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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. He was also known for his activism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Reeve is the 267th most popular actor (up from 282nd in 2019), the 595th most popular biography from United States (down from 520th 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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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Christopher Reeve ranks 267 out of 13,578. Before him are Divine, David Suchet, Julianne Moore, Marcel Marceau, Liza Minnelli, and Lon Chaney. After him are Franco Nero, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Isabelle Adjani, Robert Mitchum, and George Clooney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Christopher Reeve ranks 19. Before him are Arkan, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Nelson Piquet, Robert Zemeckis, Emomali Rahmon, and Zoran Đinđić. After him are KP Sharma Oli, Jostein Gaarder, Stephen Lang, Roger Milla, Tomislav Nikolić, and Francis Fukuyama. Among people deceased in 2004, Christopher Reeve ranks 17. Before him are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francis Crick, Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Susan Sontag, and Françoise Sagan. After him are Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Janet Leigh, Sune Bergström, and Maurice Wilkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Reeve ranks 595 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Tyson (1966), Julianne Moore (1960), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Liza Minnelli (1946), Lon Chaney (1883), and Hugh Hefner (1926). After him are Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Asaph Hall (1829), Ed Harris (1950), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), and Jack Ruby (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Christopher Reeve ranks 141. Before him are Rock Hudson (1925), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Divine (1945), Julianne Moore (1960), Liza Minnelli (1946), and Lon Chaney (1883). After him are Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Ed Harris (1950), Robert Mitchum (1917), George Clooney (1961), Michael Keaton (1951), and Jared Leto (1971).

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