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Robin Williams

Robin Williams
Born 21 July 1951, in Chicago, Illinois

<b>Wise words:</b> "See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time."

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”Ah yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.”



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Robin Williams - news / articles


  • Williams relished evil roles - 24 September 2010
    -Funnyman Robin Williams jumped at the chance to star in 2002 thrillers One Hour Photo and Insomnia after years of starring in family-friendly films.- -The actor was the star-turn in many hit 1990s kids movies, including Jumanji and Mrs. Doubtfire, but he admits he was


  • Williams dismisses Old Dogs backlash - 21 September 2010
    -Robin Williams has brushed off criticism of last year's (09) flop film Old Dogs, insisting he only made the kids' movie because it "paid the bills".- -The funnyman teamed up with John Travolta for the family-friendly picture, but it was panned by critics and only took


  • Williams attends weekly AA meetings - 20 September 2010
    -Funnyman Robin Williams still attends weekly Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings, four years after checking into rehab.- -The comedian has long battled a dependence on drink and relapsed in 2003 while filming The Big White in Alaska.- - He checked into rehab three year

Robin Williams - what members say


  • Good Morning, Vietnam
  • Good Morning, Vietnam review by from N. Yorkshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars Comedy ahead of its time 17 March 2004
    ...down Jimmy Young than Kenny Everett. So Cronauer - played with absolute zest by Robin Williams freed up to do pretty much whatever he wanted on set - had a tough time of Viet...   Read customer review
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Dead Poets Society review by A customer from Leicester, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars TOUCHING 7 July 2004
    ...Touching film with Robin Williams in one of his few `serious roles`. The film is slightly melancholy in places but ultimately uplifting. Bravo!...   Read customer review
  • The Birdcage
  • The Birdcage review by JediSi from Kent
    Rated - 5.0 stars I pierced the toast! 22 September 2007
    ...s has got to be one of the most hilarious movies ever made, next to Waking Ned. Robin Williams is exceptional but of course it is Nathan Lane who runs away with the show as t...   Read customer review

