Robin Williams
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.
270 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 270
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
Friends
1994
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Sesame Street
1969
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Idol
2002
Great Performances
1971
Hollywood Squares
1998
Tony Awards
1956
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Happy Days
1974
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Wogan
1982
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Sacrée soirée
1987
American Masters
1986
Dead Poets Society
1989
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Oscars
1953
Good Day Live
2001
Louie
2010
Good Will Hunting
1997
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Eight Is Enough
1977
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Aladdin
1992
Mork & Mindy
1978
The Jay Leno Show
2009
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
Parkinson
1998
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008
Biography
1987
L.A. Doctors
1998
Wilfred
2011
Night at the Museum
2006
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Robots
2005
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Hook
1991
The Crazy Ones
2013
Inside Comedy
2012
Life with Bonnie
2002
Today
1952
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Happy Feet
2006
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Charlie Rose
1991
Once Upon a Studio
2023
Insomnia
2002
Awakenings
1990
What Dreams May Come
1998
Bicentennial Man
1999
Patch Adams
1998
RV
2006
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
August Rush
2007
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
Mind of Mencia
2005
The Top Ten Revealed
2018
The Birdcage
1996
One Hour Photo
2002
Flubber
1997
Dark Side of Comedy
2022
The Butler
2013
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Happy Feet Two
2011
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
2015
Jack
1996
Popeye
1980
Jumanji
1995
Hamlet
1996
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Absolutely Anything
2015
The Early Show
1999
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
The Fisher King
1991
Out of the Blue
1979
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987
Shrink Rap
2007
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024
Dead Again
1991
The Pixar Story
2007
Great Minds Think for Themselves
1997
Old Dogs
2009
The World According to Garp
1982
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020
Everyone's Hero
2006
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
The Earth Day Special
1990
Nine Months
1995
Shrink
2009
History of the Sitcom
2021
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Deconstructing Harry
1997
Toys
1992
Noel
2004
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
House of D
2004
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
2023
Night of 100 Stars
1982
License to Wed
2007
Earth to America
2005
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
The Night Listener
2006
The Big Wedding
2013
Death to Smoochy
2002
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
2005
Radioman
2012
Man of the Year
2006
Superstar
2021
The Aristocrats
2005
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Comic Relief
1986
Anatomy of a Scene
2001
Fathers' Day
1997
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979
Jakob the Liar
1999
World's Greatest Dad
2009
The Final Cut
2004
Laugh-In
1977
The Big White
2005
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
Moscow on the Hudson
1984
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
Club Paradise
1986
Altman
2014
Cadillac Man
1990
Boulevard
2014
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993
The Secret Agent
1996
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Being Human
1994
Robin's Wish
2021
Junket Whore
1998
Fog City Mavericks
2007
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
2016
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
2013
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
The Survivors
1983
The Face of Love
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
1982
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
2003
The Best of Times
1986
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
Reflecting On A Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
2012
Commitment to Life
2023
Cannes: All Access
2007
A Wish for Wings That Work
1991
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
2002
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000
Get Bruce!
1999
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2014
History of the Joke
2008
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
2010
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour
1982
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
Citizen Steve
1987
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
1992
Back to Neverland
1989
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses?
1977
The Beatles Revolution
2000
Seize the Day
1986
Superstars and their Moms
1987
We Are Most Amused
2008
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
2022
I Love Liberty
1982
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Shakes the Clown
1991
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
The Tale of the Frog Prince
1982
Free to Be... a Family
1988
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
2022
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
1990
Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met
1986
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
2002
Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall
1980
Robin Williams: Off the Wall
1978
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
2001
JoJo: The Pop Princess
2006
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
2007
I'm from Hollywood
1989
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
2000
Aladdin on Ice
1995
A Tribute to Sam Kinison
1993
Comic Relief III
1989
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
2008
Comic Relief 2006
2006
George Martin: In My Life
1998
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
2002
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
2009
An Evening with Robin Williams
1983
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
1988
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show
1977
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986
3 Still Standing
2014
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993
Super Duper Bloopers
1986
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986
In the Wild: Dolphins With Robin Williams
1994
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
1987
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006
Comic Relief Zero
2013
Monkey Mischief
2009
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
1987
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
1987
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
1986
Persistence of Vision
2012
Certifiably Jonathan
2007
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
2008
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982
Sorority '62
1978
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
1982
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
1979
Comic Relief '90
1990
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020
Emmanuel's Gift
2005
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
2009
But... Seriously
1994
Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber
2002
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
2008
A Life in Ten Pictures: Robin Williams
2023
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
Rabbit Ears - The Fool and the Flying Ship
1991
Romanekian
2005
The Tour Baby
2004
Bridge School Benefit Concert 1986
1986
Comic Relief VII
1995
Rabbit Ears - Pecos Bill
1988
Robin Williams - Live Across Australia
2014
Superstar: Robin Williams
2021