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Christopher Reeve

American actor and activist best known for playing Superman and championing disability rights.

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Known for: Portraying Superman in the iconic film series and his advocacy for spinal cord injury research.
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About Christopher Reeve

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. He studied at Cornell University and the Juilliard School, making his Broadway debut in 1976. Afterwards, Reeve turned down multiple roles in big-budget movies, focusing instead on independent films and plays with complex characters. Beginning in the 1980s, Reeve was an activist for environmental and human-rights causes and for artistic freedom of expression. In 1995, Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He used a wheelchair and ventilator for the rest of his life. After his accident, he lobbied for spinal injury research, including human embryonic stem cell research, and for better insurance coverage for people with disabilities. His advocacy work included leading the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and co-founding the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. Reeve later directed In the Gloaming (1997), acted in a television remake of Rear Window (1998), and made two appearances in the Superman-themed television series Smallville (2003).

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