Christopher Reeve

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1952 age 0

   Born

2. 1978 age 26

   CreditSuperman

3. 1980 age 28

   CreditSuperman II

4. 1983 age 31

   CreditSuperman III

5. 1987 age 35

   CreditSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace

6. 1993 age 41

   CreditThe Remains of the Day

7. 2004 age 52

   Died

8. 2006 age 52

   CreditEveryone's Herodirector

   CreditEveryone's Heroexecutive producer

• MMMarc McClure4 titles
• MKMargot Kidder4 titles
• JCJackie Cooper4 titles
• SRShane Rimmer3 titles
• JHJohn Hollis3 titles
• GHGene Hackman3 titles
• DNDavid Newman3 titles
• SYSusannah York3 titles
• ISIlya Salkind3 titles
• PSPierre Spengler3 titles

• Studied under

  • JHJohn Houseman

Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Taught.

• The key word for me on him is "inspiration." He is a leader by inspiration. He sets an example. It's quite important that people realize that I don't see him as a glad-handing show-off, a one-man vigilante force who rights every wrong. Basically, he's a pacifist, a man who comes along and says, 'What can I do to help?' He stands on the sidelines until there is real trouble. He does not want to get involved unless it's absolutely necessary because he thinks people should learn to make their own decisions.

  Christopher Reeve, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Somewhere in Time, while it errs on the side of pretentiousness, is an absolutely honest attempt to create an old-fashioned romance. It's based on love rather than on sex or X-rated bedroom scenes. I don't know how to talk about a love story without getting all gooey about it, but the script excited me because of the situation of the leading character... His problem struck me as that of many people. They've got everything going for them, or so they say, except for a real commitment, a real love.

  Christopher Reeve, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Superman is nothing more than a popular retelling of the Christ story, or Greek mythology. It's an archetype, watered down and made in vivid colors for twelve-year-old's mentality. It's pop mythology, which extends to the actor, then seeps over to a demand that that actor reflect the needs of the worshipers. The worship doesn't only go on in the temples — it goes on in the streets, and restaurants, in magazines. But, you know, I'm from New Jersey, I'm not from Olympus or Krypton, so back off 'cause I can't take the responsibility.

  Christopher Reeve, CC BY-SA 4.0

• So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

  Christopher Reeve, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I'm starting a new chapter in my life, and you have no idea how much that means.

  Christopher Reeve, CC BY-SA 4.0

• We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.

  Christopher Reeve, CC BY-SA 4.0