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Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Acting · Creator

Born July 21, 1951, 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (161)
  • 2026Hook: Never, Never Ending — Self (archive footage)
  • 2026Peter Asher: Everywhere Man — Self
  • Soccer's American Dream — Self (archive footage)
  • Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023A Life in Ten Pictures: Robin Williams — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
  • Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God — Self (archive footage)
  • Dark Side of Comedy — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up — Self (archive footage)
  • A Life in Ten Pictures — Self (archive footage)
  • History of the Sitcom — Self (archive footage) - Actor
  • Superstar — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Superstar: Robin Williams — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Robin's Wish — Himself (archive footage)
  • 2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind — Self (voice and archive footage)
  • The Top Ten Revealed — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors — Self (archive footage)
  • 2016Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley — Self
  • 2015Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire — Self (Archive)
  • Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon — Self (archive footage)
  • 20143 Still Standing — Self
  • 2014All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Altman — Self
  • 2014Robin Williams - Live Across Australia — Self
  • 2013Comic Relief Zero — Self (archive footage)
  • 2013Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale — Self
  • 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic — Self
  • Inside Comedy — Self
  • 2012Persistence of Vision — Himself
  • 2012Radioman — Self
  • 2012Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later — Self
  • 2010Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) — Self
  • Alan Carr: Chatty Man — Self
  • 2009Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story — Self
  • 2009SpongeBob's Truth or Square — Self
  • The Jay Leno Show — Self
  • 2008Dreams with Sharp Teeth — Self
  • 2008History of the Joke — Self
  • 2008Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas — Self
  • 2008Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen — Self (archive footage)
  • The Bonnie Hunt Show — Self
  • 2008The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen — Self
  • 2008We Are Most Amused — Self
  • 2007Cannes: All Access — Self
  • 2007Certifiably Jonathan — Self
  • 2007Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden — Self
  • 2007Fog City Mavericks — Self
  • 2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project — Self
  • Shrink Rap — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2007The Pixar Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy — Self
  • 2006JoJo: The Pop Princess — Himself
  • 2006RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors — Self
  • 2006RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors — Self
  • 2006Robin Williams: A Family Affair — Self
  • VH1 Rock Honors — Himself
  • 2005Earth to America — Self
  • 2005Emmanuel's Gift — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005Romanekian — Self
  • Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg — Self
  • 2005The Aristocrats — Self
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest (archive footage)
  • 2004The Tour Baby — Himself
  • Celebrities Uncensored — Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
  • Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
  • 2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! — Self
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
  • 2002Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary — Self
  • 2002Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes — Self
  • 2002Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber — Self
  • 2002The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo — Self
  • 2001America | A Tribute to Heroes — Self
  • Anatomy of a Scene — Self
  • Good Day Live — Self
  • 2001The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool — Self
  • 2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation — Self
  • 2000Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' — Self (uncredited)
  • 2000Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination — Self / Alan Parrish
  • 2000The Beatles Revolution — Self
  • 1999Get Bruce! — Self
  • Teen Choice Awards — Self
  • The Early Show — Self
  • 1998George Martin: In My Life — Self
  • Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
  • 1998Junket Whore — Self
  • Parkinson — Self
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? — Self
  • The View — Self
  • Clive Anderson All Talk — Self
  • 1996Nichols and May: Take Two — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • 1995Comic Relief VII — Self - Host
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self
  • 1994But... Seriously — Self (archive footage)
  • 1994Comic Relief VI — Self - Host
  • 1994In the Wild: Dolphins With Robin Williams — Self
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! — Self (archive footage)
  • 1994The World of Jim Henson — Self (archive footage)
  • 1993A Tribute to Sam Kinison — Self
  • 1993An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
  • 1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration — Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")
  • Terry Wogan's Friday Night — Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
  • Charlie Rose — Self
  • 1990AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT — Self
  • 1990Comic Relief '90 — Self
  • 1989I'm from Hollywood — Self
  • 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary — Self
  • 1989Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly — Himself (uncredited)
  • 1988An All-Star Toast to the Improv — Self
  • 1988Free to Be... a Family — Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
  • Biography — Self
  • 1987Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions — Himself
  • 1987Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin — Self
  • 1987Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge — Self
  • Sacrée soirée — Self
  • 1987Superstars and their Moms — Self
  • American Masters — Self
  • 1986Barbra Streisand: One Voice — Self - Guest Performer
  • 1986Bridge School Benefit Concert 1986 — Self
  • Comic Relief — Self - Host
  • 1986Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey — Self
  • 1986Super Duper Bloopers — Self
  • 1986The Best of Comic Relief — Self
  • 1986The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion — Self
  • 1985Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain — Self
  • 1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team — Self - Performer
  • 1982Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special — Self
  • 1982E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors — Self - Host
  • 1982I Love Liberty — Self
  • Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
  • 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
  • The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour — Himself
  • Wogan — Self
  • 1980Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall — Self (uncredited)
  • 1979Rona Barrett Looks at 1978 — Self
  • 1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall — Self
  • 1977The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
  • Film '72 — Self
  • Great Performances — Self
  • Sesame Street — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • Tony Awards — Self - Presenter
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Today — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Cecil B. deMille Award Recipient, Self - Special Award Recipient
  • Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary — Self (archive footage)
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