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Christopher Reeve

1952 - 2004

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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playing the title character in the Superman film series (1978–1987). He won a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Reeve has received more than 23,249,884 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Christopher Reeve is the 282nd most popular actor (down from 107th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from United States (down from 205th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Actor.

Christopher Reeve is most famous for being the actor who played Superman in the Superman movies.

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  • 66.65

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  • 66

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  • 4.85

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  • 5.23

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Christopher Reeve ranks 282 out of 13,578. Before him are Glenn Close, Demi Moore, Liza Minnelli, Vittorio Gassman, Kurt Russell, and William Holden. After him are Pola Negri, Nathalie Delon, Michael Keaton, Farrah Fawcett, Rudolph Valentino, and Sophie Marceau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Christopher Reeve ranks 17. Before him are Mickey Rourke, Robert Zemeckis, Nelson Piquet, Roger Milla, Francis Fukuyama, and Sylvia Kristel. After him are Salome Zourabichvili, Jostein Gaarder, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Sammo Hung, Hun Sen, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Among people deceased in 2004, Christopher Reeve ranks 19. Before him are Peter Ustinov, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Susan Sontag, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi. After him are Akhmad Kadyrov, Janet Leigh, Helmut Newton, Maurice Wilkins, Renata Tebaldi, and Stieg Larsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Reeve ranks 520 out of 20,380. Before him are William P. Murphy (1892), Kurt Russell (1951), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Irving Langmuir (1881), William Holden (1918), and Paul Simon (1941). After him are Carroll Shelby (1923), Sydney Pollack (1934), Charlie Parker (1920), Kip Thorne (1940), Michael Keaton (1951), and Farrah Fawcett (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Christopher Reeve ranks 141. Before him are Michael Landon (1936), Glenn Close (1947), Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Kurt Russell (1951), and William Holden (1918). After him are Michael Keaton (1951), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Anthony Perkins (1932), Jeff Bridges (1949), Tobin Bell (1942), and Janet Leigh (1927).

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Television and Movie Roles

Superman
Clark Kent / Superman
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dec 14o 19787.137 / 10
Superman II
Clark Kent / Superman
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Dec 12o 19806.733 / 10
Superman III
Clark Kent / Superman
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Jun 17o 19835.499 / 10