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Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951) is a
multi-award-winning American actor
and comedian who was born in Chicago, Illinois and
raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He first
achieved notice for his stand-up comedy|stand-up
routines in San Francisco. Garry Marshall cast him
as the alien Mork in a guest star part in Happy
Days that was so popular it led to his own
television series, Mork and Mindy, which ran from
1978 to 1982. The majority of his acting career
has been for film|cinema, although he has made
some memorable performances on stage as well
(notably as Estragon in a production of Waiting
for Godot). 

His first starring roles in Popeye and in The
World According to Garp were both major flops, but
with Good Morning Vietnam Williams established a
screen identity.  Many of his roles have been
comic (eg. The Birdcage, Mrs. Doubtfire).  In
particular, his role as the Genie in the animated
film, Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin was instrumental
in establishing the importance of star power in
voice actor casting.  He has also starred in
serious movies (Awakenings , What Dreams May Come)
and in 1998 he won an Academy Award|Oscar as Best
Supporting Actor for his role as a psychologist in
Good Will Hunting.  However, by the early 2000s,
his choices for dramatic roles grew to be
criticized as overly mawkish and sentimental,
especially 1998's Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams,
prompting him to temporarily dabble in villainous
roles such as in Insomnia (movie)|Insomnia and One
Hour Photo.

He is known for his wild Improvisational
comedy|improv skills and impersonations. He is a
talented mimic and can jump in and out of
characters at an extremely fast pace.  His comic
style is a major influence on late night talk show
host/comedian Conan O'Brien.  Williams states that
he began doing impersonations as a child mimicking
the Southern accent of his aunt.

Robin Williams and his wife Marsha Garces Williams
founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic
organization to raise money for many different
charities. Robin Williams devotes much of his
energy doing work for charities, including the
Comic Relief fund-raising efforts.

Williams first marriage was to Valerie Velardi on
June 4, 1978, with whom he had one child, Zachary.
Williams apparently fell in love with his son's
nanny, Marsha Garces, which resulted in the end of
his first marriage in 1988.  He subsequently
married for the second time, this time to Marsha
Garces Williams on April 30, 1989.  They have two
children together.

Watching his frantic mannerisms and immediate
changes in personality, some have speculated that
Williams is affected by bipolar disorder, but this
has never been confirmed. A more likely
explanation for his remarkable creativity and
intense impulsive humor may be the reason that he
is often referred to as "the poster child for
adult attention-deficit disorder|ADD," though this
statement is often said with a sarcastic edge.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he
was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by
fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

Robin Williams, along with other celebrities, has
performed for U.S. Army troops stationed in Iraq. 
Robin himself has done so for 3 years.

==Filmography==
*Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977)
*Popeye (1980)
*The World According to Garp (1982)
*The Survivors (1983)
*Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
*The Best of Times (1986)
*Club Paradise (1986)
*Seize the Day (1986)
*Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
*Portrait of a White Marriage (1988) (Cameo)
*The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
*Dead Poets Society (1989)
*Cadillac Man (1990)
*Awakenings (1990)
*Dead Again (1991)
*The Fisher King (movie)|The Fisher King (1991)
*Hook (movie)|Hook (1991)
*I'm From Hollywood (1992) (documentary)
*Shakes the Clown (1992)
*FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (voice)
*From Time to Time (1992) (short subject) (voice)
*Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin (1992) (voice)
*Toys (1992)
*Being Human (1993)
*Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) (also producer)
*Nine Months (1995)
*To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995)(Cameo)
*Jumanji (1995)
*The Birdcage (1996)
*Jack (1996)
*The Secret Agent (1996) 
*Hamlet (1996)
*Fathers' Day (1997)
*Deconstructing Harry (1997)
*Flubber (1997)
*Good Will Hunting (1997)
*What Dreams May Come (1998)
*Junket Whore (1998) (documentary)
*Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams (1998)
*Get Bruce (1999) (documentary)
*Jakob the Liar (1999) (also executive producer)
*Bicentennial Man (1999)
*A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) (voice only)
*One Hour Photo (2002)
*Death to Smoochy (2002)
*Insomnia (movie)|Insomnia (2002)
*The Final Cut (2004)
*House of D (2004)
*Noel (2004) (Cameo)
*The Aristocrats (2005) (documentary)
*Robots (movie)|Robots (2005) (voice)
*Hustle and Flow (2005)
*The Big White (2005) (currently completed
filming)
*In Search of Ted Demme (2005) (currently in
pre-production)
*The Night Listener (2006) (currently filming)
*Happy Feet (2006) (voice) (currently filming)
*R.V. (2006) (currently in pre-production)
*August Rush (2006) (currently in pre-production)
*The Krazees (2006) (currently announced start of
production)
*Mrs Doubtfire 2 (2006) (currently announced start
of production)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000245|name=Robin Williams
*http://www.the-movie-times.com/thrsdir/actors/rob
in.html The Movie Times entry on Williams
*http://www.femail.com.au/robinwilliams.htm Wild
and crazy year
*http://www.westlord.com/robin-williams/ Robin
Williams Website - at WestLord

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Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1952) is a
multi-award-winning United States|American actor
and comedian who was born in Chicago, Illinois and
raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He first
achieved notice for his stand-up comedy|stand-up
routines in San Francisco. After studying at
Juilliard Drama School, Garry Marshall cast him as
the alien Mork in a guest star part in Happy Days
that was so popular it led to his own television
series, Mork and Mindy, which ran from 1978 to
1982. The majority of his acting career has been
for film|cinema, although he has made some
memorable performances on stage as well (notably
as Estragon in a production of Waiting for Godot).


