Robin Williams

Received an Emmy nominationn for his guest starring role on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

Cast as an overbearing minister in "Licence to Wed"

Cast in "August Rush" with Freddie Highmore and Keri Russell

Cast opposite Ben Stiller as Theodore Roosevelt in the action-adventure-comedy "Night at the Museum"

Co-starred with Toni Collette in Armistead Maupin's adaptation of "The Night Listener"

Played a comic talk show host who gets elected to the presidency in "Man of the Year"

Cast in David Duchovny's directorial debut "House of D"

Voiced Fender in the animated feature "Robots"

Starred in the thriller "The Final Cut" with James Caviezel and Mira Sorvino

Had featured role in "Insomnia"

Live uncensored comedy special "Robin Williams: Live on Broadway," aired on HBO; earned an Emmy nomination

Played a deposed children's host bent on revenge in the black comedy "Death to Smoochy"

Voiced character of Dr. Know in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"

Reteamed with Chris Columbus for "Bicentennial Man"

Played real-life doctor "Patch Adams," who utilized humor in treating patients

Earned rave reviews for his performance as a therapist counselling a troubled math genius in "Good Will Hunting"

Starred in "Flubber", a remake of the Disney film "The Absent-Minded Professor"

Teamed with Billy Crystal for "Father's Day"

Played first Shakespearean role, Osric, in Kenneth Branagh's full-length film version of "Hamlet"

Reprised role of the Genie in the direct-to-video release "Aladdin and the King of Thieves"

Starred opposite Nathan Lane in Mike Nichols' "The Birdcage," an American remake of the French farce "La Cage aux folles" (1978)

Played a Russian-speaking obstetrician in Chris Columbus' "Nine Months"

Had major boxoffice hit with Chris Columbus' comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire"; played the title role in drag; also debut as producer

Made dramatic guest appearance on the second season premiere of the NBC series "Homicide: Life on the Streets"

Reuinted with Barry Levinson as the star of "Toys"

Voiced the character of the Genie in Disney's animated "Aladdin"

Received third Academy Award nod as Best Actor for "The Fisher King"

Starred as a grown up Peter Pan in Steven Spielberg's "Hook"

Portrayed Oliver Sacks in Penny Marshall's screen version of "Awakenings," co-starring Robert De Niro

Garnered second Oscar nomination as Best Actor for his turn as a prep school teacher in "Dead Poets Society"

Co-starred on stage with Steve Martin in Mike Nichols' production of "Waiting For Godot" at Lincoln Center

Earned first Best Actor Academy Award nomination as disc jockey Adrian Cronauer in Barry Levinson's "Good Morning, Vietnam"

Made rare dramatic TV appearance in the PBS' "Great Performances" presentation "Seize the Day"

Was featured in "A Carol Burnett Special ... Carol, Carl, Whoopi & Robin" (CBS)

With Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal, began hosting the annual "Comic Relief" telecasts on HBO; funds raised went to help the homeless

Wrote and starred in "Robin Williams: Live at the Met" (HBO)

Headlined the HBO special "An Evening with Robin Williams"

Breakthrough screen role as Garp in George Roy Hill's film version of the John Irving novel "The World According to Garp"

Voiced Mork in the animated ABC series "Mork & Mindy"

First starring film role in "Popeye," directed by Robert Altman

Feature film debut in "Can I Do It...Till I Need Glasses"

First appeared as the space alien Mork from Ork in an episode of the ABC sitcom "Happy Days" (in February)

Starred as Mork in the ABC sitcom "Mork and Mindy"

First regular TV role on "Laugh-In" revival

When his father took early retirement, family moved to Tiburon in Marin County, California (date approximate)

Co-founded production company (with Marsha Garces Williams), Blue Wolf Productions Inc.

Hosted the HBO series "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales"

Made directorial debut with an episode of "Mork and Mindy"

Performed in San Francisco nightclubs including Holy City Zoo, Intersection, The Great American Music Hall and The Boardinghouse, and in Los Angeles at The Comedy Store, Improvisation and The Ice House

Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan