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Revision as of 19:02, 15 April 2013

For other people named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Robbie Williams.

Robin Williams
Williams at "Stand Up for Heroes" in 2007
Birth nameRobin McLaurin Williams
Born (1951-07-21) July 21, 1951 (age 72)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
MediumStand-up, film, television
NationalityAmerican
Years active1972–present
GenresCharacter comedy, physical comedy, improvisational comedy, satire/political satire, observational comedy, blue comedy
SpouseValerie Velardi
(1978–1988; 1 child)
Marsha Garces Williams
(1989–2008; 2 children)
Susan Schneider
(2011–present)
Template:Infobox comedian awards

Robin McLaurin Williams[2][3] (born July 21, 1951)[4] is an American actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork & Mindy, Williams went on to establish a successful career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. His film career includes such acclaimed films as Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), and Good Will Hunting (1997), as well as financial successes such as Popeye (1980), Hook (1991), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Night at the Museum (2006), and Happy Feet (2006).

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, Williams went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Good Will Hunting (1997). He has also received two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammy Awards.[5][6]

Early life

Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Laura McLaurin (née Smith, 1922–2001), was a former model from New Orleans, Louisiana.[7] His father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams (September 10, 1906 – October 18, 1987), was a senior executive at Ford Motor Company in charge of the Midwest region. His maternal great-great-grandfather was senator and Mississippi governor Anselm J. McLaurin.[8] Williams' ancestry includes English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, German, and French.[9][10][11] He was raised in the Episcopal Church (his mother practiced Christian Science).[12][13] He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he was a student at the Detroit Country Day School,[14] and later moved to Woodacre, Marin County, California, where he attended the public Redwood High School. Williams studied at Claremont McKenna College (then called Claremont Men's College) for four years.[15] He has two half-brothers: Todd (who died August 14, 2007) and McLaurin.[16]

Williams has described himself as a quiet child whose first imitation was of his grandmother to his mother. He did not overcome his shyness until he became involved with his high-school drama department.[17]

In 1973, Williams was one of only 20 students accepted into the freshman class at the Juilliard School, and one of only two students to be accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program at the school that year, the other being Christopher Reeve.[18] In his dialects class, Williams had no trouble mastering all dialects quickly. Williams left Juilliard in 1976.

Television career

After appearing in the cast of the short-lived The Richard Pryor Show on NBC, Williams was cast by Garry Marshall as the alien Mork in the hit TV series Happy Days[19] after impressing the producer with his quirky sense of humor when he sat on his head when asked to take a seat for the audition.[20] As Mork, Williams improvised much of his dialogue and physical comedy, speaking in a high, nasal voice. Mork's appearance was so popular with viewers that it led to a spin-off hit television sitcom, Mork & Mindy, which ran from 1978 to 1982; the show was written to accommodate Williams' improvisations. Although he played the same character as in his appearance in Happy Days, the show was set in the present day, in Boulder, Colorado, instead of the late '50s in Milwaukee. Mork was an extremely popular character, featured on posters, coloring books, lunchboxes, and other merchandise.

Starting in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Williams began to reach a wider audience with his standup comedy, including three HBO comedy specials, Off The Wall (1978), An Evening with Robin Williams (1982), and Robin Williams: Live at the Met (1986). Also in 1986, Williams co-hosted the 58th Academy Awards.

His stand-up work has been a consistent thread through his career, as is seen by the success of his one-man show (and subsequent DVD) Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002). He was voted 13th on Comedy Central's list "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" in 2004.[21]

After some encouragement from his friend Whoopi Goldberg, he was set to make a guest appearance in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "A Matter of Time", but he had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict;[22] Matt Frewer took his place as a time-traveling con man, Professor Berlingoff Rasmussen. Williams, along with Billy Crystal, appeared in a cameo together at the beginning of an episode of the third season of Friends. Both Williams and Crystal's parts weren't originally in the script. They were apparently in the building where the show was shooting and were asked to improvise their lines.[23]

Williams appeared on an episode of the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Season 3, Episode 9: November 16, 2000). During a game of "Scenes from a Hat", the scene "What Robin Williams is thinking right now" was drawn, and Williams stated "I have a career. What the hell am I doing here?"[24] On December 4, 2010, he appeared with Robert De Niro on Saturday Night Live in the sketch What Up with That. In 2012, he guest starred as himself in two FX series, Louie and Wilfred.

