Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) was an American actor and director best known for playing Superman in the 1978 film and its sequels. His other screen work included Somewhere in Time, Deathtrap and The Remains of the Day, alongside an extensive stage career.

After a riding accident in 1995, he became a prominent advocate for people living with paralysis and for spinal-cord research. He continued working, directing In the Gloaming and The Brooke Ellison Story, and wrote the memoir Still Me. He chaired the Christopher Reeve Foundation from 1999.