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<\/a><\/p>\nIn his first major role, Williams played Garp, the affable son of feminist icon Jenny, Glenn Close, in an adaptation of the popular John Irving novel. Showing he could do sweet and serious as well as funny, the film was well-received and he caught the eye of casting directors and director.<\/p>\n
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2.\u00a0Good Morning Vietnam<\/i>\u00a01987<\/p>\n
Williams\u2019 first big hit, he played Airman Second Class Adrian Cronauer who finds himself working as an Air Force DJ in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War, and soon ends up on the wrong side of his superiors thanks to his irreverent humour.<\/p>\n His hysterical, largely ad-libbed on-air tirades won Williams public admiration and affection, and his greeting of \u201cgood mooooooorning Vietnam\u201d became an instant catchphrase.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Dead Poets Society<\/i>\u00a01989<\/p>\n With his role as inspirational English teacher John Keating at an elite boarding school in 1952, Williams showed his true versatility, capturing the imagination of his on-screen students and real-life young people all over the world.<\/p>\n Another catchphrase was born when he instructed his charges to call him: \u201cO Captain! My Captain!\u201d \u2013 a reference to the Walt Whitman poem.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Hook<\/i>\u00a01991<\/p>\n Perhaps the ultimate Peter Pan, Williams shone in this Steven Spielberg take on the classic play, playing a grown-up \u201cPeter Bann\u201d whose relationship with his wife and children have become strained.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0The Fisher King<\/i>\u00a01991<\/p>\n Touching, sweet, poignant, Williams\u2019 portrayal of Parry, a deluded homeless man who saves a cynical depressed DJ, played by Jeff Bridges, after both are touched by the same tragedy, won critical as well as popular acclaim.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0Aladdin<\/i>\u00a01992<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Williams unwillingly began the trend of serious, popular actors providing voice-overs for animation, thrilling children and adults with his rendition of the Genie in Disney\u2019s\u00a0Aladdin<\/i>.<\/p>\n He had voiced the role as a favour to Disney in gratitude at the success of Good Morning Vietnam on the condition that his name and image not be used for marketing, promises Disney reneged on.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0Mrs Doubtfire<\/i>\u00a01993<\/p>\n Perhaps his most beloved and most popular role, Williams played Daniel Hillard, a divorced father who inveigles his way into spending more time with his children by disguising himself as a Scottish nanny, Euphegenia Doubtfire.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0Good Will Hunting<\/i>\u00a01997<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n