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Robin Williams
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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…
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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.
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2026
Hook: Never, Never Ending
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2026
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
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2026
Soccer's American Dream
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2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
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2024
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2023
Once Upon a Studio
Movie Genie (voice) (archive sound)
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2023
A Life in Ten Pictures: Robin Williams
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Commitment to Life
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2022
Dark Side of Comedy
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2022
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
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2022
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
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2021
Superstar: Robin Williams
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Superstar
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2021
History of the Sitcom
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2021
A Life in Ten Pictures
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2020
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
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2020
Robin's Wish
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
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2018
The Top Ten Revealed
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2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Movie Self (voice and archive footage)
- 2016
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2016
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
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2016
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
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2015
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
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2015
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales
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2015
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
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2015
Absolutely Anything
Movie Dennis the Dog (voice)
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2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Movie Theodore Roosevelt
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2014
Robin Williams - Live Across Australia
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2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Movie Virgil Mitchler
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2014
3 Still Standing
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2014
Altman
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2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Movie Henry Altmann
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2014
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Boulevard
Movie Nolan
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2013
Comic Relief Zero
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
The Face of Love
Movie Roger Stillman
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2013
The Crazy Ones
TV show Simon Roberts
