O Captain My Captain 10 Most Iconic Roles Of Robin Williams Ranked
O Captain, My Captain: 10 Most Iconic Roles Of Robin Williams, Ranked
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Robin Williams is a legend for good reason – his entire filmography is filled with hits – but these are some of his absolute best.
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There are few actors and comedians that could take the title as the funniest person in the world, but Robin Williams was probably just that. His wild comedic stylings thrilled fans for decades and made millions around the world happy. He truly left an unforgettable legacy of laughter.
Before his death in 2014, Robin Williams had an immense filmography of different roles ranging from everything to a space alien to the president of the United States. He left behind a cavalcade of characters that still live in our pop culture today. Here are ten of those iconic roles of Robin Williams, ranked.
10 Mork from Ork
What better way to start than with his first biggest role? One of Williams’s first TV parts was that lovable alien from the planet Ork, Mork. Mork and Mindy was a sitcom from the ’70s practically perfect for someone with Willams’s unique skill. The comedian already had several somewhat alien quirks about his persona, it was hard not to cast him.
Mork’s adventures with his human roommate Mindy in Boulder, Colorado spanned four seasons and even featured crossover episodes with Happy Days. Seeing a character like Mork interact with a strange planet like ours was always a delight for any fan of Williams’s physical and vocal routines.
9 Andrew the Android
Loosely based on the Issac Asimov story of the same name, Bicentennial Man, though panned by some critics, is actually one of the most underrated films in the actor’s repertoire. In the film, Robin Williams plays the role of Andrew, an android fascinated by human life on a quest to discover what it truly means to be human.
To put it bluntly, the film is weird. But then again, so were many of Asimov’s stories. A weird film certainly calls for an actor who can channel a refined weird element. Enter Robin Williams with a somewhat restrained, but appropriately robotic persona to steal the show.
8 John Keating
‘Carpe diem, seize the day and gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ are the words of advice John Keating bestows upon his students in this 1989 film. Robin Williams uses a combination of his wit and wild antics to create an engaging performance that makes us all wish to be in his English class.
The film is inspiring and wonderfully written, but it’s Williams’s performance as Mr. Keating that truly makes the film shine. Even as a fictional professor, Williams’s approach to poetry and English makes even the unexposed of us feel like there’s a poet inside us all.
7 Patch Adams
If laughter truly is the best medicine, Robin Williams’s performance as Patch Adams just might be one of the greatest examples. Inspired by the life of the real Patch Adams, founder of the Gesundheit! Institute, the film was panned by critics and Adams himself, but remains a standout in Williams’s career.
The main reason to watch this film is just to see Robin Willams do his unique brand of slapstick and sentimental humor. Though it’s perhaps not the best representation of the inspiration, the comedian’s performance is sincere and heartfelt and we can’t help but continue to watch.
6 Adrian Cronauer
Yet another role inspired by a real-life figure, Robin Williams takes up the role of disk-jockey Adrian Cronauer in Touchstone’s Good Morning Vietnam. Easily one of his more quotable films, Good Morning Vietnam blends the comedic stylings of the actor with the dramatic backdrop of the Vietnam War for a film that is just as moving as it is humorous.
Williams’s performance against the traumatic conflict of the war is a complex juxtaposition, but it makes for one of the comedian’s greatest performances. It proves it doesn’t take much to get a comical performance from him, just give the guy a microphone.
5 Alan Parrish
One word, Jumanji. Easily one of the most popular and beloved kids’ films of all time, Jumanji takes the idea of playing a simple board game on a lazy afternoon and turns it into a battle for survival. Williams’s range in this film goes from scared child to jungle warrior and all seasoned with his particular brand of madness.
The film is one of the most beloved and most iconic in the actor’s filmography. The word Jumanji alone is enough to give some fans a slight shiver, but the film would be nothing without Williams in the leading role. Anyone up for another game?
4 Peter Banning/Peter Pan
Now this is one bangarang performance. If you haven’t seen this ’90s gem, you don’t know what you’re missing. With brilliant performances by Robin Williams, Dante Basco, Julia Roberts, and Dustin Hoffman, Hook is one trip to Neverland we can take again and again.
He can fly, fight and crow, Williams was made to play Peter Pan, with his impish charm and childish wonder, the transition is definitely not difficult for a man of the comedian’s talent. Next to Walt Disney’s version from the ’50s, this is perhaps many a movie lover’s favorite incarnation of the character.
3 Daniel Hillard/Ms. Doubtfire
It’s one thing for an actor to lose themselves in a role, but the lengths Williams underwent to create the character of Ms. Doubtfire are absolutely amazing. This role ranks so high on our list simply because we don’t think many other actors could blend characters as much as Williams did in this film.
What makes the role so memorable is Williams’s performance both physically and vocally. Ms. Doubtfire is almost an entirely different persona thanks to incredible makeup effects and Williams’s incredible gift for voices. You would hardly think they are the same person unless you’ve seen the movie.
2 Dr. Sean Maguire
How could we have a list of Robin Williams’s greatest roles without including the role that won him an Academy Award? As Dr. Sean Maguire, Williams plays friend, therapist, and confidant to Matt Damon’s Will Hunting in this heartwrenching drama flick. To see an actor like Williams take on such a serious and heartbreaking character is a little more than jarring.
There’s a reason Williams won an Oscar for this role. It’s because he proved his versatility as a performer. After doing films like Hook, Toys, and Flubber, it would be so easy to typecast him as the funnyman. Not with this emotional performance.
1 The Genie
Though Dr. Maguire won Williams the Oscar, it’s this role in Disney’s Aladdin that forever cements the actor in our hearts and proves that we’ve never had a friend like him. In a role that was practically tailored to Williams’s skill and persona, his comedic genius and gift for voices shine brighter than any other role on this list.
His impressions, references, and snappy one-liners help make the character one of the most iconic faces of Disney, as well as the most beloved animated role in the actor’s repertoire. The role of the Genie and his performer can simply be summed up in two words, Madly magical.
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