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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 Williams was an American actor, stand-up comedian, and television actor. He was born in Chicago in 1951 and educated at Juilliard School and Claremont McKenna College. His career included roles in film and television, earning him recognition in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

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. His medical conditions included depression, alcoholism, Lewy body dementia, and dyslexia.

He was married to Marsha Garces and had a child named Zelda Williams. Williams practiced the Episcopal Church and resided in locations including Sea Cliff, Bloomfield Hills, and Paradise Cay. He died by suicide in 2014 in Tiburon.

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Born: 1953
Works: 43

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

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Encyclopedic overview

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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