Christopher Reeve - ©Theda Bara

The name I bring you in this post is the talented American actor Christopher Reeve, known for playing the most famous “Superman” in cinema, as well as for a series of four acclaimed films, beginning with “Superman” (1978), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA; and later in three other critically acclaimed films: “The Bostonians” (1984), playing “Basil Ransome”; “Street Smart” (1987), playing “Jonathan Fisher”; and “The Remains of the Day” (1993), playing “Jack Lewis”.

Christopher Reeve received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the television film: “Rear Window” 1998, playing “Janson Kemp”, a remake of the (1954) classic of the same name. Reeve also won a Grammy Award for Best Album in 1999, for the documentary: “Still Me”.

On May 27, 1995, Reeve became a quadriplegic due to a fracture in the first two cervical vertebrae, which damaged his spinal cord. After a horseback riding accident during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, he began using a wheelchair for mobility and a portable ventilator for breathing. A year later, in 1996, he received a standing ovation at the Academy Awards. Since then, the actor led a campaign for the legalization of stem cell research and created the Christopher Reeve Foundation, in addition to co-founding the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. He died young due to a serious infection resulting from his frail health.

Christopher Reeve has a star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard, in the Motion Picture category.

Christopher D’Olier Reeve, born on September 25, 1952, in New York, United States, died on October 10, 2004, in Mount Kisco, New York, United States, at the age of 52.

Christopher Reeve was married twice. First, to British model Gae Exton (1951-), known for her work in “Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story” (2024), from 1977 to 1987. The couple had two children: British-American Matthew Exton Reeve (1979-) and British actress Alexandra Reeve Givens (1983-). His second marriage was to American singer, actress, and activist Dana Charles Morosini Reeve (1961-2006). The couple had a son, American actor and producer Will Reeve (1992-), known for his work in: “Superman” 2025. As a boy, Will’s life was not the easiest, as his famous father became a quadriplegic. After his father’s death, Will was adopted by actor Robin McLaurin Williams (1951-2014), with whom Reeve maintained a close friendship. Early in their careers, Reeve achieved greater success and helped Robin, who, after the accident, began to reciprocate. With Reeve’s death and soon after that of Dana (from lung cancer), Robin adopted Will and raised him as her own son. But Will’s life never seemed to have a happy ending, as Robin Williams (who struggled with depression and had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and dementia) committed suicide in August 2014 and was found dead by his adopted son in his California home at the age of 63. The cause of death was asphyxiation by hanging.