As audiences grieve the shock loss of beloved entertainer Robin Williams, we take a look back at his life in pictures.
It was learnt this morning that Robin Williams has died tragically at the age of 63.
People around the world are mourning the loss of one of the world’s most beloved entertainers who has made audiences laugh and cry through the decades.
He’s given some of cinema’s most hilarious performances in films such as Good Morning Vietnam and Mrs Doubtfire but also moved audiences in some of his highly respected dramatic roles such as Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting.
As Hollywood mourns the gaping hole left by Robin, audiences will no doubt continue to be entertained for decades by the huge cinematic legacy that he leaves behind.
Robin Williams’s hilarious voicing of the Genie was the main attraction of Disney’s Aladdin.
Robin played the role of Andrew in the 1999 film, Bicentennial Man, along side Sam Neill and Embeth Davidtz.
Robin Williams played the character of John Keating 1989 drama, Dead Poets Society. The movie was nominated for four Academy Awards.
Robin was hilarious and quirky as Professor Phillip Brainard in Walt Disney Pictures, 1997 comedy flick, Flubber.
Robin Williams gave one of his best performances in the 1997 movie, Good Will Hunting. Staring along side Matt Damon, Robin played the role of Sean McGuire, a college professor who has his own issues, but is a talented counselor.
Playing a ten year old stuck in a 40 year old’s body would probably have been a familiar feeling for Robin in *Jack*.
Playing a ten year old stuck in a 40 year old’s body would probably have been a familiar feeling for Robin in Jack.
He starred alongside then-child-star Kirsten Dunst in 1995’s jungle epic *Jumanji* .
He starred alongside then-child-star Kirsten Dunst in 1995’s jungle epic Jumanji .
One of Robin’s most popular films was 1993’s Mrs Doubtfire that saw him dress in full drag as matronly English nanny with heavy prosthetic make-up for the majority of the movie.
Robin played a museum diorama figurine of Teddy Roosevelt that comes to life at night in the wildly popular *Night at the Museum* alongside fellow comedian Ben Stiller.
Robin played a museum diorama figurine of Teddy Roosevelt that comes to life at night in the wildly popular Night at the Museum alongside fellow comedian Ben Stiller.
One of Robin’s more recent comedies saw him star alongside John Travolta in the aptly named *Old Dogs*.
One of Robin’s more recent comedies saw him star alongside John Travolta in the aptly named Old Dogs.
Robin played the Doctor who found that laughter is the best medicine in Patch Adams.
In *Hook* Spielberg’s modern adaptation of the classic Peter Pan, Robin won over children everywhere when he transformed from curmudgeonly lawyer Peter Banning into his true inner child – Peter Pan.
In Hook Spielberg’s modern adaptation of the classic Peter Pan, Robin won over children everywhere when he transformed from curmudgeonly lawyer Peter Banning into his true inner child – Peter Pan.
Robin and co-star Nathan Lane played a hilarious gay couple in *The Birdcage* who had to mask their true identity from their future conservative in-laws.
Robin and co-star Nathan Lane played a hilarious gay couple in The Birdcage who had to mask their true identity from their future conservative in-laws.
Robin won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar for his role as an irreverent Radio DJ working to brighten the troop’s spirits working for US Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam.
A young Robin first came to the attention of audiences for his role as the wacky rainbow-suspender wearing alien who had come to earth to investigate it’s inhabitants in TV sitcom *Mork and Mindy*.
A young Robin first came to the attention of audiences for his role as the wacky rainbow-suspender wearing alien who had come to earth to investigate it’s inhabitants in TV sitcom Mork and Mindy.
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