--- title: Man of a Thousand Faces: Robin Williams' Career In Photos description: Look back on the many faces of Robin Williams. canonical: https://time.com/3108807/robin-williams-career-in-photos/ author: Harry Swartout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-14T10:00:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:39:26.143Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch: Robin Williams' Career in Photos og:description: Look back on the many faces of Robin Williams. og:url: https://time.com/3108807/robin-williams-career-in-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb30679682c16cf5/69869f6fd0b6f210d1305b01/robin-willams-tryptich.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Robin Willams Tryptich og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch: Robin Williams' Career in Photos twitter:description: Look back on the many faces of Robin Williams. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb30679682c16cf5/69869f6fd0b6f210d1305b01/robin-willams-tryptich.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man of a Thousand Faces and Voices: Robin Williams' Career in Photos by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Aug 14, 2014 10:00 AM CUT  Robin Williams' characters showed his range as an actor Robin Williams' characters showed his range as an actorEverett (2); MPTV by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Aug 14, 2014 10:00 AM CUT A rebellious military disc jockey, an exuberant and gifted English professor, a magical genie trapped inside a lamp, a bawdy but kindly elderly nanny–these vastly different characters flowed from the mind of just one person. Robin Williams took his own life on Monday, but the multitude of unforgettable characters he willed into being with unmatched energy and warmth live on. Over his almost four-decades-long career, Williams donned prosthetics, dressed up in drag, and scrunched his face beyond recognition in the name of quality entertainment. Take a look back and marvel at how the same guy who made you laugh as Mork from Ork also tugged at your heartstrings in _Good Will Hunting_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3108807/robin-williams-career-in-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3108807/robin-williams-career-in-photos/"},"headline":"Man of a Thousand Faces and Voices: Robin Williams' Career in Photos","datePublished":"2014-08-14T10:00:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:39:26.143Z","description":"Williams' bottomless wellspring of characters left lasting impressions","url":"https://time.com/3108807/robin-williams-career-in-photos/","keywords":["Rememberance"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb30679682c16cf5/69869f6fd0b6f210d1305b01/robin-willams-tryptich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb30679682c16cf5/69869f6fd0b6f210d1305b01/robin-willams-tryptich.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robin Willams Tryptich","caption":"Robin Williams' characters showed his range as an actor","creditText":"Everett (2); MPTV","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/rememberance/","name":"Rememberance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3108807/robin-williams-career-in-photos/","name":"Man of a Thousand Faces and Voices: Robin Williams' Career in Photos"}}]}] ```