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Infobox comedian| name = Robin Williams| image = Williams, Robin (USGov) crop.jpg| caption = Williams at "Stand Up for Heroes" in 2007| birth_name = Robin McLaurin Williams| birth_date = | birth_place = Chicago , Illinois, United States| medium = Stand-up, film, television| nationality = American| active = 1972–present| genre = Character comedy, physical comedy, improvisational comedy, satire/political satire, observational comedy, blue comedy| influences = Peter Sellers , Richard Pryor , Jonathan Winters , George Carlin , Chuck Jones | influenced = Conan O'Brien , Frank Caliendo , Dat Phan , Jo Koy | spouse = Valerie Velardi
(1978–1988; 1 child)
Marsha Garces Williams
(1989–2008; 2 children)
Susan Schneider
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Early life

Williams was born in Chicago , Illinois. His mother, Laura McLaurin (née Smith, 1922–2001), was a former model from New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams (September 10, 1906 – October 18, 1987), was a senior executive at Ford Motor Company in charge of the Midwest region. His maternal great-great-grandfather was senator and Mississippi governor Anselm J. McLaurin . Williams is of English American|English , Welsh American|Welsh , Irish American|Irish , and French American|French ancestry. He was raised in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church (his mother practiced Christian Science ). He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan|Bloomfield Hills , Michigan, where he was a student at the Detroit Country Day School , and later moved to Woodacre , Marin County, California , where he attended the public Redwood High School (Larkspur, California)|Redwood High School . Williams studied at Claremont McKenna College (then called Claremont Men's College) for four years.October 1982 Playboy Magazine He has two half-brothers: Todd (who died August 14, 2007) and McLaurin.

Williams has described himself as a quiet child whose first imitation was of his grandmother to his mother. He did not overcome his shyness until he became involved with his high-school drama department.

In 1973, Williams was one of only 20 students accepted into the freshman class at the Juilliard School , and one of only two students to be accepted by John Houseman into the Advanced Program at the school that year, the other being Christopher Reeve . In his dialects class, Williams had no trouble mastering all dialects quickly. Williams left Juilliard in 1976.

Television career

After appearing in the cast of the short-lived The Richard Pryor Show on NBC , Williams was cast by Garry Marshall as the alien Mork in the hit TV series Happy Days . As Mork, Williams improvised much of his dialogue and physical comedy, speaking in a high, nasal voice. Mork's appearance was so popular with viewers that it led to a spin-off hit television sitcom, Mork & Mindy , which ran from 1978 to 1982; the show was written to accommodate Williams' improvisations. Although he played the same character as in his appearance in Happy Days , the show was set in the present day, in Boulder, Colorado, instead of the late '50s in Milwaukee . Mork was an extremely popular character, featured on posters, coloring books, lunchboxes, and other merchandise.

Starting in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Williams began to reach a wider audience with his standup comedy, including three Home Box Office|HBO comedy specials, Off The Wall (1978), An Evening with Robin Williams (1982), and Robin Williams: Live at the Met (1986). Also in 1986, Williams reached an ever wider audience to exhibit his style at the 58th Academy Awards show.
His stand-up work has been a consistent thread through his career, as is seen by the success of his one-man show (and subsequent DVD) Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002). He was voted 13th on Comedy Central 's list "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" in 2004.

After some encouragement from his friend Whoopi Goldberg , he was set to make a guest appearance in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, " A Matter of Time (TNG episode)|A Matter of Time ", but he had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict; Matt Frewer took his place as a time-traveling confidence trick|con man , Professor Berlingoff Rasmussen. Williams, along with Billy Crystal , appeared in a cameo together at the beginning of an episode of the third season of Friends . Both Williams and Crystal's parts weren't originally in the script. They were apparently in the building where the show was shooting and were asked to improvise their lines.

Williams appeared on an episode of the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Season 3, Episode 9: November 16, 2000). During a game of "Scenes from a Hat", the scene "What Robin Williams is thinking right now" was drawn, and Williams stated "I have a career. What the hell am I doing here? "
On December 4, 2010, he appeared with Robert De Niro on SNL in the sketch What Up with That .

