American leading man born in New York city. On October 10,
2004 Christopher Reeve passed away in Mount Kisco, New York
from a heart attack.
While working as an actor Christopher Reeve studied at Cornell
university.
Toph was a childhood nickname as an adult Christopher Reeve
went by Chris.
Along with Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper and Marc McClure,
Christopher Reeve was one of only four actors to appear in
all four SUPERMAN movies.
In 1994 Christopher Reeve starred opposite Michael Keaton
in SPEECHLESS. Keaton and Reeve portrayed DC Comics two most
iconic characters, BATMAN and SUPERMAN.
In the filming of the first SUPERMAN movie, Christopher Reeve
wore nearly 25 different Superman costumes. Some of which
were specifically for walking, and others that were for flying,
and some for lighting.
John Carpenter's remake of VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED in 1995
was Christopher Reeve's last theatrical film.
During his final year of Cornell, Christopher Reeve was one
of two students selected to study at New York's famous Juilliard
School of Performing Arts, under the renowned John Houseman,
the other student was Robin Williams. At Juilliard Christopher
Reeve was roommates with Robin Williams. They remained close
friends for the remainder of Reeve's life.
In 1976, Christopher Reeve made his Broadway debut starring
opposite Katharine Hepburn in A MATTER OF GRAVITY.
Being best known as The Man of Steel, Christopher Reeve will
always be Superman. He was in all four SUPERMAN movies including
Superman II, III and IV.
For the role of Superman Christopher Reeve had to gain 30
pounds. His weight trainer for SUPERMAN in 1978 was British
weight lifting champion David Prowse, who played Darth Vader
in STAR WARS in 1977, STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STIKES
BACK in 1980 and STAR WARS: EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI
in 1983.
Christopher Reeve said he based his portrayal of Clark Kent
in the SUPERMAN films on a younger Cary Grant.
One of the last characters that Christopher Reeve played
before his riding accident was a paralyzed individual, in
the film ABOVE SUSPICION in 1995.
Christopher reeve's autobiography, Still Me was a bestseller,
and Christopher Reeve was working on another book at the time
of his death.
Christopher Reeve was the tallest out of the five actors
who have played SUPERMAN the others who have played the role
of Superman are Kirk Alyn, George Reeves, Dean Cain and Tom
Welling.
Christopher Reeve's other film credits include:
Christopher Reeve - MovieActors.com
