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{{Infobox person
| name          = Christopher Reeve
| image         = Clarksupescompare.jpg
| imagesize     = 190px
| caption       = Reeve as [[Superman]]
| birth_name    = {{nowrap|Christopher D'Olier Reeve}}
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1952|9|25}}
| birth_place   = [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S.
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| death_cause   = 
| resting_place = Cremated
| nationality   = American
| education     = [[Cornell University]]
| alma_mater    = [[Juilliard School]]
| home_town     = [[Princeton, New Jersey]]
| known for     = {{nowrap|''[[Superman]]''<br/>[[Christopher Reeve Foundation]]}}
| boards        = [[Christopher Reeve Foundation]]
| occupation    = Actor, director, producer, screenwriter, author
| years_active  = 1974 &ndash; 2004
| height        = 6ft 4in.
| website       = {{url|http://www.christopherreeve.org/}}
| partner       = Gae Exton
| spouse        = [[Dana Reeve|Dana Morosini]] (1992–2004)
| children      = 3 <small>(2 with Exton; 1 with Dana Reeve)</small>
| parents       = {{nowrap|[[F.D. Reeve]]<br/>Barbara Pitney Reeve ([[Married and maiden names|née]] Lamb)}}
| family        = [[Franklin D'Olier]]<br/>(Great-Grandfather)
| awards        = '''Screen Actor Guild Award''' (1998), '''Emmy Award''' (1997), '''Lasker Award''' (2003)
}}
'''Christopher D'Olier Reeve''' ([[September 25]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[movie director|director]], [[movie producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter|writer]]. He was a famous [[theater]] actor before playing the role of [[Superman]] in four movies, from [[1978]] to [[1987]]. In the [[1980s in movies|1980s]], he starred in several movies, including ''[[Somewhere in Time (movie)|Somewhere in Time]]'' (1980), ''[[Deathtrap (movie)|Deathtrap]]'' (1982), ''[[The Bostonians]]'' (1984), and ''[[Street Smart (1987 movie)|Street Smart]]'' (1987). He also starred in many theater plays, including the [[Broadway]] plays ''[[Fifth of July]]'' (1980 - 1982) and ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1985). In 1987, started a public movement of protest in support of 77 [[Chile]]an actors, directors, and [[playwright]]s who had been sentenced to death by the dictator [[Pinochet]] for criticizing his government in their works. Pinochet canceled the sentence after this, and Reeve was given with three national awards from [[Chile]] for his actions. In the [[1990s]], Reeve acted in such movies as ''[[Noises Off]]'' (1992), ''[[The Remains of the Day (movie)|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993), and ''[[Village of the Damned]]'' (1995).

In May 1995, Reeve was [[paralysis|paralyzed]] in an accident when riding a horse. He had to use a [[wheelchair]] for the rest of his life. He then made many campaigns in support of people with [[spinal cord injury|spinal cord injuries]]. He founded the [[Christopher Reeve Foundation]] and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. Reeve died at age 52 on [[October 10]], [[2004]] from heart problems caused by an [[infection]]. Director Richard Donner dedicated his new version of ''Superman II'' ([[2006]]) to Reeve. The TV series episode ''"Devoted"'' from season four of ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', which ran in 2004, is also dedicated to his memory. Also, ''[[Everyone's Hero]]'', which he directed, and 2006's ''[[Superman Returns (movie)|Superman Returns]]'' are dedicated to him and his wife, Dana.

Reeve married [[Dana Reeve|Dana Morosini]] in April 1992. They had a son, Will. Reeve also had two children, Matthew and Alexandra, from a relationship he had before with Gae Exton.

==Other websites==
{{Wikiquote}}
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* {{imdb name|id=0001659|name=Christopher Reeve}}
* {{ibdb name|id = 57383|name = Christopher Reeve}}
* {{nndb name|id=761/000022695|name=Christopher Reeve}}
* [http://www.christopherreeve.org Christopher Reeve Foundation]
* [http://www.paralysis.org/ Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center : Home]
* [http://www.wargs.com/other/reeve.html Ancestry of Christopher Reeve]
* [http://cagle.com/news/ChristopherReeve/1.asp Political Cartoons Honoring Reeve]
* {{tvtome person|id=36728|name=Christopher Reeve}}

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