Christopher Reeve is an American theater and film actor, screenwriter, director and public figure. Christoph was born on September 25, 1952 in New York, USA. When the boy was only 4 years old, his parents separated. Raised by his mother and stepfather in Princeton. He was sometimes sent to Connecticut during the holidays to stay with his father. Christopher's father was engaged in teaching the boy and taught him everything he could, but at the same time often mocked the stupidity and clumsiness
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Christopher Reeve is an American theater and film actor, screenwriter, director and public figure. Christoph was born on September 25, 1952 in New York, USA.
When the boy was only 4 years old, his parents separated. Raised by his mother and stepfather in Princeton. He was sometimes sent to Connecticut during the holidays to stay with his father. Christopher's father was engaged in teaching the boy and taught him everything he could, but at the same time often mocked the stupidity and clumsiness of the child.
Since childhood, Reeve learned to sail and scuba dive.
At the age of nine, the actor made his first appearance at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton. After school, the boy entered Cornell University, and the practice was by chance in London at the Old Vic Theatre.
Christopher Reeve decided to take an internship at the Comedy Française, after which he returned to New York to enroll in the School of Art, but never finished it, as the training was too expensive for the Reeve family. Then he thought that he had to earn a living.
At the age of 16, the actor was offered a contract for 2 years to participate in the television series “Love of a Life”. Then Christopher was invited to participate in the Broadway production of "The Question of Attraction" paired with Catherine Halburn.
The actor wanted to get to Hollywood, and he managed to play a small role in the film “Dive into the Abyss”. However, he was not given other roles for a long time. Christopher's Star Hour came in 1978 after filming
"Superman" where he played the main role. Then, after 2 years, work on the continuation of the popular film followed, so Superman 2 came out on the screens. A few years later, the third and fourth parts of the picture came out.
The actor is also known to the audience for the films: “Do not make noise”, “Anna Karenina”,
At the end of the day. "Silence,"
"Aviator" .
During filming, Reeve became friends with Gay Exton, after a while they began to date, and then live together. The couple had two children: a girl Alexandra and a boy Matthew. However, after 15 years, the couple separated, and eventually Christopher Reeve married Dana Morosini, who gave birth to another child – a boy Will. In 1995, the actor fell from a horse and broke his neck, followed by years of treatment and complete paralysis. In 2004, Reeve died of a heart attack.