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Christopher Reeve |
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| Reeve has distinguished himself in a variety of roles on stage, screen and television. The New Jersey native made his professional stage debut at the Williamstown Theater at the age 15. After graduating from Cornell, he attended Juilliard under the legendary John Houseman and made his Broadway debut with Katharine Hepburn in A Matter of Gravity. He went on to appear in The Marriage Figaro and Fifth of July, My Life with William Hurt at Circle Rep, Summer and Smoke with Christine Lahti at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles, Love Letters in several regional productions, and The Aspern Papers with Vanessa Redgrave and Dame Wendy Hiller in London's West End. The success of Superman and its subsequent sequels not only established Reeve's reputation as both a romantic and comic actor, but it gave him the opportunity to find diverse roles In films such as Street Smart, The Aviator, Deathtrap, Somewhere in Time, Switching Channels, Noises Off, and two Merchant-Ivory productions, The Bostonians and Oscar-nominated Remains of the Day. Reeve also costarred opposite Michael Keaton and Geena Davis in Speechless. Reeve's television performances are equally diversified. He has starred in such television productions as Anna Karenina, Bump in the Night, The Great Escape: The Untold Story, Death Dreams, The Rose and the Jackal, The Last Ferry Home and Morning Glory. |
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