Movie roles

Most of Williams' acting career has been in film, although he has given some performances on stage as well (notably as Estragon in a production of Waiting for Godot with Steve Martin ). His performance in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) resulted in Williams being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award . Many of his roles have been comedies tinged with pathos.

His role as the Genie (Aladdin)|Genie in the animated film Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin (1992) was instrumental in establishing the importance of star power in voice actor casting. Williams also used his voice talents in FernGully: The Last Rainforest|Fern Gully , as the holographic Dr. Know in the 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence , in the 2005 animated film Robots (film)|Robots , the 2006 Academy Award-winning Happy Feet , and an uncredited vocal performance in the film '' Everyone's Hero . Furthermore, he was the voice of The Timekeeper , a former attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort about a time-traveling robot who encounters Jules Verne and brings him to the future.

In 1998, he won an Academy Awards|Oscar as Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor for his role as a psychologist in Good Will Hunting . Williams has also starred in dramatic films, which earned him two subsequent Academy Award nominations: First for playing an English teacher in Dead Poets Society (1989), and later for playing a troubled homeless man in The Fisher King (film)|The Fisher King (1991); that same year, he played an adult Peter Pan in the movie Hook (film)|Hook . Other acclaimed dramatic films include Awakenings (1990) and What Dreams May Come (film)|What Dreams May Come (1998). In the 2002 film Insomnia (2002 film)|Insomnia , Williams portrays a writer/killer on the run from a sleep-deprived Los Angeles policeman (played by Al Pacino ) in rural Alaska. And also in 2002, in the psychological thriller One Hour Photo , Williams played an emotionally disturbed photo development technician who becomes obsessed with a family for whom he has developed pictures for a long time. In 2006 Williams starred in The Night Listener (film)|The Night Listener , a thriller about a radio show host who realizes he has developed a friendship with a child who may or may not exist.

He is known for his Improvisational comedy|improvisational skills and impersonations. His performances frequently involve impromptu humor designed and delivered in rapid-fire succession while on stage. According to the Aladdin DVD commentary, most of his dialogue as the Genie was improvised.

In 2006, he starred in five movies including Man of the Year (2006 film)|Man of the Year and was the Surprise Guest at the 2006 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . He appeared on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that aired on January 30, 2006.

At one point, he was in the running to play the Riddler in Batman Forever until director Tim Burton dropped the project. Earlier, Williams had been a strong contender to play the Joker (comics)|Joker in Batman (1989 film)|Batman . He had expressed interest in assuming the role in The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight , the sequel to 2005's Batman Begins , although the part of the Joker was played by Heath Ledger , who went on to win, posthumously, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor .

He was portrayed by Chris Diamantopoulos in the made-for-TV biopic Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (2005), documenting the actor's arrival in Hollywood as a struggling comedian.

Disputes with Disney

In gratitude for his success with the Disney/Touchstone film Good Morning, Vietnam , Robin Williams voiced the Genie (Aladdin)|Genie in the Disney animated film Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin for Screen Actors Guild|SAG scale pay ($75,000), on condition that his name or image not be used for marketing, and his (supporting) character not take more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Toys (film)|Toys was scheduled for release one month after Aladdin 's debut. The studio went back on the deal on both counts, especially in poster art by having the Genie in 25% of the image, but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. Disney's Hyperion book, Aladdin: The Making Of An Animated Film , listed both of Williams' characters "The Peddler" and "The Genie" ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him only as "the actor signed to play the Genie".

Williams and Disney had a bitter falling-out, and as a result Dan Castellaneta voiced the Genie in The Return of Jafar , the Aladdin animated television series, and had recorded his voice for Aladdin and the King of Thieves. When Jeffrey Katzenberg was fired from Disney and replaced by former 20th Century Fox production head Joe Roth (whose last act for Fox was greenlighting Williams' film Mrs. Doubtfire ), Roth arranged for a public apology to Williams by Disney. Williams agreed to perform in Hollywood Pictures' Jack (1996 film)|Jack , directed by Francis Ford Coppola , and even agreed to voice the Genie again for the King Of Thieves sequel (for considerably more than scale), replacing all of Castellaneta's dialogue.