Robin Williams - filmography


  • Happy Feet 2 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Pink,  Elizabeth Daily
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.
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  • Happy Feet 2 - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Pink,  Elizabeth Daily
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,610 member
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  • Happy Feet 2 - 3D Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Pink,  Elizabeth Daily
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 492 members
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  • Old Dogs on DVD (2009)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Robin Williams,  Kelly Preston
    Director: Walter Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Disney family comedy drama. Best friends, business partners and confirmed bachelors Dan (Robin Williams) and Charlie (John Travolta) find their lives turned upside down when they are unexpectedly charged with the care of seven-year-old twins Emily and Zach (Ella Bleu Travolta and Conner Rayburn) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,771 members
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  • World's Greatest Dad on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Daryl Sabara,  Alexie Gilmore
    Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "World's Greatest Dad" is a story about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone. Lance Clayton is a man who has learned to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 680 members
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  • Robin Williams - Weapons Of Self Destruction on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Robin Williams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams performs a live stand-up show in 2009, covering topics including global warming, sex and politics, health care reforms, drugs (recreational and otherwise) and more personal topics, such as his recent heart surgery.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 411 members
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  • License to Wed - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Grace Zabriskie,  John Krasinski,  Josh Flitter
    Director: Ken Kwapis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Comedy starring Robin Williams. Newly engaged, Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) and Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. The problem is that Sadie's family church, St. Augustine's, is run by Reverend Frank (Williams), who won't bless Ben and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,307 member
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  • License to Wed on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Mandy Moore,  John Krasinski
    Director: Ken Kwapis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A reverend (Williams) puts an engaged couple (Moore and Krasinski) through a grueling marriage preparation course to see if they are meant to be married in his church.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 15,689 members
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  • RV - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Will Arnett,  Kristin Chenoweth,  Josh Hutcherson
    Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Adventure starring Robin Williams. An overworked Bob Munro (Williams), his wife Jaime (Cheryl Hines), their 15-year-old daughter Cassie (Joanna Levesque) and 12-year-old son Carl (Josh Hutcherson) are in desperate need of some quality time together. After promising to take them on a family vacation ..read more »
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  • Happy Feet - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Brittany Murphy,  Elijah Wood,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Animated comedy featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Brittany Murphy. Emperor penguins have lived for centuries with one simple goal in life: to find their soulmates through their own unique heart song. Mumble (Elijah Wood), son of Memphis (Hugh Jackman) and Norma Jean (Nicole ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,579 members
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  • Happy Feet on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Brittany Murphy,  Elijah Wood,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Animated comedy featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Brittany Murphy. Emperor penguins have lived for centuries with one simple goal in life: to find their soulmates through their own unique heart song. Mumble (Elijah Wood), son of Memphis (Hugh Jackman) and Norma Jean (Nicole ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 40,359 members
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  • RV on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Kristin Chenoweth,  Josh Hutcherson,  Joanna Levesque
    Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A family film for the Instant Messenger age, RV takes a humorous look at a mostly functional suburban family's attempt to get away from it all on a rare vacation. The always hilarious Robin Williams plays Bob Munro, a beaten-down middle manager who feels alienated from the family he works so hard ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 15,422 members
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  • The Night Listener on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Toni Collette,  Robin Williams,  Bobby Cannavale
    Director: Patrick Stettner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 12,739 members
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  • Robots on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Robin Williams,  Halle Berry
    Director: Carlos Saldanha,  Chris Wedge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Animated family comedy featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams and Halle Berry. Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor) is a small town robot who has a gift for inventing things and a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. He works side by side in a restaurant with his dad who is a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 54,628 members
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  • The Aristocrats on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Billy Connolly,  Bob Saget,  Hank Azaria
    Director: Paul Provenza
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Outrageous, star-studded comedy extravaganza that celebrates the art of improvisation and the finest traditions of stand up. Co-creators and veteran alternative comedians Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalise on their insider status to invite over 100 of their closest friends (who just happen ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 9,274 members
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  • The Final Cut on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Stephanie Romanov,  Mira Sorvino,  James Caviezel
    Director: Omar Naim
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sci-fi thriller starring Robin Williams and James Caviezel. In the not-too-distant future, implanted microchips record every single moment of a person's life. Upon death, it becomes the job of a 'cutter' like Alan Hakman (Williams) to edit down the deceased's entire lifetime into a fitting memorial ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 15,737 members
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  • Noel on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Paul Walker,  Alan Arkin,  Donna Hanover
    Director: Chazz Palminteri
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Drama in which five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Charlie (Robin Williams) is the mysterious fellow who later prevents her from possibly ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 3,962 members
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  • One Hour Photo on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Eriq La Salle,  Robin Williams,  Connie Nielsen
