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Robin Williams
Age: 58
Height: 5' 8"
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Jul. 21st, 1951
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BIOGRAPHY: Williams briefly studied political science before enrolling at Juilliard to study theatre. After graduation, he performed in night clubs where he was discovered for the role of Mork on an episode of "Happy Days" (1974) and the subsequent "Mork & Mindy" (1978) TV series. Williams' wild comic talent involves a great deal of improvisation, following in the footsteps of his idol, Jonathan Winters (I). Williams has also proven to be an effective dramatic actor.
TRIVIA:
- Co-owns the Rubicon restaurant in San Francisco with 'Robert De Niro' (qv) and fellow Bay area resident 'Francis Ford Coppola' (qv).
- He was a very overweight child. As a result, nobody would play with him. He started talking in different voices to entertain himself.
- Invented the curse word "Shazbot", first heard in the situation comedy _"Mork & Mindy" (1978)_ (qv) (in which Mork says the expression during the opening credits). Later, it was used in an episode of _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv) (Treehouse of Horror VI) with the Production Code 3F04, which aired on 10/30/95. In 1998 it was used as a voicechat option in the very popular "Starsiege Tribes" game and was carried over into the sequels, "Tribes 2" and "Tribes: Vengeance".
- Is the oldest person to ever play Peter Pan (when he played Peter Pan in _Hook (1991)_ (qv).
- After having won the Academy Award for _Good Will Hunting (1997)_ (qv), he sent 'Peer Augustinski' (qv) (who is his standard German dubbing voice) a little Oscar replica with a note: "Thank you for making me famous in Germany".
- Helped his long-time friend 'Christopher Reeve' (qv) pay his medical bills during his final years following the horse riding accident.
- Most of his dialogue in _Aladdin (1992)_ (qv) is ad-libbed.
- Met second wife 'Marsha Garces Williams' (qv) when she was nanny for his and 'Valerie Velardi' (qv)'s, his first wife, son Zachary.
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