When Williams re-teamed with Doubtfire director Chris Columbus for 1999's Bicentennial Man (film)|Bicentennial Man , Disney asked that the budget be cut by approximately $20 million, and when the film was released on Christmas Day, it flopped at the box office. Williams blamed Disney's marketing and the loss of content the film had suffered due to the budget cuts. As a result, Williams was again on bad terms with Disney, and Castellaneta was once again recruited to replace him as Genie in the Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts video game series and the '' Disney's House of Mouse|House of Mouse TV series. The DVD release for Aladdin has no involvement whatsoever from Williams in the bonus materials, although some of his original recording sessions can be seen.

Robin Williams has recently made peace with The Walt Disney Company and in 2009 agreed to be inducted into the Disney Hall of Fame, designated as a Disney Legend .

Stand-up career

Williams has done a number of stand-up comedy tours since the early 1970s. Some of his most notable tours include An Evening With Robin Williams (1982), Robin Williams: At The Met (1986) and Robin Williams LIVE on Broadway (2002). The latter broke many long-held records for a comedy show. In some cases, tickets were sold out within thirty minutes of going on sale.

After a six year break, in August 2008 Williams announced a brand new 26-city tour titled "Weapons of Self Destruction". He was quoted as saying that this was his last chance to make cracks at the expense of the current Bush Administration, but by the time the show was staged only a few minutes covered that subject. The tour started at the end of September 2009, finishing in New York on December 3, and was the subject of an HBO special on December 8, 2009.robinwilliams.com

Accusations of plagiarism

Williams was accused of stealing material from other comics to the extent that David Brenner claims that he confronted Williams personally and threatened him with bodily harm if he heard Williams utter another one of his jokes.

Theatre career

In theatre, Williams has headed his own one-man show , Robin Williams: Live on Broadway , that played at The Broadway Theatre in July 2002.The Broadway League. . IBDB: The Official Source for Broadway Information . He made his Broadway acting debut in Rajiv Joseph 's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo , which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on March 31, 2011.. Broadway.com, November 12, 2010."Culture Monster". . Los Angeles Times . October 21, 2010. playbill.com, November 17, 2010. He previously appeared opposite Steve Martin at Lincoln Center in an Off-Broadway production of Waiting for Godot .. The New York Times , November 7, 1988. Accessed May 4, 2011.

Personal life

Marriages and children

Robin Williams' first marriage was to Valerie Velardi on June 4, 1978. They have one child, Zachary Pym (Zak) (born April 11, 1983). During Williams' first marriage, he was involved in an extramarital relationship with Michelle Tish Carter, a cocktail waitress whom he met in 1984. She sued him in 1986, claiming that he did not tell her he was infected with the herpes simplex virus before he embarked on a sexual relationship with her in the mid-1980s, during which, she said, he transmitted the virus to her. The case was settled out of court. Williams and Velardi divorced in 1988.

On April 30, 1989, he married Marsha Garces, his son's nanny who was already several months pregnant with his child. They have two children, Zelda Williams|Zelda Rae (born July 31, 1989) and Cody Alan (born November 25, 1991). However, in March 2008, Garces filed for divorce from Williams, citing irreconcilable differences.

Williams married his third wife, graphic designer Susan Schneider, on October 23, 2011, in St. Helena, California .

Family and friends

While studying at Juilliard , Williams befriended Christopher Reeve . They had several classes together in which they were the only students, and they remained good friends for the rest of Reeve's life. Williams visited Reeve after the horse riding accident that rendered him a quadriplegic , and cheered him up by pretending to be an eccentric Russian doctor (similar to his role in Nine Months ). Williams claimed that he was there to perform a colonoscopy . Reeve stated that he laughed for the first time since the accident and knew that life was going to be okay.
On August 20, 2007, Williams' elder brother, Robert Todd Williams, died of complications from heart surgery performed a month earlier.