    Director: Mark Romanek
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sy Parrish (Robin Williams) is a middle-aged loner who works as a photograph developer in a supermarket. He has gradually become obsessed with one family, the Yorkins, who regularly come to his counter, making duplicates of each film they bring in to be developed and pinning the photographs to the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 15,085 members
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  • Insomnia on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Maura Tierney,  Al Pacino,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A sleep-deprived detective is sent to a small Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl. Forced into a psychological game of cat-and-mouse by the primary suspect, events escalate and the detective finds his own stability dangerously threatened.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 21,644 members
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  • One Hour Photo - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Connie Nielsen,  Michael Vartan
    Director: Mark Romanek
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sy Parrish (Robin Williams) is a middle-aged loner who works as a photograph developer in a supermarket. He has gradually become obsessed with one family, the Yorkins, who regularly come to his counter, making duplicates of each film they bring in to be developed and pinning the photographs to the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3 members
    Due for release on 12th July 2013
  • Death To Smoochy on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Bruce McFee,  Thomas Lyons,  Bill Lake
    Director: Danny De Vito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Randolph Smiley (Robin Williams) plays a clown on one of the most successful children's television shows of the network Kidnet. But when he is dismissed from his beloved job for taking backhanders from parents wanting their kids on his show, he becomes increasingly mentally unhinged; and the target ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 3,261 members
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  • Robin Williams - Live On Broadway on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Robin Williams
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Robin Williams returned to Broadway after 16 years absence for several stand-up performances during the summer of 2002. This programme is the best of his performances.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,902 members
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  • Jakob The Liar on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Liev Schreiber,  Alan Arkin,  Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Director: Peter Kassovitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    During the dark days of the Nazi occupation of Poland, Jewish café owner Jakob (Robin Williams) overhears news of a Soviet advance against the German forces. He informs his friends of this and immediately sees their spirits rise, but as the news spreads so does a rumour that Jakob must have a radio,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,237 member
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  • Bicentennial Man on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Stephen Root,  Wendy Crewson,  John Michael Higgins
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Robin Williams re-teams with 'Mrs Doubtfire' director Chris Columbus for this big-screen adaptation of Isaac Asimov's short story. In the United States of the present, Richard Martin (Sam Neill) purchases brand new domestic android NDR 114 (Williams) - nicknamed 'Andrew' - to act as a household ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 6,177 members
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  • What Dreams May Come on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Annabella Sciorra,  Robin Williams
    Director: Vincent Ward
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Chris Neilson (Robin Williams) is robbed of his blissful life with his wife Annie (Annabella Sciorra) when he dies in a car crash. His ghost is allowed to keep in touch with Annie by residing in one of her paintings, but both parties remain frustrated by the mortal divide between them. When Annie ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 5,831 members
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  • Patch Adams on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Monica Potter,  Daniel London,  Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Director: Tom Shadyac
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This real-life story stars Robin Williams as Patch Adams, a truly unorthodox doctor who clashes with his superiors over the best way to treat patients. For Doctor Adams, the happiness of his patients is paramount and he will go to almost any extreme to keep them laughing. However, this is not ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 5,960 members
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  • Flubber on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Marcia Gay Harden
    Director: Les Mayfield
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    College professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams) is so absent-minded that he manages to miss his own wedding to colleague Sara Reynolds (Marcia Gay Harden). The reason Philip forgets is his new invention - Flubber, a high-energy green substance which can bounce great distances, even enabling ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 7,245 members
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  • Good Will Hunting - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Matt Damon,  Ben Affleck
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Will Hunting (Matt Damon, who also co-scripts) is a teenage tearaway who works as a janitor at America's top university. He writes the solution to a maths problem on a classroom blackboard, so impressing Professor Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) that when Will is arrested for brawling, the professor ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 827 members
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  • Fathers' Day on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Nastassja Kinski,  Robin Williams
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Married attorney Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) and unsuccessful writer Dale Putney (Robin Williams) each had a relationship with Colette (Nastassja Kinski) seventeen years ago. Colette, now married, tells both Jack and Dale that she thinks they might be the real father of her son, Scott (Charlie ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,256 member
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  • Good Will Hunting on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Matt Damon,  Ben Affleck
    Director: Gus Van Sant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Will Hunting (Matt Damon, who also co-scripts) is a teenage tearaway who works as a janitor at America's top university. He writes the solution to a maths problem on a classroom blackboard, so impressing Professor Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) that when Will is arrested for brawling, the professor ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 26,193 members
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  • Deconstructing Harry (1997)
    Starring: Billy Crystal,  Bob Balaban,  Woody Allen
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Woody Allen wrote, directed, and stars in this very dark comedy about a novelist, Harry Block, who says with admirable honesty, I'm a guy who can't function well in life, but I can in art. So far, Harry has made his way through six psychiatrists and three marriages (one, conveniently enough, with ..read more »
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  • The Birdcage on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Dianne Wiest,  Christine Baranski,  Dan Futterman
