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Robin Williams
(1951-)

American Comedian, Actor

birthdate: July 21
birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois

Robin McLaurin Williams is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning American actor and comedian widely regarded as one of the greatest impromptu comedians of all time. Starting out as a stand-up comic, he became an overnight sensation as a comedic actor playing Mork the alien, first in the TV series Happy Days and then in the spin-off, Mork and Mindy which ran from 1978 to 1982. The nonsensical greeting, "Nanu, Nanu" and the explicative "Shazbot!" quickly entered mainstream culture. Robin Williams' has had a prolific movie career that started with Popeye in 1980. With an Academy Award Nomination for 1987's Good Morning, Vietnam, his screen career was firmly established. He won an Academy Award for his supporting role in Good Will Hunting and Golden Globe Awards for Good Morning, Vietnam, The Fisher King and Mrs. Doubtfire. Meanwhile, he also won 4 Grammy Awards over the years for his comedy albums and numerous American Comedy Awards. Robin Williams had a lifelong friendship with fellow-actor Christopher Reeve, whom he first met as an acting student at Julliard in 1973. After his friend, Christopher Reeve became paralyzed in 1995, Robin Williams became deeply involved with The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, which is committed to funding research that develops treatments and cures for paralysis. Known for his boundless energy, Robin Williams devotes much of it to philanthropic causes for a better world. He has been a long-standing cornerstone of the Comic Relief fundraising efforts, which raise money for the homeless and people in need, especially after disasters. Robin Williams and his wife Marsha founded the Windfall Foundation which raises funds for many charities such as Doctors Without Borders, The Pediatric AIDS Association and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.


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