Robin McLaurim Williams was born July 21, 1951 or 1952. He is an Academy Award-, six-time Golden Globe-, two-time Screen Actors Guild Award- and Grammy Award-winning American actor and comedian who has done television, stage and film work. In part, his big break was from playing Mork from Ork, which was highlighted on Mork & Mindy. Soon afterward he became a film star who is still active as an actor and headlining comic. He was voted 13th on Comedy Central's list of "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time".
Mrs. Doubtfire
Good Morning VietnamOn April 30, 1989, he married Marsha Garces, his son's babysitter. They have two children, Zelda Rae was born July 31, 1989 and Cody Alan was born November 25, 1991. Williams currently resides in a large house in the upper-income Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco. However, in March 2008, Garces filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Williams had a serious addiction to cocaine; he has since quit. Williams was a close friend 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".
He was also quoted as saying, "Cocaine is God's way of telling you, you're making too much money." On August 9, 2006, Williams entered himself into a rehabilitation center for alcoholism. 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. He asks that you respect his and his family's privacy during this time. He looks forward to returning to work this fall to support his upcoming film releases." On August 20, 2007, Williams' elder brother, Robert Todd Williams, died of complications from heart surgery performed in July. Robin Williams gave a speech at his memorial service.
Filmography
1980 Popeye
Popeye
1982 The World According to Garp
T.S. Garp
1983 The Survivors
Donald Quinelle
1984 Moscow on the Hudson
Vladimir Ivanov
1986 Seize the Day
Tommy Wilhelm
Club Paradise
Jack Moniker
The Best of Times
Jack Dundee
1987 Good Morning, Vietnam
Adrian Cronauer
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
King of the Moon
Portrait of a White Marriage Air Conditioning Salesman
1989 Dead Poets Society
John Keating
Back to Neverland Vacationer/Lost Boy
1990 Awakenings
Dr. Malcolm Sayer
Cadillac Man
Joey O'Brien
1991 Hook
Peter Banning/Peter Pan
The Fisher King
Parry
Dead Again
Doctor Cozy Carlisle
1992 Toys
Leslie Zevo
Aladdin
Genie
The Timekeeper
(or From Time to Time or LeVisionarium) The Timekeeper
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Batty Koda
Shakes the Clown
Mime Class Instructor
I'm From Hollywood
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire
Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Doubtfire
Being Human
Hector
1994 In Search of Dr. Seuss
Father
1995 Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Genie
Jumanji
Alan Parrish
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Nine Months
Dr. Kosevich
1996 Hamlet
Osric
The Secret Agent
The Professor
Jack
Jack Powell
The Birdcage
Armand Goldman
1997 Good Will Hunting
Sean Maguire
Flubber
Professor Philip Brainard
Deconstructing Harry
Mel/Harry's Character
Fathers' Day
Dale Putley
1998 Patch Adams
Hunter "Patch" Adams
Junket Whore
What Dreams May Come
Chris Nielsen
1999 Bicentennial Man
Andrew Martin
Jakob the Liar
Jakob Heym/Narrator
Get Bruce
2000 Model Behavior
Faremain
2001 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Know
2002 The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Insomnia
Walter Finch
Death to Smoochy
'Rainbow' Randolph Smiley
One Hour Photo
Sy Parrish
2004 Noel
Charlie Boyd/The Priest
House of D
Pappass
The Final Cut
Alan W. Hakman
2005 In Search of Ted Demme
The Big White
Paul Barnell
Robots
Fender
The Aristocrats
Himself
2006
Night at the Museum
Teddy Roosevelt
Man of the Year
Tom Dobbs
Happy Feet
Ramon/Lovelace
Everyone's Hero
Napoleon Cross
RV
Bob Munro
The Night Listener
Gabriel Noone
2007 License to Wed
Reverend Frank
August Rush
Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
2009 Old Dogs
The Krazees