In February 2013, the CBS network announced it has picked up a pilot episode for a David E. Kelley comedy called Crazy Ones that will star Williams. He is set to play a father who works with his daughter in an advertising office. No word yet on the starting airdate.[25]

Movie roles

Most of Williams' acting career has been in film, although he has given some performances on stage as well (notably as Estragon in a production of Waiting for Godot with Steve Martin). His performance in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) resulted in Williams being nominated for an Academy Award.[19] Many of his roles have been comedies tinged with pathos.

His role as the Genie in the animated film Aladdin (1992) was instrumental in establishing the importance of star power in voice actor casting. Williams used his voice talents again in Fern Gully, as the holographic Dr. Know in the 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, in the 2005 animated film Robots, the 2006 Academy Award-winning Happy Feet, and an uncredited vocal performance in the film Everyone's Hero. He was also the voice of The Timekeeper, a former attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort about a time-traveling robot who encounters Jules Verne and brings him to the future.

Williams' roles in dramatic films have garnered him an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for his role as a psychologist in Good Will Hunting.[19] as well as two previous Academy Award nominations: for playing an English teacher in Dead Poets Society (1989), and for playing a troubled homeless man in The Fisher King (1991);[19]. That same year he played an adult Peter Pan in the movie Hook. Other acclaimed dramatic films include Awakenings (1990) and What Dreams May Come (1998). In the 2002 film Insomnia, Williams portrayed a writer/killer on the run from a sleep-deprived Los Angeles policeman (played by Al Pacino) in rural Alaska. Also in 2002, in the psychological thriller One Hour Photo, Williams played an emotionally disturbed photo development technician who becomes obsessed with a family for whom he has developed pictures for a long time.

In 2006 Williams starred in The Night Listener, a thriller about a radio show host who realizes he has developed a friendship with a child who may or may not exist; in 2006 he starred in five movies including Man of the Year, he was the Surprise Guest at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and appeared on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that aired on January 30, 2006.

Williams is known for his improvisational skills and impersonations, and his performances frequently involve impromptu humor designed and delivered in rapid-fire succession while on stage. According to the Aladdin DVD commentary, most of his dialogue as the Genie was improvised.

At one point, he was in the running to play the Riddler in Batman Forever until director Tim Burton dropped the project. Earlier, Williams had been a strong contender to play the Joker in Batman. He had expressed interest in assuming the role in The Dark Knight, the sequel to 2005's Batman Begins,[26] although the part of the Joker was played by Heath Ledger, who went on to win, posthumously, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He was portrayed by Chris Diamantopoulos in the made-for-TV biopic Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (2005), documenting the actor's arrival in Hollywood as a struggling comedian.

Disputes with Disney

In gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam, Williams voiced the Genie in the Disney animated film Aladdin for SAG scale pay ($75,000), on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Toys was scheduled for release one month after Aladdin's debut. The studio went back on the deal on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. Disney's Hyperion book, Aladdin: The Making Of An Animated Film, listed both of Williams' characters, "The Peddler" and "The Genie", ahead of main characters but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie".[27]

Williams and Disney had a bitter falling-out, resulting in Dan Castellaneta voicing the Genie role in The Return of Jafar and the Aladdin animated television series. Castellaneta was also recorded as the original voice for the feature Aladdin and the King of Thieves. When Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired from Disney and replaced by former 20th Century Fox production head Joe Roth (whose last act for Fox was greenlighting Williams' film Mrs. Doubtfire), Roth arranged for a public apology to Williams by Disney. Williams agreed to perform in Hollywood Pictures' Jack, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and even agreed to voice the Genie again for the King of Thieves sequel (for considerably more than scale), replacing all of Castellaneta's dialogue.[28]

