Robin Williams Biography

Biography

Hollywood's attention and within a short time, the funnyman subsequently found himself landing his first film role in "Popeye" (1980) followed by another in "The World According to Garp" (1982). Afterwards seen more on big screen feature for the next few years, it was not until he joined the cast of "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987) that the actor ultimately could embrace widespread prominence he deserved of. Not only the movie scored huge success both critically and commercially, it also garnered him best leading actor nomination at the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards both in 1988 and at BAFTA Awards by 1989.

Bestowed the title at the former event, Robin amazingly repeated the same achievement in 1990 through his brilliant portrayal of unorthodox prep school instructor John Keating in Peter Weir's box-office hit of "Dead Poets Society" (1989) though he sadly had to walk home empty-handed in the end. Nevertheless, the '90s later appeared to be a golden age for him indeed as he continuously struck high along the way, acquiring 3 more Golden Globe Awards consecutively in 1992-1994, including that of Special Award in 1993 for his vocal work in Disney's "Aladdin" (1992) that was instrumental in pointing out ...

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the importance of star power in voice actor casting. Critical attainment aside, the comic performer also wonderfully managed to highlight the some movies he starred in to generate satisfying commercial success, like those of "Mrs. Doubtfirev (1993), "Jumanji" (1995), plus "The Birdcage" (1996), all grossed over $100 million. The accomplishment then reached its culmination in 1998 when he gloriously won double honors of Oscar and Actors Award for best supporting actor category through "Good Will Hunting" (1997).

In continuation of the achievement, with which he finally could give solid proof of his dramatic skills in acting, Robin confidently dedicated himself to explore more daring character as he came to the early period of 2000s, playing an obsessed photo lab worker in "One Hour Photo" and a sociopathic writer in "Insomnia", both came up in 2002. However, after filming sci-fi flick "The Final Cut" (2004) alongside Mira Sorvino also James Caviezel, it seemed that his tendency to grab back comedic roles became much dominant since most of his subsequent projects were of the genre though he still could be seen working his knack in 2006's thriller "The Night Listener" and 2007's drama flick "August Rush." These included "R.V.", "Man of the Year", ...