- Date de naissance
- Date de décès24 octobre 2017 · Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis (complications d'un cancer de la prostate)
- Nom de naissanceRobert Peter Williams
- Surnom
- Bob
- Taille1,78 m
- Robert Guillaume est né le 30 novembre 1927 dans le Missouri, États-Unis. Il était acteur et producteur. Il est connu pour Benson (1979), Le Roi lion (1994) et Sports Night (1998). Il était marié à Donna Brown Guillaume et Marlene Patricia Scott. Il est mort le 24 octobre 2017 en Californie, États-Unis.
- ConjointsDonna Brown Guillaume(septembre 1985 - 24 octobre 2017) (son décès, 1 enfant)Marlene Patricia Scott(1955 - 21 décembre 1984) (divorcé, 2 enfants)
- EnfantsJacques GuillaumeMelissaPatricia
- ProchesJeanette Williams(Grandparent)
- Gravelly gregarious voice
- Known for playing quick witted and wisecracking characters with a crass sense of humor
- Is the first Black actor to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. As of 2016, he is the only Black actor performer to win both of them, and he was the only Black actor to win any of the two awards until 2017 (when Donald Glover won Lead Actor in a Comedy Series). He still remains the only Black actor to win an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as of 2017.
- Robert Guillaume was born as Robert Peter Williams (Guillaume is the French translation of William).
- He was the producers' first choice for the role of Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager (1995), which eventually went to Tim Russ. His Benson (1979) co-star Ethan Phillips was cast as Neelix on the series.
- Even though Robert Guillaume was an accomplished and experienced Broadway musical performer, there was some controversy when he replaced the original Phantom (Michael Crawford) in the first Los Angeles company of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera," becoming the first black actor to play the role. Some tickets were returned to protest his selection as lead actor even before his first performance. His run was nonetheless popular with audiences and critics.
- Suffered a mild stroke on the set of his television series Sports Night (1998) on January 14, 1999.
- Benson (1979) - $20,000 per 1/2 hour episode
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