MARITAL STATUS
Profession Actor
Birth name Charles Dennis Buchinsky
Nicknames Charles Buchinsky, Charles Buchinski
Nationality American
Birth November 3, 1921 (Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA)
Died August 30, 2003
BIOGRAPHY
Born Charles Buchinski on November 3, 1921 in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania into a family of Lithuanian immigrants, Charles Bronson began working in coal mines. After completing his military service during the Second World War, he studied acting in California before making his debut in the cinema in the 1950s, where his very typical face and boxer’s musculature permanently dedicated him to “tough” roles throughout. of a career that spans nearly forty years.
Initially confined to B series where various filmmakers exploit his imposing and monolithic physique, Charles Bronson also appears with Robert Aldrich , in Bronco Apache or with Samuel Fuller in Judgment of the Arrows .
It was in 1960 that he had the first opportunity to distinguish himself, in Seven Mercenaries by John Sturges and three years later, under the direction of the same director, alongside Steve McQueen in The Great Escape . Present in the credits of Forbidden Property by Sydney Pollack , Charles Bronson definitively achieved fame in 1967 by playing one of the Bastard Twelve for Robert Aldrich .
Having become an international star, the actor then multiplied the leading productions, partner of Alain Delon in Adieu l’ami by Jean Herman and especially with Sergio Leone , in Once upon a time in the West , where his interpretation of the ‘ Man with the Harmonica opposite Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale to the legendary music of Ennio Morricone undoubtedly remains his most famous role on the big screen.
Married to the actress Jill Ireland , Charles Bronson subsequently appeared several times alone or with his wife in films where his compositions became more and more stereotypical, like the archetypal hero he played in 1974 for Michael Winner in A Vigilante in the City .
The actor, who had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease since the end of the 1990s, died in 2003 following pneumonia.
Father of three children, Charles Bronson , who had gradually moved away from film sets,by Sean Penn , where walled in his silence and solitude, he had created a memorable father figure for the occasion.
