Christopher Reeve Overview

Christopher Reeve was an American actor known his portrayal of Superman. Reeve was born in New York City to a University professor father and a journalist mother. At the age of four, Reeve’s parents divorced, so his mother moved with Chris and his brother Benjamin to New Jersey. She later remarried, to an investment banker. At a young age, Reeve entered the world of acting. His first role was in a Princeton theater company production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeoman of the Guard. He... See All