Addiction and health problems

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Williams had an addiction to cocaine ; he has stated that he has since quit. Williams was a close friend of and frequent partier alongside John Belushi . He says the death of his friend and the birth of his son prompted him to quit drugs: "Was it a wake-up call? Oh yeah, on a huge level. The grand jury helped too."

On August 9, 2006, Williams checked himself in to a substance-abuse rehabilitation center (located in Newberg, Oregon), later admitting that he was an alcoholic. His publicist delivered the announcement:

After 20 years of sobriety, Robin Williams found himself drinking again and has decided to take proactive measures to deal with this for his own well-being and the well-being of his family.

Williams was hospitalized in March 2009 due to heart problems. He postponed his one-man tour in order to undergo surgery to replace his aortic valve . Jones, Kenneth., playbill.com, March 5, 2009 The surgery was successfully completed on March 13, 2009, at the Cleveland Clinic .

Other interests

Williams is a member of the Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church . He has described his denomination in a comedy routine as "Catholic Lite—same rituals, half the guilt."

Williams is an avid enthusiast of games, even naming both his children after game character s. He named his daughter after Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda action-adventure game series. They both have even been featured in an advert for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D|the Nintendo 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time . On this note, his son may have been named after Cody (Final Fight)|Cody from the beat 'em up game Final Fight . He also enjoys Tabletop role-playing game|pen-and-paper role-playing games and online video game s, recently playing Warcraft 3 , Day of Defeat , Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life , and the first-person shooter Battlefield 2 as a sniper . He was also previously a fan of the Wizardry series of role-playing video game s.

On January 6, 2006, he performed live at Consumer Electronics Show during Google's keynote. In the 2006 E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)|E3 , on the invitation of Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright , he demonstrated the creature editor of Spore (2008 video game)|Spore while simultaneously commenting on the creature's look: "This will actually make a platypus look good." He also complimented the game's versatility, comparing it to Populous and Black & White (computer game)|Black & White . Later that year, he was one of several celebrities to participate in the Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day .

A fan of professional road cycling, he was a regular on the US Postal and Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team bus and hotels during the years Lance Armstrong dominated the Tour de France . He owns over 50 bicycles.

He also enjoys rugby union and is a big fan of former All Blacks|All Black , Jonah Lomu .

Williams is a supporter of eco-friendly vehicles. He currently drives a Toyota Prius , and is on the waiting list for an Aptera 2 Series electric vehicle.

Williams has recently announced that he would love to play The Riddler in the The Dark Knight Rises|next installment to the Batman films by director Christopher Nolan , though Nolan has stated that The Riddler will not be featured in the film.

Charity work

Williams and his former wife, Marsha, founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic organization to raise money for many different charities. Williams devotes much of his energy to charity work, including the Comic Relief USA|Comic Relief fundraising efforts (the program is hosted by himself, Billy Crystal , and Whoopi Goldberg ). In December 1999, he sang in French on the BBC -inspired music video of international celebrities doing a cover of the Rolling Stones ' "It's Only Rock & Roll" for the charity Children's Promise.

In response to the 2010 Canterbury Earthquake , Williams donated all proceeds of his "Weapons of Self Destruction" Christchurch performance to helping rebuild the New Zealand city. Half the proceeds were donated to the Red Cross and half to the mayoral building fund with the words "I hope this donation will go some way to helping the extensive rebuilding effort in the city." Williams has performed with the United Service Organizations|USO for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan .

