Robin McLaurin Williams is sure to be another exceptional actor to be found in Hollywood, a total talent in the comedy field who is still able to produce outstanding dramatic performances to beautifully attract several laudations and accolades during his flourishing career. Hailed from a well-to-do household, Robin was born on July 21, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of a former model of French heritage named Laura McLaurin and Robert Fitzgerald Williams, a senior executive of the Ford Motor Corporation. Because of his father’s career, much of his early childhood was spent in various areas until the family finally settled in Marin County, California, where he attended Larkspur’s Redwood High School to graduate in 1969. Up to this point, for his ability in entertaining individuals, he had already been noted among his milieu, a natural talent he originally established either as a solace to alleviate his isolation at home or a proper defensive mechanism during his childhood when he was bullied by his colleagues at school.
Robin boldly concluded that he quit the institution and enrolled at the College of Marin in Kentfield to learn more about acting, thereby giving up the desire within him to succeed when learning political science at Claremont Men’s College. Fortunately, his choice turned out to be the correct one because, under the tutelage of significant actor John Houseman, he was later delightfully given a scholarship to the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City for the maximum three years. The man often took time to refine his talents in public spaces during this period, doing mime on the streets in addition to doing stand-up comedy whenever he had the ability to do so. Everything really gave him the experience he wanted to take part in the 1977 reboot of the NBC variety program, “Laugh-In” and one year later, ABC’s “Happy Days” In the latter program, portrayed by an alien called Mork, the reaction was shockingly so great that its producer, Garry Marshall, happily produced a spin-off dubbed “Mork & Mindy” running in the same year through ABC.
As predicted, before its end in 1982, the series quickly soared to become the favorite of the TV audience, also leading Robin to earn an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series while earning a Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actor – Musical/Comedy in 1979. As a result, the accomplishment definitely took him to the notice of Hollywood and within a short period, the funnyman eventually found himself landing his first movie appearance in “Popeye” (1980) followed by another in “The World According to Garp” (1982). For the next several years, after having more of the large screen element, it was not until he entered the cast of “Good Morning, Vietnam” (1987) that the actor could finally accept the popular popularity he earned. Not only did the film gain immense critical and commercial popularity, it also won him the best nomination for leading actor at both the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards in 1988 and the BAFTA Awards in 1989.