Biography
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his "granite features and brawny physique," he gained international fame for his starring roles in action, western, and war films; initially as a supporting player and later a leading man. A quintessential cinematic "tough guy", Bronson was cast in various roles where the plot line hinged on the authenticity of the character's toughness and brawn. At the height of his fame in the early 1970s, he was the world's No. 1 box office attraction, commanding $1 million per film.
Born to a Lithuanian-American coal mining family in rural Pennsylvania, Bronson served in the United States Army Air Forces as a bomber tail gunner during World War II. He worked several odd jobs before entering the film industry in the early 1950s, playing bit and supporting roles as henchmen, thugs, and other "heavies". After playing a villain in the Western film Drum Beat, he was cast in his first leading role by B-movie auteur Roger Corman, playing the title character in the gangster picture Machine-Gun Kelly (1958). The role brought him to the attention of mainstream critics, and led to sizable co-lead parts as an Irish-Mexican gunslinger in The Magnificent Seven (1960), a claustrophobic tunneling expert in The Great Escape (1963), a small-town Southern louche in This Property Is Condemned (1966), and a prisoner-turned-commando in The Dirty Dozen (1967).
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Filmography
all 159
Movies 107
TV Shows 52
self 15
Rat Pack (2022)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent (2020)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity (2020)
Spanish Western (2015)
Operation Dirty Dozen (2006)
Family of Cops III (1999)
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II (1997)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way (1995)
Family of Cops (1995)
The Sea Wolf (1994)
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
La Classe américaine (1993)
Donato and Daughter (1993)
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
The Indian Runner (1991)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Messenger of Death (1988)
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Assassination (1987)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)
Disney’s Captain EO Grand Opening (1986)
Act of Vengeance (1986)
Murphy's Law (1986)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983)
10 to Midnight (1983)
Death Wish II (1982)
Death Hunt (1981)
Borderline (1980)
Catastrophe: No Safe Place (1980)
Cabo Blanco (1980)
Love and Bullets (1979)
The Meanest Men in the West (1978)
Telefon (1977)
The White Buffalo (1977)
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
From Noon Till Three (1976)
St. Ives (1976)
Breakheart Pass (1975)
Hard Times (1975)
Breakout (1975)
Death Wish (1974)
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Chino (1973)
The Stone Killer (1973)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
The Mechanic (1972)
Chato's Land (1972)
The Bull of the West (1972)
The Valachi Papers (1972)
Valachi: The Violent Era (1972)
Red Sun (1971)
Someone Behind the Door (1971)
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
Mean Justice (1971)
Cold Sweat (1970)
Violent City (1970)
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
Rider on the Rain (1970)
Twinky (1970)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Farewell, Friend (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Villa Rides (1968)
Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Big Valley (1965)
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
The Sandpiper (1965)
The Big Sur (1965)
Guns of Diablo (1964)
4 for Texas (1963)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
Vacation Playhouse (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Kid Galahad (1962)
Combat! (1962)
Empire (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
X-15 (1961)
The New Breed (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
A Thunder of Drums (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
Master of the World (1961)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Islanders (1960)
The Aquanauts (1960)
Never So Few (1959)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Riverboat (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
When Hell Broke Loose (1958)
Man with a Camera (1958)
Yancy Derringer (1958)
Gang War (1958)
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)
No Time at All (1958)
Suspicion (1957)
M Squad (1957)
Sugarfoot (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
Run of the Arrow (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
Wire Service (1956)
U.S. Marshall (1956)
Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
Jubal (1956)
Target Zero (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Those Whiting Girls (1955)
Big House, U.S.A (1955)
Stage 7 (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Drum Beat (1954)
Medic (1954)
Apache (1954)
Riding Shotgun (1954)
Tennessee Champ (1954)
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
Crime Wave (1953)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
House of Wax (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
The Clown (1953)
Off Limits (1952)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
Biff Baker U.S.A. (1952)
Battle Zone (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
The Doctor (1952)
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
Pat and Mike (1952)
My Six Convicts (1952)
The Marrying Kind (1952)
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
Chevron Theatre (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Mob (1951)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Treasury Men in Action (1950)
Studio One (1948)
Stage 7
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1921-11-03
Deathday2003-08-30 (81 years old)
Birth NameCharles Dennis Buchinsky
Birth PlaceEhrenfeld, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Height174-centimeter
RelationshipsJill Ireland (1968-10-05 - 1990-05-18), Kim Weeks (1998-01-01 - 2003-01-01)
RelativesKatrina Holden Bronson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBel Air · Malibu · Snowmass · Brownsville, United States of America
Also Known AsCharles Dennis Buchinsky, Le Sacre Monstre, Karolis Bučinskis, Karolis Dionyzas Bučinskis
AwardsGolden Boot Awards, Henrietta Award, Purple Heart, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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