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	''Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses?	Himself
1980	Popeye	Popeye
1982	The World According to Garp	T.S. Garp
1983	The Survivors (1983 film)>The Survivors	Donald Quinelle
1984	Moscow on the Hudson	Vladimir Ivanov	Nominated— Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1986	Seize the Day (film)>Seize the Day	Tommy Wilhelm
	Club Paradise	Jack Moniker
	The Best of Times	Jack Dundee
1987	Good Morning, Vietnam	Adrian Cronauer	ubl> Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	King of the Moon	ubl>Credited as Ray D. Tutto
	Portrait of a White Marriage	Air Conditioning Salesman	Uncredited
	Rabbit Ears: Pecos Bill	Narrator	Voice only
1989	Dead Poets Society	John Keating	Nominated— Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated— BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated— Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1989	'' I'm from Hollywood	Himself
1990	Cadillac Man	Joey O'Brien
	Awakenings	Dr. Malcolm Sayer	Nominated— Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with Robert DeNiro for Awakenings )
	Back to Neverland	Himself
1991	Dead Again	Doctor Cozy Carlisle
	The Fisher King	Parry	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated— Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated— Saturn Award for Best Actor
	Hook	Peter Banning/ Peter Pan
	Rabbit Ears: The Fool and the Flying Ship	Narrator	Voice only
1992	Toys (1992 film)>Toys	Leslie Zevo	Nominated— Saturn Award for Best Actor
	Aladdin (1992 Disney film)>Aladdin	Genie	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award>Special Golden Globe Award MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
	The Timekeeper	The Timekeeper
	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	Batty Koda	Voice only
	Shakes the Clown	Mime class instructor
1993	Mrs. Doubtfire	Daniel Hillard/ Mrs. Doubtfire	American Comedy Awards>American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated— MTV Movie Award for Best Performance
1993	Being Human (film)>Being Human	Hector
1994	In Search of Dr. Seuss	Father
1995	Jumanji	Alan Parrish	Nominated— Kids' Choice Awards>Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything& #33; Julie Newmar	John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
	Nine Months	Dr. Kosevich	American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Genie	Voice only
	Hamlet	Osric
	The Secret Agent	The Professor
	Jack	Jack Powell	Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor
	The Birdcage	Armand Goldman	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated— MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated— MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Nathan Lane )
1997	Good Will Hunting	Sean Maguire	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated— Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated— Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated— Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
	Flubber	Professor Philip Brainard	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor/ Actress – Family Nominated— Kids' Choice Awards
	Deconstructing Harry	Mel
	Fathers' Day	Dale Putley
1998	Patch Adams	Hunter "Patch" Adams	Nominated— American Comedy Awards>American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Nominated— Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
	Junket Whore	Himself
	What Dreams May Come	Chris Nielsen
1999	Bicentennial Man	Andrew Martin	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy Nominated— Kids' Choice Awards
	Jakob the Liar	Jakob Heym/ Narrator
	Get Bruce	Himself
2000	Model Behavior	Faremain
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Dr. Know	Voice only
2002	'' The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch	Hans Hänkie
	Insomnia (2002 film)>Insomnia	Walter Finch	Nominated— Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Death to Smoochy	'Rainbow' Randolph Smiley
	One Hour Photo	Seymour 'Sy' Parrish	Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated— Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated— Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated— Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
2004	Noel (film)>Noel	Charlie Boyd
	House of D	Pappass
	The Final Cut	Alan W. Hakman
2005	The Big White	Paul Barnell
	Robots	Fender	Nominated— Kids' Choice Awards>Blimp Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Feature
	The Aristocrats	Himself
2006	Man of the Year	Tom Dobbs
	Night at the Museum	Theodore Roosevelt
	Happy Feet	Ramon/ Lovelace	Voice only
	'' Everyone's Hero	Napoleon Cross	Voice only
	RV	Bob Munro
	The Night Listener	Gabriel Noone
2007	License to Wed	Reverend Frank
2007	August Rush	Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
2009	Shrink	Holden
	'' World's Greatest Dad	Lance Clayton
	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Theodore Roosevelt
	Old Dogs	Dan Rayburn
2011	Happy Feet 2	Ramon/ Lovelace	Voice only

