Charles Bronson

Personal Info

Birthday

November 3, 1921

Day of Death

2003-08-30

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Charles Dennis Buchinsky

Le Sacre Monstre

Karolis Bučinskis

Karolis Dionyzas Bučinskis

چارلز برانسون

Charles Bronson

Biography

Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky) 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 number one box office attraction.

Known For

Bonanza

Have Gun, Will Travel

Combat!

The Twilight Zone

Four Star Playhouse

Dr. Kildare

The Fugitive

The Big Valley

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
1999
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
as Paul Fein
1997
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
as Commissioner Paul Fein
1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Family of Cops
as Paul Fein
1994
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
as Paul Kersey
1993
La Classe américaine
as The Indian (archive footage)
Donato and Daughter
as Sgt. Mike Donato
The Sea Wolf
as Capt. Wolf Larsen
1991
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Francis Church
The Indian Runner
as Mr. Roberts
1989
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Lieutenant Crowe
1988
Messenger of Death
as Garret Smith
1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
as Paul Kersey
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Assassination
as Jay Killion
1986
Act of Vengeance
as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
Murphy's Law
as Jack Murphy
1985
Death Wish 3
as Paul Kersey
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1984
The Evil That Men Do
as Holland
1983
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
10 to Midnight
as Leo Kessler
1982
Death Wish II
as Paul Kersey
1981
Death Hunt
as Albert Johnson
1980
Borderline
as Jeb Maynard
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
as Self - Host
Caboblanco
as Gifford Hoyt
1979
Love and Bullets
as Charlie Congers
1978
The Meanest Men in the West
as Harge Talbot Jr.
1977
Telefon
as Major Grigori Borzov
The White Buffalo
as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
From Noon Till Three
as Graham Dorsey
St. Ives
as Raymond St. Ives
1975
Breakheart Pass
as John Deakin
Hard Times
as Chaney
Breakout
as Nick Colton
1974
Death Wish
as Paul Kersey
Mr. Majestyk
as Vince Majestyk
1973
Chino
as Chino Valdez
The Stone Killer
as Lou Torrey
1972
The Mechanic
as Arthur Bishop
Chato's Land
as Pardon Chato
The Bull of the West
as Ben Justin
The Valachi Papers
as Joe Valachi
Valachi: The Violent Era
as Self
1971
Red Sun
as Link
Someone Behind the Door
as The Stranger
Mean Justice
as Moreno
1970
Cold Sweat
as Joe Martin
Violent City
as Jeff Heston
You Can't Win 'Em All
as Josh Corey
Rider on the Rain
as Col. Harry Dobbs
Twinky
as Scott Wardman
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Harmonica'
Farewell, Friend
as Franz Propp
Villa Rides
as Rodolfo Fierro
Guns for San Sebastian
as Teclo
1967
The Dirty Dozen
as Joseph Wladislaw
1966
This Property Is Condemned
as J.J. Nichols
1965
Battle of the Bulge
as Maj. Wolenski
The Sandpiper
as Cos Erickson
The Big Sur
as Self (uncredited)
1964
Guns of Diablo
as Linc Murdock
1963
4 for Texas
as Matson
The Great Escape
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
1962
Kid Galahad
as Lew Nyack
1961
X-15
as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
A Thunder of Drums
as Trooper Hanna
Master of the World
as John Strock
1960
The Magnificent Seven
as Bernardo O'Reilly
1959
Never So Few
as Sgt. John Danforth
1958
When Hell Broke Loose
as Steve Boland
Gang War
as Alan Avery
Machine-Gun Kelly
as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
Showdown at Boot Hill
as Luke Welsh
No Time at All
as Wolf Hagan
1957
Run of the Arrow
as Blue Buffolo
1956
Jubal
as Reb
1955
Target Zero
as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
Big House, U.S.A
as Benny Kelly
1954
Vera Cruz
as Pittsburgh
Drum Beat
as Kintpuash
Apache
as Hondo
Riding Shotgun
as Pinto
Tennessee Champ
as Sixty Jubel
1953
Torpedo Alley
as Submariner
Miss Sadie Thompson
as Pvt. Edwards
Crime Wave
as Ben Hastings
House of Wax
as Igor
The Clown
as Gambler (uncredited)
1952
Off Limits
as Russell (Uncredited)
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
Battle Zone
as Marine Private (uncredited)
Diplomatic Courier
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Pat and Mike
as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
My Six Convicts
as Jocko
The Marrying Kind
as Eddie
Red Skies of Montana
as Neff (uncredited)
1951
The Mob
as Jack (uncredited)
The People Against O'Hara
as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
You're in the Navy Now
as Wascylewski