When Williams re-teamed with Doubtfire director Chris Columbus for 1999's Bicentennial Man, Disney asked that the budget be cut by approximately $20 million, and when the film was released on Christmas Day, it flopped at the box office. Williams blamed Disney's marketing and the loss of content the film had suffered due to the budget cuts. As a result, Williams was again on bad terms with Disney, and Castellaneta was once again recruited to replace him as Genie in the Kingdom Hearts video game series and the House of Mouse TV series. The DVD release for Aladdin has no involvement whatsoever from Williams in the bonus materials, although some of his original recording sessions can be seen.

Robin Williams made peace with The Walt Disney Company and in 2009 agreed to be inducted into the Disney Hall of Fame, designated as a Disney Legend.[29]

Stand-up career

Williams has done a number of stand-up comedy tours since the early 1970s. Some of his most notable tours include An Evening With Robin Williams (1982), Robin Williams: At The Met (1986) and Robin Williams LIVE on Broadway (2002). The latter broke many long-held records for a comedy show. In some cases, tickets were sold out within thirty minutes of going on sale.

After a six-year break, in August 2008 Williams announced a brand new 26-city tour titled "Weapons of Self Destruction". He was quoted as saying that this was his last chance to make cracks at the expense of the current Bush Administration, but by the time the show was staged only a few minutes covered that subject. The tour started at the end of September 2009, finishing in New York on December 3, and was the subject of an HBO special on December 8, 2009.[30]

Theatre career

In theatre, Williams has headed his own one-man show, Robin Williams: Live on Broadway, that played at The Broadway Theatre in July 2002.[31] He made his Broadway acting debut in Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 31, 2011.[32][33][34] He previously appeared opposite Steve Martin at Lincoln Center in an Off-Broadway production of Waiting for Godot.[35]

Personal life

Marriages and children

Robin Williams' first marriage was to Valerie Velardi on June 4, 1978. They have one child, Zachary Pym (Zak) (born April 11, 1983). During Williams' first marriage, he was involved in an extramarital relationship with Michelle Tish Carter, a cocktail waitress whom he met in 1984. She sued him in 1986, claiming that he did not tell her he was infected with the herpes simplex virus before he embarked on a sexual relationship with her in the mid-1980s, during which, she said, he transmitted the virus to her. The case was settled out of court. Williams and Velardi divorced in 1988.[36]

On April 30, 1989, he married Marsha Garces, his son's nanny, who was already several months pregnant with his child. They have two children, Zelda Rae (born July 31, 1989) and Cody Alan (born November 25, 1991). However, in March 2008, Garces filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences.[37]

Williams married his third wife, graphic designer Susan Schneider, on October 23, 2011, in St. Helena, California.[38]

Family and friends

While studying at Juilliard, Williams befriended Christopher Reeve. They had several classes together in which they were the only students, and they remained good friends for the rest of Reeve's life. Williams visited Reeve after the horse riding accident that rendered him a quadriplegic, and cheered him up by pretending to be an eccentric Russian doctor (similar to his role in Nine Months). Williams claimed that he was there to perform a colonoscopy. Reeve stated that he laughed for the first time since the accident and knew that life was going to be okay.[18]

Wiliams' at the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in 2005

On August 20, 2007, Williams' elder brother, Robert Todd Williams, died of complications from heart surgery performed a month earlier.[39]

Addiction and health problems

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Williams had an addiction to cocaine; he has stated that he has since quit. Williams was a close friend of and frequent partier alongside John Belushi. He says the death of his friend and the birth of his son prompted him to quit drugs: "Was it a wake-up call? Oh yeah, on a huge level. The grand jury helped too."[19]

On August 9, 2006, Williams checked himself in to a substance-abuse rehabilitation center (located in Newberg, Oregon), later admitting that he was an alcoholic.[40] His publicist delivered the announcement:

After 20 years of sobriety, Robin Williams found himself drinking again and has decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and the well-being of his family.