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	The Richard Pryor Show	Man with bad arm John Brownstein Defense attorney Archeologist Shopper Titanic survivor Voice of gun	Writer
	Laugh-In
	Eight is Enough		Episode: "The Return of Auntie V"
1978	Happy Days	Mork	Episode: "My Favorite Orkan"
1978	America 2-Night	Jason Shine	Episodes: "Jason Shine" and "Olfactory Distosis Telethon"
1978–1982	Mork & Mindy	Mork & Mindy	92 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won in 1979, nominated in 1980) Nominated— Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series
1979	Happy Days	Mork & Mindy	Episode: "Mork Returns"
1979	Out of the Blue		Episode: "Random's Arrival"
1981	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Host/ various characters
1982	The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour	Himself	Episode: #1.1
	Faerie Tale Theatre	Frog/ Prince Robin	Episode: "Tale of the Frog Prince"
	SCTV Network 90	Various characters	Episode: "Jane Eyrehead"
1984	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Host/ various characters
1984	'' Pryor's Place	Gaby	Episode: "Sax Education"
1986	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Host/ various characters
1986	The Max Headroom Show		Episode: "Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey"
1988	Saturday Night Live		Host/ various characters
1988	Wogan
1991	Wogan
1991	A Wish For Wings That Work	The Kiwi	Voice only (credited as Sudy Nim)
1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "Hank's Contract"
1994	Homicide: Life on the Streets	Robert Ellison	Episode: "Bop Gun" Nominated— Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series
	Live & Kicking	Himself
	The Larry Sanders Show		Episode: "Montana"
	Nyhetsmorgon		Episode: "Filmen 'Mrs. Doubtfire' svensk premiär"
	In the Wild		Episode: "In the Wild: Dolphins with Robin Williams"
1995	Primer Plano
1996	American Masters		Episode: "Take Two: Mike Nichols and Elaine May"
	Primer Plano
	HBO First Look	Himself	Episode: "Fathers Day"
1997	Friends	Tomas	Uncredited
1998	Nyhetsmorgon	Himself/ Sean Maguire	Episode: "Filmen Good Will Hunting"
	Hollywood Squares	Himself	Guest appearance
	'' Noel's House Party	Himself	Episode: #8.10
1999	L.A. Doctors	Hugo Kinsley	Episode: "Just Duet"
2000	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Himself	Episode: #3.9
2002	Comedy Central Canned Ham		Episode: "Death to Smoochy"
	Leute heute
	Supermarket Sweep
2003	Player$		Episodes: "E3 03, Playa", "Players Halloweenie Televizzie"
	Freedoom: A History of Us	Josiah Quincy Ulysses S. Grant Missouri farmer Wilbur Wright Orville Wright	Episodes: "Wake Up America", "A War to End Slavery", "Liberty for All", and "Safe for Democracy"
	Life With Bonnie	Kevin Powalski	Episode: "Psychic"
2004	This Hour Has 22 Minutes	Himself
2005	Just For Laughs
2006	Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
	Mind of Mencia		Episode: "That's F**king Historical"
	Getaway		Episode: #15.15
2008	American Idol: The Search for a New Superstar	Ivan "Bob" Poppanoff the "Russian Idol"/ Himself	Episodes: "Idol Gives Back" and "Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated"
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Merrit Rook	Authority " Nominated— Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Drama Series
2009	SpongeBob SquarePants	Himself	Episode: " Truth or Square "
2009	TV Land Moguls		Episode: "The 80s"
2010	Alan Carr Chatty Man
2010	Pentagon Channel commercial
2011	Curiosity		Episode: "Your Body on Drugs"

Discography

Reality...What a Concept (1979)

Throbbing Python of Love (1983)

A Night at The Met (1986)

Pecos Bill (1988)

Live 2002 (2002)

Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)

Williams appeared in the music video of Bobby McFerrin's hit 1988 song " Don't Worry, Be Happy ".
He teamed with McFerrin again to record a cover of The Beatles ' " Come Together " for the 1998 George Martin album In My Life (George Martin album)|In My life .

He made a cameo in Cobra Starship 's video " You Make Me Feel... " along with his daughter, Zelda Williams .

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