Robin Williams
AKA: ロビン・ウィリアムズ
Birthday: 1951-07-21
Died: 2014-08-11
Birthplace: 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
Character: Peter Banning / Peter Pan
Character: Dr. Know (voice)
Character: Theodore Roosevelt
Character: Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire
Character: Adrian Cronauer
Character: Genie / Peddler (voice)
Character: Hunter "Patch" Adams
Character: Reverend Frank
Character: Armand Goldman
Character: Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
Character: Alan W. Hakman
Character: Vladimir Ivanoff
Character: Mime Class Instructor
Character: Rainbow Randolph
Character: Fender (voice)
Character: Professor Philip Brainard
Character: Batty Koda (voice)
Character: Seymour Parrish
Character: Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Donald Quinelle
Character: King of the Moon
Character: Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
Character: Theodore Roosevelt
Character: Genie (voice) (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Father Monaghan
Character: Dwight Eisenhower
Character: Roger Stillman
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Dennis the Dog (voice)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Theodore Roosevelt
Character: Mitch Mitchler
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Bill Lohmer – Air Conditioning Salesman (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self / Alan Parrish
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Character: The Professor (uncredited)
Character: Lawyer / Man with Toothache
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: The Frog / Prince Robin
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Albert Einstein
Character: Himself - Host
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Character: Robin Williams (TV version)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Charlie Boyd / The Priest
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Genie (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Character: Self - Guest Performer
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Napoleon Cross (uncredited)