Robin Williams' Best Non-Comedic Roles, Ranked:
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Robin Williams’ Most Notable Dramatic RolesThe selection spans „One Hour Photo“ to his Oscar-winning supporting role in „Good Will Hunting“.
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- In „One Hour Photo“, Williams portrays photo technician Seymour Parrish, who obsessively stalks a family he observes.
- In the 2002 thriller „Insomnia“, Williams plays Walter Finch, the prime murder suspect opposing Al Pacino’s detective.
- Williams received his first and only Oscar in 1998 for his supporting role as therapist Sean in „Good Will Hunting“.
- „Awakenings“ earned three Academy Award nominations, while Williams received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance.
gives his best 'straight' performance, shorn of all his marvelous manic vaudeville. The man he plays here is not a performer, which he was even in Dead Poets Society, but simply a man.— The New Republic raved about Williams' role in Awakenings, writing that he 'gives his best 'straight' performance, shorn of all his marvelous manic vaudeville. The man he plays here is not a performer, which he was even in Dead Poets Society, but simply a man.'
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