    Director: Mike Nichols
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Mike Nichols teams up with his former partner/screenwriter Elaine May for the first time in many years and for the first time together in films to create this sophisticated, remake of the phenomenally popular French musical farce La Cage aux Folles that stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 9,592 members
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  • Jack on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Diane Lane,  Jeremy Lelliott,  Todd Bosley
    Director: Francis Ford Coppola
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Robin Williams stars as Jack, a boy who ages at four times the rate of a normal child. Aged 10, he has the body of a 40-year-old man, and when sent to school is shunned by his class-mates as a freak. They gradually come to realise the advantages of having a friend who looks like a grown-up, however,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5,165 members
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  • Jumanji - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Kirsten Dunst,  Bonnie Hunt
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Young Judy and Peter Shepherd discover the board game Jumanji in their new house. But when they begin to play they release wild animals along with Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), a grown man who has been trapped inside the game since he was 12 years old. Together they must seek out Alan's friend ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 367 members
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  • Jumanji (1995)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Kirsten Dunst,  Bonnie Hunt
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Young Judy and Peter Shepherd discover the board game Jumanji in their new house. But when they begin to play they release wild animals along with Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), a grown man who has been trapped inside the game since he was 12 years old. Together they must seek out Alan's friend ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 19,286 members
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  • Nine Months on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Joan Cusack,  Tom Arnold,  Robin Williams
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When Sam Faulkner (Hugh Grant) is informed by his girlfriend Taylor (Julianne Moore) that he is to become a father his life is turned upside down, and for the next nine months he is left to undergo the trials and tribulations of impending fatherhood. Things get worse for him when he meets an ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 7,862 members
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  • Mrs Doubtfire - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Sally Field,  Robin Williams,  Pierce Brosnan
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Robin Williams stars as difficult actor and husband, Daniel Hillard, who separates acrimoniously from his wife (Sally Field) and receives a court order limiting his visits to his children. As a result he dresses up as a Scottish nanny and gets gainful employment with his ex-wife looking after his ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 28 members
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  • Mrs Doubtfire on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sally Field,  Robin Williams,  Pierce Brosnan
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Robin Williams stars as difficult actor and husband, Daniel Hillard, who separates acrimoniously from his wife (Sally Field) and receives a court order limiting his visits to his children. As a result he dresses up as a Scottish nanny and gets gainful employment with his ex-wife looking after his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 15,824 members
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  • Aladdin (1993)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Scott Weinger,  Linda Larkin
    Director: Ron Clements,  John Musker
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Disney adaptation of the traditional tale, featuring an Oscar-winning score by Tim Rice and the voice of Robin Williams as the Genie in the lamp. Aladdin, a street urchin with a pet monkey called Abu, one day meets the beautiful Princess Jasmine by chance in the marketplace after she has sneaked ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 27 members
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  • Toys on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Joan Cusack,  LL Cool J,  Robin Williams
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a benevolent toymaker dies, he leaves his factory in the care of his army general brother, until his son (Robin Williams) is mature enough to assume control. The General, however, re-structures the factory, and in a break with tradition begins to manufacture war toys, many of which are more ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,188 members
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  • Aladdin on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Scott Weinger,  Gilbert Gottfried,  Jonathan Freeman
    Director: John Musker,  Ron Clements
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Robin Williams's dizzying and hilarious voicing of the Genie is the main attraction of Aladdin, the third in the series of modern Disney animated movies that began with 1989's The Little Mermaid and heralded a new age for the genre. After a sultan (Douglas Seale) gives his daughter, Jasmine (Linda ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 20,632 members
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  • The Fisher King on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Amanda Plummer,  Jeff Bridges,  Robin Williams
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Terry Gilliam directed this adaptation of Richard LaGravenese's mystical (and mythical) tale of redemption in the hard-time town of New York City. Jeff Bridges is shock radio DJ Jack Lucas, whose low opinion of humanity lends itself well to his radio talk show, where the enmity rubs off on his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 8,915 members
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  • Dead Again on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Derek Jacobi,  Robin Williams
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Private detective Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh) tries to help the amnesiac Grace (Emma Thompson) recover her memory by having her visit a hypnotist (Derek Jacobi). Grace then experiences a series of memories in which she is Margaret Strauss, the world-famous pianist who was murdered in 1948. Could ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,413 member
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  • Hook on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Robert Chapin,  Dustin Hoffman,  Gwyneth Paltrow
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Granny Wendy Darling must convince the middle-aged lawyer, Peter Banning, that he was once the legendary Peter Pan. And so the adventure begins anew, with Peter off to Neverland to save his two children from Captain Hook. Along the way, he rediscovers the power of imagination, of friendship, and of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 15,068 members
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  • Hook - Blu-ray (1991)
    Starring: Robert Chapin,  Dustin Hoffman,  Gwyneth Paltrow
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    In this development of the Peter Pan story, busy American lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams) takes his family to London for a holiday with Granny Wendy (Maggie Smith). But the visit takes an unexpected turn when Peter's kids are abducted by the villainous Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman), forcing ..read more »
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  • Awakenings on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Max von Sydow,  Penelope Ann Miller,  Julie Kavner
