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Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951)
[Sources conflict. The print biographies The Life and Humor of Robin Williams: A Biography and Robin Williams: A Biography give his birth year as 1952. The Robin Williams Scrapbook also gives a birth year as 1952, as does Encyclopedia Britannica. Williams refers to himself as being "55" in an interview published July 4, 2007. He also verifies his date of birth as July 21, 1951 in a fansite interview: Stuurman, Linda. RWF talks with Robin Williams: Proost!, May 25, 2008.] is an American actor and comedian.
Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series
Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1997 film
Good Will Hunting. He has also won three
Golden Globes, two
Screen Actors Guild Awards and three
Grammy Awards.
