Charity work
Williams and his former wife, Marsha, founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic organization to raise money for many different charities. Williams devotes much of his energy doing work for charities, including the Comic Relief fund-raising efforts. In December 1999, he sang in French on the BBC-inspired music video of international celebrities doing a cover of the Rolling Stones's "It's Only Rock & Roll" for the charity Children's Promise.
Williams has performed for four years with the USO for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq .
More about Robin Williams (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Laura McLaurim (née Smith, 1922–2001), was a former model from Jackson, Mississippi. His father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams read more...
Career
In 1973, Williams was one of only 20 students accepted into the freshman class at Juilliard. Williams, along with Christopher Reeve, were the only students accepted by John Houseman read more...
Cinema Career
The majority of Williams' acting career has been in film, although he has given some memorable performances on stage as well (notably as Estragon in a production of Waiting for Godot read more...
Personal Life
His first marriage was to Valerie Velardi on June 4, 1978, with whom he has one child, Zachary Pym (Zak) (born April 11, 1983). During Williams' first marriage, he was involved in read more...
Other Interests
Williams is an avid enthusiast of games, enjoying pen-and-paper role-playing games and online video games, recently playing Warcraft 3, Day of Defeat, Half-Life, and the first-person read more...
Charity Work
Williams and his former wife, Marsha, founded the Windfall Foundation, a philanthropic organization to raise money for many different charities. Williams devotes much of his energy read more...
Williams Sings A Version Of "Come Together" With Bobby McFerrin On In My Life, A Beatles Tribute Album Produced By George Martin. He Also Sings "A Mi Manera (My Way)", On The Happy Feet Soundtrack. For The 1993 Soundtrack Of Mrs. Doubtfire, And The Fi
Williams sings a version of "Come Together" with Bobby McFerrin on In My Life, a Beatles tribute album produced by George Martin. He also sings "A Mi Manera (My Way)", on the Happy read more...
Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21, 1951 or 1952)) is an American TV, stage and film actor and comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance in Good Will Hunting, read more...