Robin Williams is well known for his role in movies like Jumanji, and his voice for the Genie in Aladdin. When his career took off, he started adapting bad habits like drinking and drug abuse. He still played in movies despite his conditions. Robin Williams is an influential person because of his roles in movies he has played, his comedic career, and his tragic death. It all started when actor Robin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951. When he was younger, he entertained his classmates with humor; and he was a fan of Jonathan Winters. When he was going to graduate high school, his classmates voted he him the least likely to succeed. However, Robin Williams went to Juilliard School in New York, then he went to Claremont …show more content…
His career began by performing stand up comedy shows in 1970. Although he had a debut in 1977 Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses? It was not until 1980 that he had a big break in Popeye. He went on to become a famous actor. He was a grown up version of Peter Pan in the movie Hook (1991). He was also the voice of the Genie in the movie Aladdin (1992). He starred in the movie Mrs Doubtfire (1993) and Jumanji (1995). Later in his career, he went on tour for his one-man stand up comedy started in September 2008. All his energy went into his sold out shows. However, health problems stopped the tours. A few months after the acts started, Robin Williams started having shortness of breath. It all ended up with him having to cancel performances because of his health problems, and he had to have heart surgery. Throughout Robin Williams’ career of more than two decades, he faced a drug and alcohol problem. It started during his show Mork and Mindy. He brought himself into a rehabilitation facility for alcoholism treatment in August of 2006. During the summer he also suffered relapse of drugs. When Robin Williams was recovering from the drug relapse, he was in the movie Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian playing the role of Teddy Roosevelt. After many year,s his depression was getting worse, and he was becoming an alcoholic. He died in 2014, and some of his movies were released after his death like Merry Friggin Christmas …show more content…
He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997. Robin Williams did funny and comical characters, but he also did mysterious and “dangerous” characters. He played a writer of pulp novels, a radio host, and a creep in the movie One Hour Photo (2002), Insomnia (2002), and The Night Listener (2006) Robin Williams started his tour of One Man Stand Up comedy shows in 2008. They were called Weapons of Self Destruction, mostly about social and political absurdities. He starred in movies like Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian as Teddy Roosevelt. He also played in the Disney film Old Dogs with John Travolta. He was also in some talk shows like Louie and Wilfred. He was in Broadway in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo in March 2011 all the way to July. Williams was Henry Altmann in the movie Angriest Man in Brooklyn in (2014). In 1997 Robin Williams won the Academy Award for the movie role in Good Will Hunting. Robin Williams went to the College of Marin to learn more about acting but got a scholarship for the Juilliard School in New York. After Williams was in Happy Days playing as the alien and his own show Mork and Mindy (1978-82) He was starring in television shows like The Richard Pryor Show in the
If I were to ask you to think of a name that best defines the role of funniest and most ridiculous person in Hollywood, I would bet that several of you would come up with the name Will Ferrell. This shouldn't come as a surprise to any of you as Ferrell has filled hilarious roles in recent years such as Buddy the elf, Ricky Bobby the racecar driver, Ron Burgandy the anchorman, Chaz Michael Michaels the figure skater, and many others. Ferrell has become a modern comical titan as he blew away Saturday Night Live with some of the best ratings in history and has developed into one of Hollywood's funniest and highest paid comical actors. With the way that he can pull off dumb humor and make people fall out of their chairs laughing time and time again, it seems that Ferrell was destined to be a comic from the start, but it wasn't always that way. Although he is now regarded as one of the funniest and highest paid comical actors in Hollywood, Ferrell's comic acting career probably spawned from a childhood hunger that for a long time, even Ferrell himself was unaware of.
He enjoys the Vacation series by National Lampoon. He also enjoys doing stand up as well as producing his own music and doing voice acting.
John Belushi was a well-known comedian, but was hiding a troubling life. Belushi first began his career as a comedian in 1971 when he joined The Second City comedy group in Chicago. In 1973, Belushi began airing on The National Lampoon Radio Hour which was a half-hour comedy program played across the United States. Belushi achieved national fame for his work on Saturday Night Live. Once he turned 30, Animal House was the number one film in the United States, The Blues Brothers: Briefcase Full of Blues was the number one album, and Saturday Night Live was the highest rated late night television program. Even with all his success and fame, Belushi had a different lifestyle and behavior that was not seen by the people watching his shows (Peele 2011).
