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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.
Filmography 80
Good Will Hunting
+3
as Sean Maguire 
Robotter
+3
as Fender (voice) 
Livet længe leve
+2
as Malcolm Sayer 
Døde poeters klub
+4
as John Keating 
Mork & Mindy
as Mork 
Mrs. Doubtfire
+3
as Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire 
Nat på museet
+7
as Theodore Roosevelt 
August Rush
as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace 
Nat på museet: Gravkammerets hemmelighed
+6
as Theodore Roosevelt 
Patch Adams
+3
as Patch Adams 
Hook
+3
as Peter Banning / Peter Pan 
Aladdin
+3
as Genie / Peddler (voice) 
Nat på museet 2
+6
as Theodore Roosevelt 
Ferngully - eventyret om skoven
as Batty Koda (voice) 
Happy Feet
+4
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice) 
Robotmennesket
+2
as Andrew 
Præsident ved et tilfælde
as Tom Dobbs 
Skipper Skræk
as Popeye 
The Crazy Ones
as Simon Roberts 
Happy Feet 2
+3
as Ramon / Lovelace (voice) 
Death to Smoochy
+1
as Rainbow Randolph 
What Dreams May Come
as Chris Nielsen 
Insomnia
as Walter Finch 
Toys
as Leslie Zevo 
Hamlet
+1
as Osric 
The Fisher King
+2
as Parry 
The Birdcage
+2
as Armand Goldman 
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
+2
as Self (archive footage) 
The Butler
+5
as Dwight H. Eisenhower 
One Hour Photo
+4
as Seymour "Sy" Parrish 
Aladdin og de fyrretyve røvere
+2
as Genie (voice) 
Flubber
+1
as Professor Philip Brainard 
Jumanji
+4
as Alan Parrish 
Hjerternes tid
as Charlie Boyd / The Priest 
The Big Wedding
+5
as Father Monaghan 
Good Morning, Vietnam
+2
as Adrian Cronauer 
License to Wed
as Reverend Frank 
Old Dogs
as Dan 
The Final Cut
as Alan W. Hakman 
Runaway Vacation
as Bob Munro 
Ni måneder
as Dr. Kosevich 
Verdens største løgnhals
+1
as King of the Moon 
Absolutely Anything
+3
as Dennis the Dog (voice) 
Harry - Stykke for Stykke
as Mel 
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
+4
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
+1
as Cozy Carlisle 
The Secret Agent
as The Professor (uncredited) 
Løgneren Jakob
as Jakob Heym 
Fathers' Day
as Dale Putley 
Ud at spille med de vilde
as Jack Dundee 
The Big White
+2
as Paul Barnell 
Verden ifølge Garp
+1
as T.S. Garp 
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Henry Altmann 
Cadillac Man
as Joey O'Brien 
Paradisklubben
as Jack Moniker 
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
as Self (voice and archive footage) 
En Russer i New York
as Vladimir Ivanoff 
Altman
as Self 
The Night Listener
as Gabriel Noone 
Kærlighedens ansigt
+4
as Roger Stillman 
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage) 
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
as Self 
Certifiably Jonathan
as Self 
Being Human
as Hector 
Op på patronerne
as Donald Quinelle 
Boulevard
+1
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