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Robin Williams

Also known as Robin McLaurin Williams

Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.

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Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor, stand-up comedian, and television actor born in Chicago in 1951. He began his work period in 1972 and was educated at Juilliard School and Claremont McKenna College. Williams was a member of the Episcopal Church and resided in locations including Sea Cliff, Bloomfield Hills, and Paradise Cay. He was married to Marsha Garces and had a child named Zelda Williams.

Williams received several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He was recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor collection and on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Williams died by suicide in 2014.

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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…

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Peter Asher: Everywhere Man — Self2026
Hook: Never, Never Ending — Self (archive footage)2026
Soccer's American Dream — Self (archive footage)2026
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story — Self (archive footage)2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy — Self (archive footage)2024
Once Upon a Studio — Genie (voice) (archive sound)2023
A Life in Ten Pictures: Robin Williams — Self (archive footage)2023
Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God — Self (archive footage)2023
The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up — Self (archive footage)2022

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1951
Active to: 2014

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Instance of: human
Family name: Williams
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Chicago
Place of death: Paradise Cay
Occupation: mime artist
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Episcopal Church
Student of: John Houseman
Field of work: dubbing
Record label: Columbia Records
Official website: www.robinwilliams.com
Image: Robin Williams 2011a (2).jpg
Work location: United States
Residence: San Francisco

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date of death: 2014-08-11
Commons category: Robin Williams
date of birth: 1951-07-21
Commons gallery: Robin Williams
cause of death: hanging to death
manner of death: Suicide
medical condition: dyslexia
filmography: Robin Williams filmography
topic's main category: Category:Robin Williams
birth name: Robin McLaurin Williams
start of work period: 1972-00-00
influenced by: George Carlin
end of work period: 2014-00-00
name in native language: Robin Williams
different from: Robbie Williams
net worth: 100000000
writing language: English language
place of burial: San Francisco Bay
member of: Screen Actors Guild

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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 spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.

Born in Chicago, 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). Williams received his first leading film role in Popeye (1980). He won 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).

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