Robin Williams
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 (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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Simpsons
1989
The Daily Show
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Merritt Rook · 1999
The Simpsons
as Dr. J. Loren Pryor (voice) (as Doug Hill) · 1989
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self · 1993
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited) · 1975
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self · 2005
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
Sesame Street
as Self · 1969
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist · 1998
Friends
as Tomas (uncredited) · 1994
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest · 1982
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self · 1992
Great Performances
as Self · 1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Sacrée soirée
as Self · 1987
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. deMille Award Recipient · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Special Award Recipient · 1944
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1956
American Idol
as Ivan 'Bob' Poppanoff the 'Russian Idol' · 2002
Good Day Live
as Self · 2001
Happy Days
as Mork · 1974
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Robert Ellison · 1993
Wogan
as Self · 1982
The Larry Sanders Show
as Robin Williams · 1992
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
The Bonnie Hunt Show
as Self · 2008
American Masters
as Self · 1986
The Jay Leno Show
as Self · 2009
Good Will Hunting
as Sean Maguire · 1997
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self · 1998
Today
as Self · 1952
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Dead Poets Society
as John Keating · 1989
Eight Is Enough
as The Circuit Breakers Member · 1977
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Robin Williams · 1999
Mork & Mindy
as Mork · 1978
Biography
as Self · 1987
Parkinson
as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 2004
Parkinson
as Self - Guest · 2004
Louie
as Robin · 2010
Aladdin
as Genie / Peddler (voice) · 1992
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Frog / Prince Robin · 1982
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Theodore Roosevelt · 2014
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Dr. Know (voice) · 2001
Night at the Museum
as Theodore Roosevelt · 2006
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire · 1993
L.A. Doctors
as Hugo Kingsley · 1998
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self · 2009
Charlie Rose
as Self · 1991
Wilfred
as Dr. Eddy · 2011
Life with Bonnie
as Kevin Powalski · 2002
Robots
as Fender (voice) · 2005
The Crazy Ones
as Simon Roberts · 2013
Happy Feet
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice) · 2006
Bicentennial Man
as Andrew · 1999
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Theodore Roosevelt · 2009
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
Inside Comedy
as Self · 2012
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
Hook
as Peter Banning / Peter Pan · 1991
Flubber
as Professor Philip Brainard · 1997
Once Upon a Studio
as Genie (voice) (archive sound) · 2023
Happy Feet Two
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice) · 2011
Insomnia
as Walter Finch · 2002
The Top Ten Revealed
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Dark Side of Comedy
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
What Dreams May Come
as Chris Nielsen · 1998
The Birdcage
as Armand Goldman · 1996
Awakenings
as Malcolm Sayer · 1990
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Genie (voice) · 1996
Patch Adams
as Patch Adams · 1998
August Rush
as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace · 2007
Everyone's Hero
as Napoleon Cross (uncredited) · 2006
The Fisher King
as Parry · 1991
One Hour Photo
as Seymour "Sy" Parrish · 2002
Mind of Mencia
· 2005
The Butler
as Dwight H. Eisenhower · 2013
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited) · 1995
Good Morning, Vietnam
as Adrian Cronauer · 1987
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as King of the Moon · 1988
Absolutely Anything
as Dennis the Dog (voice) · 2015
Nine Months
as Dr. Kosevich · 1995
RV
as Bob Munro · 2006
Soccer's American Dream
as Self (archive footage) · 2026
Popeye
as Popeye · 1980
Death to Smoochy
as Rainbow Randolph · 2002
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
as Self · 1992
License to Wed
as Reverend Frank · 2007
Old Dogs
as Dan · 2009
Man of the Year
as Tom Dobbs · 2006
The Pixar Story
as Self (archive footage) · 2007
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
as Batty Koda (voice) · 1992
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Virgil Mitchler · 2014
The Big Wedding
as Father Monaghan · 2013
Shrink Rap
as Self · 2007
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self · 1996
Jack
as Jack Powell · 1996
Deconstructing Harry
as Mel · 1997
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Out of the Blue
as Mork · 1979
History of the Sitcom
as Self (archive footage) - Actor · 2021
World's Greatest Dad
as Lance Clayton · 2009
Toys
as Leslie Zevo · 1992
The Final Cut
as Alan W. Hakman · 2004
Jumanji
as Alan Parrish · 1995
Superstar
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
The Richard Pryor Show
as Various · 1977
The World According to Garp
as T.S. Garp · 1982
A Life in Ten Pictures
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Dead Again
as Cozy Carlisle · 1991
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
Noel
as Charlie Boyd / The Priest · 2004
House of D
as Pappass · 2004
Jakob the Liar
as Jakob Heym · 1999
Club Paradise
as Jack Moniker · 1986
Moscow on the Hudson
as Vladimir Ivanoff · 1984
The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour
as Mork (voice) · 1982
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Henry Altmann · 2014
The Best of Times
as Jack Dundee · 1986
The Aristocrats
as Self · 2005
Fathers' Day
as Dale Putley · 1997
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
as Self · 2009
Hamlet
as Osric · 1996
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage) · 2012
VH1 Rock Honors
as Himself · 2006
Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg
as Self · 2005
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
as Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror") · 1993
Cadillac Man
as Joey O'Brien · 1990
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
as Self (voice and archive footage) · 2018
The Big White
as Paul Barnell · 2005
The Night Listener
as Gabriel Noone · 2006
Great Minds Think for Themselves
as Genie (voice) · 1997
Laugh-In
as Regular Performer · 1977
The Face of Love
as Roger Stillman · 2013
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
as Himself · 1982
Anatomy of a Scene
as Self · 2001
We Are Most Amused
as Self · 2008
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
as (archive footage) · 2020
The Earth Day Special
as Everyman · 1990
The Secret Agent
as The Professor (uncredited) · 1996
Cannes: All Access
as Self · 2007
Comic Relief
as Self - Host · 1986
Shrink
as Holden · 2009
Junket Whore
as Self · 1998
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Altman
as Self · 2014
Citizen Steve
as Robin Leach · 1987
The Survivors
as Donald Quinelle · 1983
Night of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982
Radioman
as Self · 2012
Get Bruce!