Theodore Samuel Williams was born on August 30th 1918 in San Diego, California. His father, a photographer, named him after the late outspoken president Teddy Roosevelt.His mother was a salvation worker of Mexican descent ("My Turn At Bat"15). His parents, who he later came to resent, were poor and constantly working
Samuel L Jackson has then came to appear in many great movies such as Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, A Time To Kill, One Eight Seven, Shaft, Coach Carter, Star Wars and many others. He has also been nominated for many of these and has received many awards for a lot of these films. He is still acting and does not seem to be thinking of retirement any time soon. He truly is a great example of a great actor who rose to fame in the time of blaxploitation and also an inspiration to all those with addiction problems as someone who was able to overcome his problem and make something of himself.
Bill Cosby has a starred in a long list of funny movies. His recent television series, Cosby, has not been very successful. His movie, Leonard Part 6, was a big disappointment, also. Bill Cosby continues to work hard to entertain us with quality humor. He has more successful shows to his credit than disappointments.
His next movie that he is going to be in is called ted 2, which is a sequel to ted, which was rated very well by most viewers. It is about Mark Wahlberg and his bear are living together and they are trying to make it so ted becomes a citizen of the United States. The first movie he ever starred in was called the substitute it is about a father and son are divided by their brief affairs with a deranged high school teacher. He is also in a reality TV show called the Wahlburger’s, which is about his family’s restaurant.(Movies) He has been in many good and many bad
The Duke takes his place in history. John Wayne, one of America’s greatest actors and directors of all time. His fame and superstardom led to many problems in his career. His image as an icon of American individualism and the frontier spirit has overshadowed his career to such an extent that it is almost impossible for the fans and writers to separate Wayne the legend from Wayne the actor and Wayne the man.
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on July 21,1951 in Chicago. Both of his parents were middle aged with grown children so Williams was raised as an only child. His father was a Ford Motor Company executive and his mother was a fashion model. Because his parents both had successful careers and were often absent the maid of the family raised Williams. He later explained "though he knew they loved him, they found it hard to communicate their affection. In fact, he says he began in comedy through his attempts to connect with his mother I'll make mommy laugh, and that'll be okay.' He was marked by the experience, being left with an acute fear of abandonment and a condition he describes as Love Me Syndrome'"(Wills 1). The family moved frequently because of his father's job. Moving constantly never gave Williams a chance to establish friendships. He was a larger child and often made fun of. Williams developed his quick humor as a way to defend himself from taunts and teases. Finally, Williams' father retired and the family settled down in Marion County, CA. Williams was finally able to establish a place for himself and make friends. At last he felt accepted and like he "fit in."
and worked at a radio station, in Davenport, Iowa. He became an actor, and was in movies like “Bedtime
receiving good reviews and getting better acting jobs. Three days after he finished making "All
Spike Lee is a filmmaker who has generated numerous controversial films that unapologetically bring delicate social issuest o the media forefront. He honestly portrays life's societal obstacles. He challenges the public to cogitate on the world's glitches and disunion. Spike Lee created a name for himself with films such as Do the Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992), and with documentaries such as 4 Little Girls (1997) and When the Levees Broke (2006). Lee’s goal was to portray African Americans in a more accurate light. Even today Lee still produces films that directly address modern society's most significant historical movements and episodes. His productions analyze themes of race and discrimination. His work can be analyzed in academic studies such as Philosophy, African Studies, and literary concepts. I am interested in Spike Lee because his craft and career choice is somewhat similar to my future career endeavors. He not only exalted his skills to produce films but he broke barriers of stereotypical Hollywood movies. His works address issues in society such as political, racial, and environmental influences on African American culture. Given that society has evolved into a technology dependent culture; using this talent to visibly shed light to these concerns is an ability I hope to obtain one day.
He started his acting career with the film “Going Overboard” in 1989 where he acted as the main character and was also the writer.
On April 4, 1965, Robert Downey Jr. was born in New York. At a very young age he began acting. In the 1980s he started his appearances on Saturday Night Live. Given the amazing life he was offered, he struggled trying to pursue his dreams. Although he had a great life a head of him, it was slowly deteriorating at the same time, as he struggled with the use of drugs.
If there is one way to bring a smile to someone’s face, it is laughter. Funny jokes, comical stunts, sarcasm- Every person is different when it comes to what makes them laugh. Some find dry humor comical. Others think sarcasm or joke-filled ranting are the best. ‘Comedy’ is such a broad term, broad enough to allow everyone to find something they find comical. In fact, ‘comedy’ includes a specific type of drama, one where the protagonist is joyful and happy endings are expected. Comedy is like a drug; it allows you to escape reality. When we say the word ‘comedy’ in the present, we are generally referring to a type of performance which provides humor. However, in its broadest sense, comedy has only one purpose: comedy makes people smile and