munro
2006

The Butler
Dwight Eisenhower
2013

August Rush
Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
2007

Flubber
Professor Philip Brainard
1997