Robin Williams

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Birthday: July 21, 1951

A consistent audience favorite since he burst onto the small screen as a red-suited alien from planet Ork in 1978, the irrepressible and irreverent Robin Williams fittingly enjoyed one of Hollywood’s most unique careers and long-lasting careers. His classical Juilliard dramatic training coupled with his unequalled talents for improvisation led to award-winning roles as outrageous comic characters in “Mrs. Doubtfire,” as well as subtle and well-observed dramatic figures in “The World According to Garp” (1982), “The Fisher King” (19…more

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Actor

Comic Relief 2006
Robin Williams -- An Evening at the Met
Hamlet
Host
King Richard III
Host
The 58th Annual Academy Awards Presentation
Co-Host

Director

Mork and Mindy
Director

Music

In My Life
Song Performer ("Come Together")
72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation
Song Performer ("Blame Canada")

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Career Milestones

2007
Cast as an overbearing minister in "Licence to Wed"
2007
Cast in "August Rush" with Freddie Highmore and Keri Russell
2006
Cast opposite Ben Stiller as Theodore Roosevelt in the action-adventure-comedy "Night at the Museum"
2006
Co-starred with Toni Collette in Armistead Maupin's adaptation of "The Night Listener"
2006
Played a comic talk show host who gets elected to the presidency in "Man of the Year"