His first starring roles in Popeye and in The
World According to Garp were both major flops, but
with Good Morning Vietnam Williams established a
screen identity.  Many of his roles have been
comic (e.g. The Birdcage, Mrs. Doubtfire).  In
particular, his role as the Genie in the animated
film Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin was instrumental
in establishing the importance of star power in
voice actor casting.  Later Williams once again
used his voice actor talents in the 2005 animated
feature Robots (movie)|Robots.   He has also
starred in serious movies (Awakenings , What
Dreams May Come) and in 1998 he won an Academy
Award|Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his role
as a psychologist in Good Will Hunting.  However,
by the early 2000s, his choices for dramatic roles
grew to be criticized as overly mawkish and
sentimental, especially 1998's Patch Adams
(film)|Patch Adams, prompting him to temporarily
dabble in villainous roles such as in Insomnia
(movie)|Insomnia and One Hour Photo.

He is known for his wild Improvisational
comedy|improv skills and impersonations. He is a
talented mimic and can jump in and out of
characters at an extremely fast pace.  His comic
style is a major influence on late night talk show
host/comedian Conan O'Brien.  Williams states that
he began doing impersonations as a child mimicking
the Southern accent of his aunt.

Robin Williams and his wife Marsha Garces Williams
founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic
organization to raise money for many different
charities. Robin Williams devotes much of his
energy doing work for charities, including the
Comic Relief fund-raising efforts.

Williams first marriage was to Valerie Velardi on
June 4, 1978, with whom he had one child, Zachary.
Williams apparently fell in love with his son's
nanny, Marsha Garces, which resulted in the end of
his first marriage in 1988.  He subsequently
married for the second time, this time to Marsha
Garces Williams on April 30, 1989.  They have two
children together.

Watching his frantic mannerisms and immediate
changes in personality, some have speculated that
Williams is affected by bipolar disorder, but this
has never been confirmed. A more likely
explanation for his remarkable creativity and
intense impulsive humor may be the reason that he
is often referred to as "the poster child for
adult attention-deficit disorder|ADD," though this
statement is often said with a sarcastic edge.

In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he
was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by
fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

Robin Williams, along with other celebrities, has
performed for U.S. Army troops stationed in Iraq. 
Robin himself has done so for 3 years.

==Filmography==
*Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977)
*Popeye (movie)|Popeye (1980)
*The World According to Garp (1982)
*The Survivors (1983)
*Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
*The Best of Times (1986)
*Club Paradise (1986)
*Seize the Day (1986)
*Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
*Portrait of a White Marriage (1988) (Cameo)
*The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
*Dead Poets Society (1989)
*Cadillac Man (1990)
*Awakenings (1990)
*Dead Again (1991)
*The Fisher King (movie)|The Fisher King (1991)
*Hook (movie)|Hook (1991)
*I'm From Hollywood (1992) (documentary)
*Shakes the Clown (1992)
*FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (voice)
*From Time to Time (1992) (short subject) (voice)
*Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin (1992) (voice)
*Toys (1992)
*Being Human (1993)
*Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) (also producer)
*Nine Months (1995)
*To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(1995)(Cameo)
*Jumanji (1995)
*The Birdcage (1996)
*Jack (movie)|Jack (1996)
*The Secret Agent (1996) 
*Hamlet (1996)
*Fathers' Day (1997)
*Deconstructing Harry (1997)
*Flubber (1997)
*Good Will Hunting (1997)
*What Dreams May Come (1998)
*Junket Whore (1998) (documentary)
*Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams (1998)
*Get Bruce (1999) (documentary)
*Jakob the Liar (1999) (also executive producer)
*Bicentennial Man (1999)
*A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) (voice only)
*One Hour Photo (2002)
*Death to Smoochy (2002)
*Insomnia (movie)|Insomnia (2002)
*The Final Cut (2004)
*House of D (2004)
*Noel (2004) (Cameo)
*The Aristocrats (2005) (documentary)
*Robots (movie)|Robots (2005) (voice)
*Hustle and Flow (2005)
*The Big White (2005) (currently completed
filming)
*In Search of Ted Demme (2005) (currently in
pre-production)
*The Night Listener (2006) (currently filming)
*Happy Feet (2006) (voice) (currently filming)
*R.V. (2006) (currently in pre-production)
*August Rush (2006) (currently in pre-production)
*The Krazees (2006) (currently announced start of
production)
*Mrs Doubtfire 2 (2006) (currently announced start
of production)

==External links==

*imdb name|id=0000245|name=Robin Williams
*http://www.the-movie-times.com/thrsdir/actors/rob
in.html The Movie Times entry on Williams
*http://www.femail.com.au/robinwilliams.htm Wild
and crazy year
*http://www.westlord.com/robin-williams/ Robin
Williams Website - at WestLord