Robin Williams

Robin Williams (born July 21, 1952) is a multi-award-winning American actor and comedian who was born in Chicago, Illinois. His first major acting role was in the 1978 television series Mork and Mindy. The majority of his acting career has been on the big screen.

Many of his roles have been comic (eg. The Birdcage, Mrs. Doubtfire). He has also starred in serious movies (Awakenings , What Dreams May Come) and in 1998 he won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Good Will Hunting.

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 is reported to have bipolar disorder.

Filmography

• Insomnia (2002)
• Death to Smoochy (2002)
• One Hour Photo (2002)
• Artificial Intelligence: A.I (2001)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Jakob the Liar (1999)
• Get Bruce (1999)
• Patch Adams (1998)
• What Dreams May Come (1998)
• Good Will Hunting (1997)
• Flubber (1997)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• Father's Day (1997)
• Hamlet (1996)
• The Secret Agent (1996)
• Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996, voice)
• Jack (1996)
• The Birdcage (1996)
• Jumanji (1995)
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995, uncredited)
• Nine Months (1995)
• Being Human (1993)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• I'm From Hollywood (1992)
• Toys (1992)
• Aladdin (1992, voice)
• From Time to Time (1992, voice)
• Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest (1992, voice)
• Shakes the Clown (1992)
• Hook (1991)
• The Fisher King (1991)
• Dead Again (1991)
• Awakenings (1990)
• Cadillac Man (1990)
• Dead Poets Society (1989)
• Portrait of a White Marraige (1988, uncredited)
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
• Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
• Seize the Day (1986)
• Club Paradise (1986)
• The Best of Times (1986)
• Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
• The Survivors (1983)
• The World According to Garp (1982)
• Popeye (1980)

External links:

• http://www.the-movie-times.com/thrsdir/actors/robin.html
• http://us.imdb.com/Name?Williams,+Robin