Williams was hospitalized in March 2009 due to heart problems. He postponed his one-man tour in order to undergo surgery to replace his aortic valve.[41][42] The surgery was successfully completed on March 13, 2009, at the Cleveland Clinic.[43][44] During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Williams discussed the fact that the drug Propofol had been used on him during his operation, which had been involved in the death of Michael Jackson. Williams commented that Jackson had been taking the drug to sleep, which he compared to "doing chemotherapy because you're tired of shaving your head". This comment caused much hilarity among the audience and others guests, but Williams emphasised the fact that Propofol is a "devastatingly powerful drug" that should be only administered in hospital, whereas Jackson had been using it at home.[45]

Other interests

Williams is a member of the Episcopal Church. He has described his denomination in a comedy routine as "Catholic Lite—same rituals, half the guilt."[46]

Williams speaking at the 2008 BBC World Debate.

Williams is an avid enthusiast of video games, even naming two of his children after game characters. He named his daughter after Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda action-adventure game series.[47][48][49] They both have even been featured in an ad for the Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.[50] On this note, his son may have been named after Cody from the beat 'em up game Final Fight.[51] He also enjoys pen-and-paper role-playing games and online video games, recently playing Warcraft 3, Day of Defeat, Half-Life,[52] and the first-person shooter Battlefield 2 as a sniper.[53] He was also previously a fan of the Wizardry series of role-playing video games.[54]

On January 6, 2006, he performed live at Consumer Electronics Show during Google's keynote.[55] In the 2006 E3, on the invitation of Will Wright, he demonstrated the creature editor of Spore while simultaneously commenting on the creature's look: "This will actually make a platypus look good."[56] He also complimented the game's versatility, comparing it to Populous and Black & White. Later that year, he was one of several celebrities to participate in the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day.[57]

A fan of professional road cycling, he was a regular on the US Postal and Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team bus and hotels during the years Lance Armstrong dominated the Tour de France.[58] He owns over 50 bicycles.[59]

He also enjoys rugby union and is a big fan of former All Black, Jonah Lomu.[60]

Williams is a supporter of eco-friendly vehicles. He currently drives a Toyota Prius,[61] and was on the waiting list for an Aptera 2 Series electric vehicle before the company folded in December 2011.[62]

In 2010, Williams announced that he would love to play The Riddler in the next installment to the Batman films by director Christopher Nolan, though Nolan has stated that The Riddler would not be featured in the film.[63]

Williams performing at Camp Victory for the USO on December 13, 2010

Charity work

Williams and his former wife, Marsha, founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic organization to raise money for many different charities. Williams devotes much of his energy to charity work, including the Comic Relief fundraising efforts (the program is hosted by himself, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg).[19] In December 1999, he sang in French on the BBC-inspired music video of international celebrities doing a cover of the Rolling Stones' "It's Only Rock & Roll" for the charity Children's Promise.[64]

In response to the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake, Williams donated all proceeds of his "Weapons of Self Destruction" Christchurch performance to helping rebuild the New Zealand city. Half the proceeds were donated to the Red Cross and half to the mayoral building fund with the words "I hope this donation will go some way to helping the extensive rebuilding effort in the city."[65] Williams has performed with the USO for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.[66]

