He was the 11th child of a miner with 15 children: Who is Charles Bronson?
The actor, who was especially appreciated for the leading roles he played in European films, became very popular especially in France, Italy, and Spain with his rude attitude, strong body structure, and atmosphere that created a sense of danger in the audience.
Famous actor Charles Bronson, who was given interesting nicknames such as "the sacred giant" (Le sacre monstre) by the French and "the brute" by the Italians, was born on November 3, 1921, as the son of parents of Lithuanian origin.
The actor, whose real name was Charles Bunchinsky, was the 11th child of a miner's 15 children.
Famous movie star Bronson was greatly appreciated by movie buffs, especially with his films "The Magnificent Seven", which he made in 1960, "The Great Escape", which he made in 1963, which took its place among Hollywood's most famous action classics, and "The Dirty Dozen", which was made in 1967.
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young.
In 1971, Bronson, who was voted the most popular actor in the world, was awarded the Golden Globe award.
Eight years later, in 1979, Bronson, who was chosen as the biggest international star of the Hollywood film industry, received the Gold Star Award. The actor, who was especially appreciated for the leading roles he played in European films, became very popular especially in France, Italy, and Spain with his rude attitude, strong body structure, and atmosphere that created a sense of danger in the audience.
A year after the actor lost his partner of 22 years, Jill Ireland, in 1990, he met 36-year-old Kim Weeks and secretly married her in late 2000. This was his third and last marriage. Bronson passed away on September 1, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had been treated for weeks, at the age of 81. Bronson's advertising and public relations officer, Lori Jonas, stated that the famous actor died of pneumonia.
He made his film debut with the 1951 black-and-white naval comedy "You're in the Navy Now", starring Gary Cooper. In his early years, he used the name Charles Buchinsky or Buchinski. Even though he appeared in secondary roles, he acted in good films of important directors. In 1952, he accompanied Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in George Cukor's movie "Pat and Mike". He started to move up in the credits with the character of Hondo in the famous Western movie "Apache-Rebel Fighter", a 1954 Robert Aldrich movie starring Burt Lancaster.
He won the admiration of movie buffs with his films The Magnificent Seven, which he translated in 1960, The Great Escape, which he translated in 1963 and took its place among Hollywood's most famous action classics, and The Dirty Dozen, produced in 1967.
He appeared in front of the camera with Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and James Coburn in the movie The Magnificent Seven, which he translated in 1960.
Famous actors such as Lee Marvin, Donald Sutherland, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, and Telly Savalas starred in the movie The Dirty Dozen, shot in 1967.
He gained great fame in Europe with his role as a hitman in the 1968 'spaghetti western' 'Once Upon A Time In The West', starring Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale.
Turkish actors also starred in the 1970 film "You Can't Win 'Em All", directed by Peter Collinson, shot in Turkey, starring Tony Curtis and Charles Bronson.