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Robin Williams is an American comedian and actor. He was born on July 21st, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Marin County, California. He moved to San Francisco in 1967. He was a shy person in his early years of childhood. He was an overweight child and nobody wanted to play with him. Therefore to entertain himself, he used to talk in different voices. He was performing in night clubs when he was discovered for the role in episode of TV series Happy Days in 1974 and later for TV series Mork and Mindy in 1978. He became famous with the alien Mork role in the TV series Mork and Mindy (1978 to 1982) and later with stand up comedy. He would have appeared on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987 but he had to drop out due to schedule conflict. He was voted funniest man alive by Entertainment Weekly in 1997. It also listed him as one of the 25 best Actors in 1998. In 2004, Robin Williams was voted 13th at Comedy Central's list of 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. Many Robin Williams Movies are famous for his comedy role, including Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and The Birdcage (1996). In 1996, two of his movies, Jumanji (1995) and The Birdcage (1996) crossed $100 millions mark in the same week. He also gave his voice in movies Aladdin (1992), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995), animated feature film Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006) and Everyone's Hero (2006). He also worked in dramatic movies such as Dead Poets Society (1989), The Fisher King (1991), Hook (1991), Awakenings (1990) and What Dreams May Come (1998). In 2002, Robin Williams worked in thriller movies Insomnia and One Hour Photo.
Robin Williams has done many stand-up comedy tours. Some of his famous tours are An Evening With Robin Williams, Robin Williams: At The Met and Robin Williams LIVE on Broadway. The latter was in 2002 after 20 years of break and broke many comedy show records. It won Grammy in 2003. In 1995, the role of The Riddler in Batman Forever had been offered to him. But eventually, it went to Jim Carrey.
Robin Williams won Oscar in 1998 for the best actor in a supporting role in movie Good Will Hunting (1997). He was also nominated for the Oscar for the best actor in a leading role in the movies The Fisher King (1991), Dead Poets Society (1989) and Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). He won Golden Globe award in 1994 for the best performance by an actor in a comedy and musical motion picture in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). He also won 44 other awards and nominated for many other awards throughout his career. He recently underwent successful heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
Our pick of top 10 Robin Williams Movies are Good Will Hunting (1997), Aladdin (1992), Happy Feet (2006), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Patch Adams (1998), Dead Poets Society (1989), Jumanji (1995), Bicentennial Man (1999), Toys (1992), and Hook (1991). Some of his other popular movies are Insomnia, Good Morning Vietnam and The Birdcage. Here follows the list of Robin Williams movies in which he acted.
Robin Williams Movies List
| Year | Robin Williams Movie Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Happy Feet 2 | (Voice) |
| 2009 | Old Dogs | Dan |
| 2009 | Shrink | Holden |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian | Teddy Roosevelt |
| 2009 | World's Greatest Dad | Lance Clayton |
| 2007 | License to Wed | Reverend Frank |
| 2007 | August Rush | Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace |
| 2006 | Man of the Year | Tom Dobbs |
| 2006 | Night At The Museum | Theodore Roosevelt |
| 2006 | RV | Bob Munro |
| 2006 | The Night Listener | Gabriel Noone |
| 2005 | In Search of Ted Demme | |
| 2005 | The Big White | Paul Barnell |
| 2005 | Robots | Fender |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats | Himself |
| 2004 | Noel | Charlie Boyd/The Priest |
| 2004 | House of D | Pappass |
| 2004 | The Final Cut | Alan W. Hakman |
| 2002 | The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch | |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Walter Finch |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | 'Rainbow' Randolph Smiley |
| 2002 | One Hour Photo | Sy Parrish |
| 2001 | A.I.: Artificial Intelligence | Dr. Know |
| 2000 | Model Behavior | Faremain |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Andrew Martin |
| 1999 | Jakob the Liar | Jakob Heym/Narrator |
| 1999 | Get Robin | |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Hunter "Patch" Adams |
| 1998 | Junket Whore | |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | Chris Nielsen |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Sean Maguire |
| 1997 | Flubber | Professor Philip Brainard |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Mel/Harry's Character |
| 1997 | Fathers' Day | Dale Putley |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Osric |
| 1996 | The Secret Agent | The Professor |
| 1996 | Jack | Jack Powell |
| 1996 | The Birdcage | Armand Goldman |
| 1995 | Jumanji | Alan Parrish |
| 1995 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt |
| 1995 | Nine Months | Dr. Kosevich |
| 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss | Father |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Daniel Hillard/Mrs. Doubtfire |
| 1993 | Being Human | Hector |
| 1992 | Toys | Leslie Zevo |
| 1992 | The Timekeeper | The Timekeeper |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Batty Koda |
| 1992 | Shakes the Clown | Mime Class Instructor |
| 1992 | I'm From Hollywood | |
| 1991 | Hook | Peter Banning / Peter Pan |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Parry |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Doctor Cozy Carlisle |
| 1990 | Awakenings | Dr. Malcolm Sayer |
| 1990 | Cadillac Man | Joey O'Brien |
| 1989 | Dead Poets Society | John Keating |
| 1989 | Back to Neverland | Peter Pan |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | King of the Moon |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Air Conditioning Salesman |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Vietnam | Adrian Cronauer |
| 1986 | Seize the Day | Tommy Wilhelm |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Jack Moniker |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Jack Dundee |
| 1984 | Moscow on the Hudson | Vladimir Ivanov |
| 1983 | The Survivors | Donald Quinelle |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | T.S. Garp |
| 1980 | Popeye | Popeye |
Robin Williams Movie, World’s Greatest Dad was released on August 21st, 2009. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 8th, 2009. His new movie, Old Dogs, was released on November 25th, 2009 in USA. As per box office, it didn't do well in first few weeks. It grossed $35 miliions in first few weeks. That is said to be the reason that Disney has cancelled production of movie Wedding Banned. In this movie, Robin Williams plays Dan and John Travolta plays Charlie. Both are business partners and good friends. Under unusual circumstances, they are forced in the care of 7 year old twins.
One of the most popular Robin Williams movie, Mrs. Doubtfire, is directed by Chris Columbus and the cast are Robin Williams as Daniel Hillard (and Mrs. Doubtfire), Sally Field as Miranda Hillard, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence and others. It was released on 24th November 1993. The movie is about Mr. Hillard who after losing his job, also gets divorced. Obviously, his wife gets custody of their kids. To stay closer with his kids, he disguises himself as a female housekeeper who is hired by his ex-wife.
His new upcoming movies are Happy Feet 2 (3D), The Prince of Providence and Wedding Banned.This site is updated regularly. Stay tuned to find latest information on Robin Williams Movies.
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