Basic Information About Christopher Atkins
Category | Celebrities βΊ Actors |
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Professions | Actor, Businessperson, Screenwriter, Lifeguard, Instructor |
Net worth | $2,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1961-02-21 (63 years old) |
Place of birth | Rye |
Nationality | United States of America |
Spouse | Lyn Barron - (25 MayΒ 1985 - 2007)Β (divorced)Β (2 children) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Christopher Atkins win?
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Golden Globe |
Golder Raspberry |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Christopher Atkins awards
Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
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Golden Globe - New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male | Nominee | The Blue Lagoon | 1981 |
Christopher Atkins roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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The Blue Lagoon | Richard Lestrange |
The Pirate Movie | Frederic |
Dallas | Peter Richards 27 episodes, 1983-1984 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jimmy Turelli 1 episode, 2014 |
Red Shoe Diaries | 1 episode, 1994 |
Silk Stalkings | Chance Reynolds 1 episode, 1996 |
Christopher Atkins's Quotes
- I really did drop out to become a dad. It's so much fun having the little knuckleheads around.
- I'm trying to peek my head back into pictures.
- I couldn't go anywhere. I had my hair pulled and my clothes ripped off of me several times. To this day, people still recognize me. I'm still fighting the image I have from The Blue Lagoon (1980).
- Everybody wants to be like everybody else.
- I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.
Interesting Facts about Christopher Atkins
- Owns his own outdoor sports company and has patented his own fishing lure.
- Has two children, Grant Bomann and Brittney Bomann, she has appeared in five films.
- Was teaching sailing in Rye, New York when he landed his first role as Richard Lestrange in The Blue Lagoon (1980).
- Hit #71 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1982 with the song "How Can I Live Without Her", which appeared in the film The Pirate Movie (1982).
- Has his own sporting goods company, Rocky River Outdoor Products.
- Did not have any interest in acting until a friend of his pressured him to go down to the audition and was chosen out of 4,000 for the role of Richard Lestrange in The Blue Lagoon (1980).
- Best known by the public for his debut role as Richard Lestrange alongside Brooke Shields in the remake The Blue Lagoon (1980).
- His father is a real estate agency owner and business executive, and his mother is a science teacher.
- Parents are Donald Bomann and Bitsy Nebauer.
- Ranked #76 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
- Never turns down charity fundraisers.
- Always takes time for autographs and photographs.
- Very good friends with Brooke Shields.
- His Girlfriend Sandra AnkarbjΓΆrk lives in the small town SkΓΆvde, Sweden.
References & Fact Checks β
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Atkins_1981.jpg
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[1] Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANeFo), 1945-1989, Nummer toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer 931-2805 - Author: Hans van Dijk for Anefo
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands license.
- Date taken: 23 January 1981
- 2/ Filename: brittney-bomann-and-christopher-atkins-cCmCfz2H.jpg
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- Checked: β Yes (2023-07-02 16:31:09)
- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brittney_Bomann_and_Christopher_Atkins.JPG
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http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zGoBr8M06A8chzD8NbZb-A - Author: Popular Press Media Group
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: 23 November 2008