    Director: Penny Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dr Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy neurologist and keen lover of earthworms and botany who accidentally wins a job at the New York Bainbridge Hospital looking after catatonics. He discovers, through sheer patience, hard work and experimentation, that the patients may be revivable, with one ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 10,729 members
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  • Cadillac Man on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Pamela Reed,  Annabella Sciorra,  Tim Robbins
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fast-talking car salesman Joey O'Brien (Robin Williams) has a lot on his plate. His job at Turgeon Auto Sales is on the line, his ex-wife wants her alimony, and he is two-timing his girlfriend with a married woman. Things go from bad to worse when the latter's neanderthal husband, Larry (Tim ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 598 members
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  • Dead Poets Society - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Ethan Hawke,  Robert Sean Leonard
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Keating is an eccentric teacher who returns to teach in his childhood school. The message he gives to his students is to experience life for themselves. Consequently, several pupils reintroduce 'Dead Poets Society' of which Keating had been a past member. Secret, late night meetings take place ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 726 members
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  • Dead Poets Society on DVD (1989)
    Starring: James Waterston,  Dylan Kussman,  Norman Lloyd
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Robin Williams toned down his usually manic comic approach in this successful period drama. In 1959, the Welton Academy is a staid but well-respected prep school where education is a pragmatic and rather dull affair. Several of the students, however, have their thoughts on the learning process (and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 16,363 members
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  • Good Morning, Vietnam on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tung Thanh Tran,  Forest Whitaker,  Robert Wuhl
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    DJ Adrian Cronauer (an Oscar-nominated Robin Williams) causes uproar when he arrives in war-torn 1965 Saigon to take over the early morning radio show. His irreverent humour soon offends the top brass, in the form of Lt. Steven Hauk (Bruno Kirby), but Cronauer becomes a hit with the GIs. Meanwhile, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 13,070 members
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  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Charles McKeown,  Winston Dennis,  Uma Thurman
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Former 'Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam directs this epic fantasy adventure. In the seventeenth century, a theatrical troupe are acting out the legendary adventures of mythical hero Baron Munchausen for the visiting Minister of War (Jonathan Pryce) when their performance is interrupted by an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 6,673 members
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  • Club Paradise (1986)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Peter O'Toole,  Rick Moranis
    Director: Harold Ramis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Pack your bags for Club Paradise, the Caribbean resort where the good times and laughter come at you in waves. Academy Award winner Robin Williams steers their crazed course of this tropical romp as an ex-Chicago fireman who uses a sizable disability settlement to transform a remote island watering ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 146 members
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  • Seize the Day on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Jerry Stiller,  Glenne Headly,  Tony Roberts
    Director: Fielder Cook
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is an out-of-work, forty-something failed actor who is trying to come to terms with his life. He looks to his father (Joseph Wiseman) and his buddy (Jerry Stiller) for advice and help, desperately hoping that they'll be able to point him in the right direction. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 90 members
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  • The Survivors on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Kristen Vigard,  Annie McEnroe,  Jerry Reed
    Director: Michael Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Donald (Robin Williams) and a petrol station attendant Sonny (Walter Matthau) both get the sack and meet in a dole queue. Whilst eating in a diner the two witness a robbery by a mob hitman (Jerry Reed) who vows to track down and kill all witnesses to the crime. In order to protect themselves the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 341 members
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  • The World According To Garp (1982)
    Starring: Glenn Close,  John Lithgow,  Robin Williams
    Director: George Roy Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Big screen adaptation of John Irving's bittersweet novel. T.S. Garp's (Robin Williams) main ambition in life is to become a writer. His unmarried mother, Jenny Fields (Glenn Close), brings him up single-handedly. After attending an all-boy prep school, Garp progresses through a series of sexual ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 708 members
    Not currently released
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  • Mork And Mindy - Series 3 (4 discs) on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Pam Dawber
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 22 episodes from the third season of the US sitcom starring Robin Williams as Mork from Ork, an alien hatched from an egg who has been sent to investigate Earth and report back to his superiors. As an outsider, Mork is unfamiliar with human customs, and often questions some of the strange ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 106 members
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  • Mork And Mindy - Series 2 (4 discs) on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Pam Dawber
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All 26 episodes from Season 2 of the US sitcom starring Robin Williams as Mork from Ork, an alien hatched from an egg who has been sent to investigate Earth and report back to his superiors. As an outsider, Mork is unfamiliar with human customs, and often questions some of the strange traditions ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 150 members
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Robin Williams facts

5 most recent films

The Big Wedding - 3.5 stars
The Big Wedding - Blu-ray - 5.0 stars
Happy Feet 2 - 3.5 stars
Happy Feet 2 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Happy Feet 2 - 3D Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Good Will Hunting - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Mork And Mindy - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Good Will Hunting - 4.0 stars
Mork And Mindy - Series 3 - 3.5 stars
Aladdin - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dreams With Sharp Teeth - 2.5 stars
One Hour Photo - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Big Wedding - 3.5 stars
Mrs Doubtfire - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Aladdin - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Pam Dawber - 15 times - show films
Matt Damon - 7 times - show films
Elijah Wood - 7 times - show films
Hank Azaria - 6 times - show films
Ralph James - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 12 times - show films
George Miller - 8 times - show films
Chris Columbus - 6 times - show films
Terry Gilliam - 5 times - show films
Harvey Medlinsky - 5 times - show films