Williams has also actively supported St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for several years.[67]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? Himself
1980 Popeye Popeye
1982 The World According to Garp T.S. Garp
1983 The Survivors Donald Quinelle
1984 Moscow on the Hudson Vladimir Ivanov Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1986 Seize the Day Tommy Wilhelm
1986 Club Paradise Jack Moniker
1986 The Best of Times Jack Dundee
1987 Good Morning, Vietnam Adrian Cronauer
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen King of the Moon
1988 Portrait of a White Marriage Air conditioning salesman Uncredited
1988 Rabbit Ears: Pecos Bill Narrator Voice only
1989 Dead Poets Society John Keating Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1989 I'm from Hollywood Himself
1990 Cadillac Man Joey O'Brien
1990 Awakenings Dr. Malcolm Sayer Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with Robert De Niro for Awakenings)
1990 Back to Neverland Himself
1991 Dead Again Doctor Cozy Carlisle
1991 The Fisher King Parry Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1991 Hook Peter Banning
1991 Rabbit Ears: The Fool and the Flying Ship Narrator Voice only
1992 Toys Leslie Zevo Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
1992 Aladdin Genie / Merchant Voice only
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Special Golden Globe Award
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
1992 The Timekeeper The Timekeeper
1992 FernGully: The Last Rainforest Batty Koda Voice only
1992 Shakes the Clown Mime class instructor
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
1993 Being Human Hector
1994 In Search of Dr. Seuss Father
1995 Jumanji Alan Parrish Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
1995 Nine Months Dr. Kosevich Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1996 Aladdin and the King of Thieves Genie Voice only
1996 Hamlet Osric
1996 The Secret Agent The Professor
1996 Jack Jack Powell Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
1996 The Birdcage Armand Goldman Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Nathan Lane)
1997 Good Will Hunting Sean Maguire Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1997 Flubber Professor Philip Brainard Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor/Actress – Family
Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
1997 Deconstructing Harry Mel
1997 Fathers' Day Dale Putley
1998 Patch Adams Hunter "Patch" Adams Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1998 Junket Whore Himself
1998 What Dreams May Come Chris Nielsen
1999 Bicentennial Man Andrew Martin Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy
Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
1999 Jakob the Liar Jakob Heym / Narrator
1999 Get Bruce Himself
2000 Model Behavior Faremain
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Dr. Know Voice only
2002 The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch Hans Hänkie
2002 Insomnia Walter Finch Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002 Death to Smoochy "Rainbow" Randolph Smiley
2002 One Hour Photo Seymour "Sy" Parrish Saturn Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
2004 Noel Charlie Boyd
2004 House of D Pappass
2004 The Final Cut Alan W. Hakman
2005 The Big White Paul Barnell
2005 Robots Fender Voice only
Nominated – Blimp Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Feature
2005 The Aristocrats Himself
2006 Man of the Year Tom Dobbs
2006 Night at the Museum Theodore Roosevelt
2006 Happy Feet Ramon / Lovelace Voice only
2006 Everyone's Hero Napoleon Cross Voice only
2006 RV Bob Munro
2006 The Night Listener Gabriel Noone
2007 License to Wed Reverend Frank
2007 August Rush Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
2009 Shrink Holden
2009 World's Greatest Dad Lance Clayton
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Theodore Roosevelt
2009 Old Dogs Dan Rayburn
2011 Happy Feet Two Ramon / Lovelace Voice only
2011 Stage Left: A Story of Theater in the Bay Area Himself Documentary
2013 The Big Wedding Father Monighan
2013 Look of Love
2013 The Butler Dwight D. Eisenhower
2013 The Angriest Man in Brooklyn[68]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1977 The Richard Pryor Show Man with bad arm
John Brownstein
Defense attorney
Archeologist
Shopper
Titanic survivor
Voice of gun 		Writer
1977 Laugh-In
1977 Eight is Enough Episode: "The Return of Auntie V"
1978 Happy Days Mork Episode: "My Favorite Orkan"
1978 America 2-Night Jason Shine Episodes: "Jason Shine" and "Olfactory Distosis Telethon"
1978–1982 Mork & Mindy Mork 92 episodes
