Thursday, July 2, 2015

About Robin McLaurin Williams

It is an article about Robin McLaurin Williams who was born on July 21, 1951 in Chicago and died on 11th August, 2014 was an American actor and comedian. He was as raised in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Marin County. He studied acting at the Juilliard School. In this world of tough competition he took a start as a stand-up comedian (a comedian who performs by standing in front of an audience and telling jokes) in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. There he was known as the leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. When he got fame as Mork in the sitcom Mork and Mindy in the years 1978–82, he went on to establish a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. His great quality was the use of his improvisational skills.

Debut and Career Life 
His first film which was his debut film in the musical comedy was Popeye in 1980. He act or co-starred in widely popular films, especially the comedy-drama His famous comedy dramas or movies are:
The World According to Garp (1982),
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987),
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Awakenings (1990),
The Fisher King (1991),
Aladdin (1992),
Good Will Hunting (1997),
One Hour Photo (2002).
He got financial successes after films of dramas such as:
adventure film Hook (1991),
comedy Mrs. Doubtfire (1993),
fantasy adventure Jumanji (1995),
comedy The Birdcage (1996),
and fantasy adventure-comedy Night at the Museum (2006).

Awards
Mr. Williams’s acting career reached a new height in 1987 with his performance in Barry Levinson’s film “Good Morning, Vietnam,” in which he played Adrian Cronauer, a nonconformist Armed Forces Radio host working in Saigon in the 1960s. It earned Mr. Williams his first Oscar nomination. Williams won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Dr. Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting in 1998, . He also received two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Grammy Awards throughout his career.


 Death
After a long history of depression, Williams committed suicide at his home in Paradise Cay, California on August 11, 2014.

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