as Self · 1999
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Guest Performer · 1986
America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self · 2001
Being Human
as Hector · 1994
A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
as Robin Williams · 1992
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
Certifiably Jonathan
as Self · 2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self · 2007
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
as Self (archive footage) · 2015
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self · 1995
Boulevard
as Nolan · 2014
Robin's Wish
as Himself (archive footage) · 2020
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Mork (archive footage) · 2011
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!
as Self · 2003
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self · 1989
I'm from Hollywood
as Self · 1989
Free to Be... a Family
as Self · 1988
Shakes the Clown
as Mime Class Instructor · 1991
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self · 2000
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
as Albert Einstein · 1986
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice) · 1987
I Love Liberty
as Self · 1982
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
as Self · 2002
Seize the Day
as Tommy Wilhelm · 1986
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer · 1984
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage) · 2010
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
as Self · 2006
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
as Self (archive footage) · 2016
Earth to America
as Self · 2005
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
as Hans Hänkie · 2003
JoJo: The Pop Princess
as Himself · 2006
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
as Self · 2008
The Tale of the Frog Prince
as The Frog / Prince Robin · 1982
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
as Self · 1979
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
A Tribute to Sam Kinison
as Self · 1993
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
as Self · 2002
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
as Self · 2026
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
as Self · 2010
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
as Self · 2009
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self · 2013
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
as Self · 2013
Monkey Mischief
as Theodore Roosevelt · 2009
History of the Joke
as Self · 2008
Portrait of a White Marriage
as Bill Lohmer – Air Conditioning Salesman (uncredited) · 1988
Portrait of a White Marriage
as Air Conditioning Salesman · 1988
Nichols and May: Take Two
as Self · 1996
A Wish for Wings That Work
as Kiwi (voice) (credited as Sudy Nim) · 1991
Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge
as Self · 1987
Fog City Mavericks
as Self · 2007
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
· 2008
Hook: Never, Never Ending
as Self (archive footage) · 2026
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
as Self / Alan Parrish · 2000
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
as Self · 1986
A Life in Ten Pictures: Robin Williams
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
as Self - Host · 1982
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
as Self (archive footage) · 2014
Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses?
as Lawyer / Man with Toothache (uncredited) · 1977
Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met
as Self · 1986
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
as Self · 1985
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
as Himself (uncredited) · 1989
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
· 1999
The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool
as Self · 2001
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
as Self · 2006
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
as Self · 2002
Too Hip for the Room: The Righteous Reign of Lord Buckley
as Self · 2016
Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later
as Self · 2012
The Best of Comic Relief
as Self · 1986
Johnny Carson Celebrates Christmas
as Self · 2008
An Evening with Robin Williams
as Self · 1983
Elton 60: Live At Madison Square Garden
as Self · 2007
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self · 2008
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
as Self · 2006
Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
as Self · 1979
Superstars and their Moms
as Self · 1987
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
as Self · 2006
Romanekian
as Self · 2005
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
as Self (archive footage) · 2016
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
as Self · 1987
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
as Self (Archive) · 2015
In Search of Dr. Seuss
as The Father · 1994
Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
as Self (archive footage) · 2008
Back to Neverland
as Robin · 1989
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
as Self · 1993
Comic Relief '90
as Self · 1990
Robin Williams: Off the Wall
as Self · 1978
Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber
as Self · 2002
Comic Relief VII
as Self - Host · 1995
Comic Relief III
· 1989
The Beatles Revolution
as Self · 2000
Aladdin on Ice
as Genie (voice) (uncredited) · 1995
Death to Smoochy: Bloopers & Outtakes
as Self · 2002
In the Wild: Dolphins With Robin Williams
as Self · 1994
Comic Relief 2006
· 2006
George Martin: In My Life
as Self · 1998
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
as Self · 2009
Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall
as Self (uncredited) · 1980
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self · 1982
AN EVENING WITH: FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
as Self · 1990
Rabbit Ears - Pecos Bill
as Narrator (voice) · 1988
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
as Self · 1986
Comic Relief Zero
as Self (archive footage) · 2013
Teen Choice Awards
as Self · 1999
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
as Himself · 1987
Sorority '62
as Henry · 1978
But... Seriously
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
Bridge School Benefit Concert 1986
as Self · 1986
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
The 2nd Annual HBO Young Comedians Show
as Self · 1977
Rabbit Ears - The Fool and the Flying Ship
as Narrator (voice) · 1991
Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'
as Self (uncredited) · 2000
Robin Williams - Live Across Australia
as Self · 2014
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
as Self · 1988
Persistence of Vision
as Himself · 2012
Emmanuel's Gift
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
3 Still Standing
as Self · 2014
The Tour Baby
as Himself · 2004
Super Duper Bloopers
as Self · 1986
Comic Relief VI
as Self - Host · 1994
Superstar: Robin Williams
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self · 2003