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won in 1979, nominated in 1980)
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series
1979 Happy Days Mork Episode: "Mork Returns"
1979 Out of the Blue Episode: "Random's Arrival"
1981 Saturday Night Live Himself Host / Various characters
1982 The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour Himself Episode: #1.1
1982 Faerie Tale Theatre Frog / Prince Robin Episode: "Tale of the Frog Prince"
1982 SCTV Network 90 Various characters Episode: "Jane Eyrehead"
1984 Saturday Night Live Himself Host / Various characters
1984 Pryor's Place Gaby Episode: "Sax Education"
1986 Saturday Night Live Himself Host / Various characters
1986 The Max Headroom Show Himself Episode: "Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey"
1988 Saturday Night Live Himself Host / Various characters
1988 Wogan Himself
1991 Wogan Himself
1991 A Wish For Wings That Work The Kiwi Voice only
Credited as Sudy Nim
1992 The Larry Sanders Show Himself Episode: "Hank's Contract"
1994 Homicide: Life on the Streets Robert Ellison Episode: "Bop Gun"
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series
1994 Live & Kicking Himself
1994 The Larry Sanders Show Himself Episode: "Montana"
1994 Nyhetsmorgon Himself Episode: "Filmen 'Mrs. Doubtfire' svensk premiär"
1994 In the Wild Himself Episode: "In the Wild: Dolphins with Robin Williams"
1995 Primer Plano Himself
1996 American Masters Himself Episode: "Take Two: Mike Nichols and Elaine May"
1996 Primer Plano
1996 HBO First Look Himself Episode: "Fathers Day"
1997 Friends Tomas Uncredited
1998 Nyhetsmorgon Himself / Sean Maguire Episode: "Filmen Good Will Hunting"
1998 Hollywood Squares Himself
1998 Noel's House Party Himself Episode: #8.10
1999 L.A. Doctors Hugo Kinsley Episode: "Just Duet"
2000 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Himself Episode: #3.9
2002 Comedy Central Canned Ham Himself Episode: "Death to Smoochy"
2002 Leute heute Himself
2002 Supermarket Sweep Himself
2003 Player$ Himself Episodes: "E3 03, Playa" and "Players Halloweenie Televizzie"
2003 Freedoom: A History of Us Josiah Quincy
Ulysses S. Grant
Missouri farmer
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright 		Episodes: "Wake Up America", "A War to End Slavery", "Liberty for All", and "Safe for Democracy"
2003 Life With Bonnie Kevin Powalski Episode: "Psychic"
2004 This Hour Has 22 Minutes Himself
2005 Just For Laughs Himself
2006 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Himself
2006 Mind of Mencia Himself Episode: "That's Fucking Historical"
2006 Getaway Himself Episode: #15.15
2008 American Idol Ivan "Bob" Poppanoff the "Russian Idol" / Himself Episodes: "Idol Gives Back" and "Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated"
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Merritt Rook Episode: "Authority"
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series
2009 SpongeBob SquarePants Himself Episode: "Truth or Square"
2009 TV Land Moguls Himself Episode: "The 80s"
2010 Alan Carr Chatty Man Himself
2010 Pentagon Channel commercial Himself
2011 Curiosity Himself Episode: "Your Body on Drugs"
2012 Wilfred Dr Eddie / Himself Episode: "Progress"
2012 Louie Himself Episode: "Barney/Never"
2013 Crazy Ones Simon Roberts Main character

Discography

  • Reality...What a Concept (1979)
  • Throbbing Python of Love (1983)
  • A Night at The Met (1986)
  • Pecos Bill (1988)
  • Live 2002 (2002)
  • Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)

Williams appeared in the music video of Bobby McFerrin's hit 1988 song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".[69] He teamed with McFerrin again to record a cover of The Beatles' "Come Together" for the 1998 George Martin album In My Life.

He made a cameo in Cobra Starship's video "You Make Me Feel..." along with his daughter, Zelda Williams.[70]

References

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  2. ^ According to the Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005; at http://www.ancestry.com/
  3. ^ The official Michigan social register, 1967, Virginia F. Searcy
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Bibliography

  • Jay David (1999). The Life and Humor of Robin Williams: A Biography. New York: Quill. ISBN 978-0-688-15245-1.
  • Andy Dougan (1999). Robin Williams: A Biography. Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 978-1-56025-213-9.
  • Stephen J. Spignesi (1997). The Robin Williams Scrapbook. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. ISBN 978-0-8065-1891-6.

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