Robin Williams

1951-

Biography: life and films

Robin Williams is an American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 21st July 1951.

His best films as an actor include Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society (1989), Penny Marshall's Awakenings (1990), Ron Clements's Aladdin (1992), Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting (1997) and Andrew J. Kuehn's Get Bruce (1999).

Robin Williams has so far appeared in 62 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Chris Columbus (3 films), Barry Levinson (3), Terry Gilliam (2), Shawn Levy (2), Robert Altman (2), George Miller (2) and Bob Goldthwait (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (24 films), comedy-drama (17), drama (15), Fantasy (10), Thriller (9), romance (8), comedy-romance (8), Animation (5), comedy-thriller (3), crime-thriller (2), War (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Robin Williams over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977) [a]

Popeye (1980) [a]

The World According to Garp (1982) [a]

The Survivors (1983) [a]

Moscow on the Hudson (1984) [a]

Club Paradise (1986) [a]

Seize the Day (1986) [a]

The Best of Times (1986) [a]

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) [a]

Portrait of a White Marriage (1988) [a]

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) [a]

Dead Poets Society (1989) [a]

I'm from Hollywood (1989) [a]

Awakenings (1990) [a]

Cadillac Man (1990) [a]

Dead Again (1991) [a]

Hook (1991) [a]

Shakes the Clown (1991) [a]

The Fisher King (1991) [a]

Aladdin (1992) [a]

FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) [a]

Toys (1992) [a]

Being Human (1993) [a]

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) [a]

Jumanji (1995) [a]

Nine Months (1995) [a]

Jack (1996) [a]

The Birdcage (1996) [a]

The Secret Agent (1996) [a]

Fathers' Day (1997) [a]

Flubber (1997) [a]

Good Will Hunting (1997) [a]

Patch Adams (1998) [a]

What Dreams May Come (1998) [a]

Bicentennial Man (1999) [a]

Get Bruce (1999) [a]

Jakob the Liar (1999) [a]

Death to Smoochy (2002) [a]

Insomnia (2002) [a]

One Hour Photo (2002) [a]

House of D (2004) [a]

Noel (2004) [a]

The Final Cut (2004) [a]

Robots (2005) [a]

The Big White (2005) [a]

A Prairie Home Companion (2006) [a]

Happy Feet (2006) [a]

Man of the Year (2006) [a]

Night at the Museum (2006) [a]

RV (2006) [a]

The Night Listener (2006) [a]

August Rush (2007) [a]

License to Wed (2007) [a]

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) [a]

Old Dogs (2009) [a]

Shrink (2009) [a]

World's Greatest Dad (2009) [a]

Happy Feet Two (2011) [a]

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2013) [a]

The Big Wedding (2013) [a]

The Face of Love (2013) [a]

Boulevard (2014) [a]

Absolutely Anything (2015) [a]



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