‘I want to thank my father, up there’ — List of Robin Williams Oscar nominations, wins
Posted: March 2026
List of Oscar nominations for Robin Williams. Robin Williams has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards and won 1. Year indicates year/period for which films were eligible for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
WON: 1997: Good Will Hunting (Best Supporting Actor) — Other nominees: Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights), Greg Kinnear (As Good as It Gets), Robert Forster (Jackie Brown), Anthony Hopkins (Amistad)
1991: The Fisher King (Best Actor) — lost to Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs). Other nominees: Warren Beatty (Bugsy), Nick Nolte (The Prince of Tides), Robert De Niro (Cape Fear)
1989: Dead Poets Society (Best Actor) — lost to Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot). Other nominees: Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy), Kenneth Branagh (Henry V), Tom Cruise (Born on the Fourth of July)
1987: Good Morning, Vietnam (Best Actor) — lost to Michael Douglas (Wall Street). Other nominees: William Hurt (Broadcast News), Marcello Mastroianni (Dark Eyes), Jack Nicholson (Ironweed)
Robin Williams, a Chicago native who attended Redwood High School (also attended by actresses Erin Gray and Gabrielle Carteris, actor David Strathairn, football coach Pete Carroll, comedian Maz Jobrani and Gov. Gavin Newsom) in Larkspur, California, starred in TV’s “Mork & Mindy” and appeared in “Awakenings,” “Popeye,” “Hook,” “Night at the Museum,” “Insomnia,” “Patch Adams” and “Mrs. Doubtfire.” He died Aug. 11, 2014, at his home in Paradise Cay, Calif. The autopsy referred to Lewy body dementia as a factor. His publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said he suffered from severe depression.