Aladdin. Mrs. Doubtfire. Flubber. RV. Night at the Museum. What do all of these movies have in common? They all stared the world renowned comedian, Robin Williams! As an adult, Williams spent many years entertaining others and making people laugh, but his own life never seemed quite as enjoyable. Robin was never a normal kid; he was always moving and getting picked on for what he couldn’t change. Even though his family was very wealthy, his childhood was always difficult. Once out on his own, after moving all over the country, Robin expected a normal life and he soon learned that he was like no other and that nobody had a talent as exceptional as his.
Robin Williams was born to a wealthy Detroit, Michigan family at St. Luke’s Hospital in
…show more content…
When he first was going on to college he planned to study political science and went to Claremont College for Men. He soon changed to the College of Marin; while he was there he had done many performances for the school and had gigs at small restaurants and bars. In 1973 he won a full scholarship into Juilliard School for Arts for speech and classical drama. There, he became friends with known celebrity Christopher Reeve. As a young comedian, Robin looked up to many people. Jonathan Winters, Peter Cook, Peter Sellers, and Dudley Moore were people who influenced Robin. As he has succeeded in his career, people started looking up to him. People such as Jim Carry, Conan O’Brien, Frank Caliendo, Dat Phan, Jo Koy, Gabriel Iglesias, Alexei Sayle, and Eddy Murphy are now using Robin as a mentor. When Robin was first starting his career, it was slow, but soon took a major turn for the better. His very first performance was at the Holy City Zoo in the mid 1970’s, and that went well for him. Soon after, people started blaming him for copying others work, so he avoided going to shows for a while but quickly got back into it. He described the life of a comedian as a “brutal field.”
In 1977 a famous TV producer named George Schlatter saw him at one of his local shows, and knew right away that he was going to be a star. The producer invited him to be on his new show Laugh-In, which ended very soon after
A teacher encouraged Lawrence to attend an open microphone night. He stepped up and made everyone feel how funny a comedian he would be. Shortly after moving to L.A. Lawrence got a guest spot on the TV show “What’s Happening Now.” Lawrence launched his own show, Martin which ran for 1992 to 1997. In 2012, Lawrence hoped to return to the small screen.
Wayne Bertram Williams was born on in Atlanta Georgia on May 27, 1958. Both his parents, Faye and Homer Williams were both school teachers. Wayne graduated
Kevin Hart’s experience would later prove has a source for his comic genius. “The jokes come from real
After him graduating from high school, he later attended Georgetown University along with a secondary school. (Packer Collegiate Institute)
In the book Night and the movie, Schindler’s List, the protagonists go through major changes due to their experiences of the Holocaust, a period in history no man would want to envision. Schindler’s List is created to convey a different side for the tragic time in history, an ordinary businessman. This businessman, Oskar Schindler, wants to prove that there will be hope in this desperate time. However, the motive behind Night is different. In Night, the author Elie Wiesel aims to describe his experiences in the Holocaust to avoid the past from reoccurring. Hence, Night is more effective in demonstrating Holocaust education through characterization. As the characters undergo changes in the novel, the goal of the author is attained.
is the founder of a record company called Motown. Motown is a record company that had recorded so of the famous singers/bands that were just starting their music career, like the Jackson 5, and Michael Jackson. Robin Williams was born on July21, 1951. Robin Williams was born in Chicago, but he was raised in Bloomfield Hills Michigan. Robin Williams was in a show that was called weapons of Self-Destruction, and was found playing Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Robin Williams was found dead in his home at the age of 63. Terry Crews is known for being the NFL defensive end and linebacker for the LA Rams, but now it’s the St. Louis Rams. After his football career, he had decided to be an actor. He was in movies such as White Chicks, Benchwarmers, The Expendables 1, 2, and 3, The Longest Yard, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 1 and 2, and Terminator
Louis was born into a poor family on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, louisiana. He was the grandson of a slave spending his childhood in poverty in a rough neighborhood that was called the battlefield. His dad William Armstrong had abandoned the family when louis was young to be with another women. Then his mother Mayann left him and his sister Beatrice in the care of Josephine, which was his grandmother.
After graduation in 1969, Robin Williams attended Claremont Men's College to learn more about acting. Later in life it turned out to be the right decision. He ended up taking lessons in improvisation, which seemed to
His comedy life started when his brother scott sandler encouraged him to perform as a boston comedian at the age of 17 which he enjoyed very much. He later went on to graduate from New York university but he never stopped his comedy acts.he was a regular on MTV’s “remote control” and on NBC’s Saturday
Soon Seinfeld's easy-to-relate to humor gave way to regular appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "Late Night with David Letterman." Other more gimmicky comedians failed the test of time, but Seinfeld's steadfast style made his popularity bloom. Despite national exposure, Seinfeld still stayed close to his roots, continuing to play at small venues as well as on television. With jokes like: "They say Tide cleans bloodstains. I say if you've got a T-shirt with bloodstains, then maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem" ("Jerry Seinfeld" 3/7) it's not hard to see why Seinfeld caught on.
Robin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951 and, after his time studying at Juilliard in New York City, he had a successful career as a stand-up comedian alongside a few small parts in TV shows. He did not become widely known and beloved as an actor until his role of Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy. From there, his career took off and it is well known that he had an expressive and comedic personality both as a person and as a performer. It is not as widely known, however, that he was extremely passionate about and successful in his charitable work nor that he struggled with many health issues, both mental and physical, to go along with his success.
Kevin Hart was born on July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for being a comedian doing stand-up comedy and for being an actor. He was raised by his mother, Nancy, and is the youngest of two boys. His father, Henry Hart, battled with cocaine addiction and was in and out of jail, so he was rarely around during Kevin Hart’s childhood. However, since Kevin’s childhood, his father has cleaned himself up and the two of them have reconnected. Kevin Hart took to comedy as a way to relieve himself from all of his pain that he endured during his childhood. He used humor as a coping mechanism to make everyone laugh about the situations that he has been through. “The jokes,” he has said on his stand-up, “come from a real experience” (biography.com editors). As a kid, he was really into stand-up comedy and comedians. Hart named Chris Tucker and J.B. Smoove as the most influential comedians to him. Soon after he graduated from high school, he had begun to work as a stand-up comedian. He traveled to New York City, Brockton, Massachusetts and Los Angeles. He started off doing stand-up comedy in small clubs with his stage name as ‘Lil’ Kev the Bastard’. He won several amateur stand-up performances, which encouraged him to perform in clubs around the country. ABC gave Hart his own sitcom called The Big House, which was cancelled after only six episodes. Hart did not sit with that loss, instead he rebounded quickly. He starred in various movies such as Soul Plane, The
In the years after his high school graduation, Williams landed himself a scholarship to Juilliard School of Arts to study theater. It was another step in the journey of his dream to becoming a Hollywood actor. Although he had great success while at Juilliard, he ended up leaving before graduating and moving to San Francisco to perform as a stand-up comedian.
His fans encouraged him to go far in the acting career. He went to the university of Miami,including these other educational schools. Freedom high school, President William high school. During his school years he was playing football, he played Defensive Tackle. People say he was good enough to go to the NFL, during his college and high school lifetime, they also say in middle school he was gaining all and or most of that talent. He started getting famous by going and basically leading his team the University of Miami to victory in the championship.
“ One person’s crazyness is another person’s reality”. Tim Burton easily is identified by this quote. This easily means a lot to Tim Burton as his creativity is all from his mind and it relates to no one else. His unique sense of style for his movies always captivate any audience of his movies. From his days at Walt Disney he knew his creativity was different than other animators and directors.