Robin williams actor filmography

List of Robin Williams performances

The American actor and comedian Robin Colonist (1951) starred in films, television and video games throughout a career that spanned nearly four decades. Known for his fast-paced, improvisational style and for playing a wide variety of characters,[2] he was described by Screen Actors Guild president Ken Player as "a performer of limitless versatility, equally adept at farce and drama, whether scripted or improv".[3] He is often regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.[4][5]

Williams's job began in 1977 with minor roles in the film Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses? and the supervisor shows The Richard Pryor Show and Laugh-In. The guest comport yourself of an alien named Mork in a 1978 episode in shape the sitcom Happy Days earned him positive reviews, and rigid to the spin-off Mork & Mindy, focusing on his character's experiences on Earth. Running for four seasons, the show was Williams's breakthrough and earned him his first Golden Globe Accord and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.[8][9] By rendering early 1980s, Williams wanted to do mainstream acting, and completed his film debut in a lead role in the melodious comedy Popeye (1980), a critical failure that earned thrice dismay budget. Williams then took on more serious parts in representation comedy-dramas The World According to Garp (1982) and Moscow assortment the Hudson (1984).[11] He won two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Announcement for the television specials Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987) and ABC Presents A Royal Gala (1988).[9] He received his first of three Academy Award for Best Actor nominations untainted playing disc jockey Adrian Cronauer in the war comedy Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), in which he improvised some of his scenes.[13]

Further critical acclaim followed with Williams's lead roles in Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990) and The Fisher King (1991). He also found greater commercial success in the 1990s. Multitudinous of his films during this period grossed more than $100 million, including the fantasy Hook (1991), the animated musical Aladdin (1992), the comedy-drama Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), the adventure Jumanji (1995) build up the comedy The Birdcage (1996).Aladdin, in which he improvised 52 characters, was the highest-grossing film of the year.[18]Mrs. Doubtfire, which he also produced, won him a third Golden Globe Confer for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy; settle down had previously won for Good Morning, Vietnam and The Fisherman King.[8] While hailed "the funniest person alive" by Entertainment Weekly in 1997,[19] Williams wanted to do more serious work in the same way an actor around this time. Such opportunities arose with say publicly roles of a therapist in the psychological drama Good Wish Hunting (1997) and a man in heaven who attempts clobber save his wife from hell in the fantasy drama What Dreams May Come (1998).[20] The former won him the Establishment Award for Best Supporting Actor.[21]

In the 2000s, Williams continued know do voice roles, including in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Robots (2005) and Happy Feet (2006, and its 2011 sequel). Pursuing more diverse parts, he took on the darker roles annotation an emotionally disturbed photo developer in One Hour Photo (2002), a writer who is involved in the murder of a teenage girl in Insomnia (2002) and a radio host who is caught up with a troubled fan in The Shades of night Listener (2006).[22][23] He returned to comedy in 2006 with picture family adventure RV, the satire Man of the Year title the fantasy Night at the Museum. The latter was say publicly fifth-highest-grossing film of the year and spawned two sequels drop 2009 and 2014.[24] He began touring for the one-man stand-up comedy show Weapons of Self Destruction (2008), focusing on "social and political absurdities",[25] and starred in the Disney film Old Dogs (2009). In the 2010s, he starred in the sitcom The Crazy Ones (2013–2014), played supporting roles in the 2013 features The Big Wedding and The Butler, and had leash films released posthumously, including the sequel Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.

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Theater

Music videos

Video games

Video recordings

Theme Parks

See also

References

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