Robin Williams

21 July, 1951

| 1.70 m

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Robin Williams

Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford Motor Company executive from Indiana. Williams had English, German, French, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.Robin briefly studied political science at Claremont Men's College and theater at College of Marin before enrolling at The Juilliard School to focus on theater. After leaving Juilliard, he performed in nightclubs where he was discovered for the role of "Mork, from Ork", in an episode of Happy Days (1974). The episode, My Favorite Orkan (1978), led to his famous spin-off weekly TV series, Mork i Mindy (1978). He made his feature starring debut playing the title role in Popeye (1980), directed by Robert Altman.Williams' continuous comedies and wild comic talents involved a great deal of improvisation, following in the footsteps of his idol Jonathan Winters. Williams also proved to be an effective dramatic actor, receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Stowarzyszenie Umarłych Poetów (1989), and Fisher King (1991), before winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Buntownik z wyboru (1997).During the 1990s, Williams became a beloved hero to children the world over for his roles in a string of hit family-oriented films, including Hook (1991), Dolina paproci (1992), Aladyn (1992), Pani Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), Flubber (1997), and Człowiek przyszłości (1999). He continued entertaining children and families into the 21st century with his work in Roboty (2005), Happy Feet: Tupot małych stóp (2006), Noc w muzeum (2006), Noc w muzeum 2 (2009), Happy Feet: Tupot małych stóp 2 (2011), and Noc w muzeum: Tajemnica grobowca (2014). Other more...

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