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Robin Williams
Known for: ActingRobin 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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গুড উইল হান্টিং
as Sean Maguire 
রোবটস
as Fender (voice) 
Awakenings
as Malcolm Sayer 
ডেড পয়েটস্ সোসাইটি
as John Keating 
Mork & Mindy
as Mork 
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire 
নাইট অ্যাট দ্য মিউজিয়াম
as Theodore Roosevelt 
August Rush
as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace 
নাইট অ্যাট দ্য মিউজিয়াম: সিক্রেট অফ দ্য টম্ব
as Theodore Roosevelt 
আলাদিন
as Genie / Peddler (voice) 
Patch Adams
as Patch Adams 
Hook
as Peter Banning / Peter Pan 
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Theodore Roosevelt 
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
as Batty Koda (voice) 
Happy Feet
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice) 
Bicentennial Man
as Andrew 
Man of the Year
as Tom Dobbs 
Popeye
as Popeye 
The Crazy Ones
as Simon Roberts 
The Birdcage
as Armand Goldman 
Happy Feet Two
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice) 
Death to Smoochy
as Rainbow Randolph 
Insomnia
as Walter Finch 
What Dreams May Come
as Chris Nielsen 
Toys
as Leslie Zevo 
হ্যামলেট
as Osric 
The Fisher King
as Parry 
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
as Self (archive footage) 
The Butler
as Dwight H. Eisenhower 
One Hour Photo
as Seymour "Sy" Parrish 
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Genie (voice) 
Flubber
as Professor Philip Brainard 
Jumanji
as Alan Parrish 
নোএল
as Charlie Boyd / The Priest 
The Big Wedding
as Father Monaghan 
Good Morning, Vietnam
as Adrian Cronauer 
License to Wed
as Reverend Frank 
Old Dogs
as Dan 
The Final Cut
as Alan W. Hakman 
RV
as Bob Munro 
Nine Months
as Dr. Kosevich 
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as King of the Moon 
Absolutely Anything
as Dennis the Dog (voice) 
Deconstructing Harry
as Mel 
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Virgil Mitchler 
House of D
as Pappass 
Jack
as Jack Powell 
Shrink
as Holden 
World's Greatest Dad
as Lance Clayton 
History of the Sitcom
as Self (archive footage) - Actor 
Dead Again
as Cozy Carlisle 
The Secret Agent
as The Professor (uncredited) 
Jakob the Liar
as Jakob Heym 
Fathers' Day
as Dale Putley 
The Best of Times
as Jack Dundee 
The Big White
as Paul Barnell 
The World According to Garp
as T.S. Garp 
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Henry Altmann 
Cadillac Man
as Joey O'Brien 
Club Paradise
as Jack Moniker 
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
as Self (voice and archive footage) 
Moscow on the Hudson
as Vladimir Ivanoff 
Altman
as Self 
The Night Listener
as Gabriel Noone 
The Face of Love
as Roger Stillman 
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage) 
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
as Self 
Certifiably Jonathan
as Self 
Being Human
as Hector 
The Survivors
as Donald Quinelle 
Boulevard
as Nolan 
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up
as Self (archive footage) 
Shakes the Clown
as Mime Class Instructor 
Robin's Wish
as Himself (archive footage) 
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
as Self 
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
as Self 
Seize the Day
as Tommy Wilhelm