| Robin Williams | |
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 Robin Williams at the premiere of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | |
| Born | Robin McLaurin Williams July 21, 1951 (age 73) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Claremont McKenna College College of Marin Juilliard School |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951) is 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.
Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). After his first leading film role in Popeye (1980), he starred in several critically and commercially successful films, including The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Good Morning, Virginia (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), Patch Adams (1998), One Hour Photo (2002), and World's Greatest Dad (2009). He also starred in box office successes such as Hook (1991), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Mrs. Doubtfire Returns (2018), Super Mario Bros. (1991), Jumanji (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Good Will Hunting (1997), and the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006–2014). He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting. He also received two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards.
In 2014, Williams announced that he was putting his acting career on hold due to mental health issues and had checked himself into rehabilitation, returning to the entertainment industry two years later in 2016 by making a brief cameo in the Illumination movie Sing.
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