Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

179

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-11-03

Deathday

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, November 3, 1921 - August 30, 2003) 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.

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Acting

—		Stage 7 as Jerry Donn
—		Stage 7 as Murray Forman

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)
1995		Family of Cops as Paul Fein

1994		The Sea Wolf as Capt. Wolf Larsen
1994		Death Wish V: The Face of Death as Paul Kersey

1993		La Classe américaine as The Indian (archive footage)
1993		Donato and Daughter as Sgt. Mike Donato

1991		Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Francis Church
1991		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
1987		Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987		Assassination as Jay Killion

1986		Act of Vengeance as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
1986		Murphy's Law as Jack Murphy

1985		Death Wish 3 as Paul Kersey
1985		Night of 100 Stars II as Self

1984

The Evil That Men Do as Holland

1983		All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Himself
1983		10 to Midnight as Leo Kessler

1982

Death Wish II as Paul Kersey

1981

Death Hunt as Albert Johnson

1980		Borderline as Jeb Maynard
1980		Catastrophe: No Safe Place as Self - Host
1980		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
1977		The White Buffalo as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis

1976		Raid on Entebbe as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
1976		From Noon Till Three as Graham Dorsey
1976		St. Ives as Raymond St. Ives

1975		Breakheart Pass as John Deakin
1975		Hard Times as Chaney
1975		Breakout as Nick Colton

1974		Death Wish as Paul Kersey
1974		Mr. Majestyk as Vince Majestyk

1973		Chino as Chino Valdez
1973		The Stone Killer as Lou Torrey
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1972		The Mechanic as Arthur Bishop
1972		Chato's Land as Pardon Chato
1972		The Bull of the West as Ben Justin
1972		The Valachi Papers as Joe Valachi
1972		Valachi: The Violent Era as Self

1971		Red Sun as Link
1971		Someone Behind the Door as The Stranger
1971		V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1971		Mean Justice as Moreno

1970		Cold Sweat as Joe Martin
1970		Violent City as Jeff Heston
1970		You Can't Win 'Em All as Josh Corey
1970		Rider on the Rain as Col. Harry Dobbs
1970		Twinky as Scott Wardman

1968		Once Upon a Time in the West as 'Harmonica'
1968		Farewell, Friend as Franz Propp
1968		The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968		Villa Rides as Rodolfo Fierro
1968		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
1965		The F.B.I. as Earl Clayton
1965		The Big Valley as Tate
1965		The Legend of Jesse James as Cheyney
1965		The Sandpiper as Cos Erickson
1965		The Big Sur as Self (uncredited)

1964

Guns of Diablo as Linc Murdock

1963		4 for Texas as Matson
1963		The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Linc Murdock
1963		The Fugitive as Ralph Schuyler
1963		Vacation Playhouse as John Wesley Hardin
1963		The Great Escape as Danny 'Tunnel King'

1962		Kid Galahad as Lew Nyack
1962		Combat! as Velasquez
1962		Empire as Paul Moreno
1962		Empire as Paul
1962		Empire as Moreno
1962		The Virginian as Ben Justin
1962		The Virginian as Harge Talbot

1961		X-15 as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
1961		The New Breed as Jerry Bergason
1961		Dr. Kildare as Harry Gregg
1961		A Thunder of Drums as Trooper Hanna
1961		Cain's Hundred as Hank Conrad
1961		Master of the World as John Strock

1960		The Magnificent Seven as Bernardo O'Reilly
1960		The Islanders as Dutch Malkin
1960		The Aquanauts as Hector Morrison

1959		Never So Few as Sgt. John Danforth
1959		Adventures in Paradise as Dan Morton
1959		The Twilight Zone as Man
1959		Riverboat as Crowley
1959		Bonanza as Harry Starr
1959		One Step Beyond as Yank Dawson
1959		Rawhide as Del Lingman

1958		When Hell Broke Loose as Steve Boland
1958		Man with a Camera as Mike Kovac
1958		Yancy Derringer as Rogue Donovan
1958		Gang War as Alan Avery
1958		Machine-Gun Kelly as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
1958		Showdown at Boot Hill as Luke Welsh
1958		No Time at All as Wolf Hagan

1957		Colt .45 as Danny Gordon
1957		The Walter Winchell File as Eggers
1957		Suspicion as Cal
1957		M Squad as Eddie Loder
1957		Sugarfoot as Sandy Randall
1957		Sugarfoot as Cliff Raven
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel as Manfred Holt
1957		Run of the Arrow as Blue Buffolo
1957		Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Dan Rocco
1957		Tales of Wells Fargo as Butch Cassidy

1956		Playhouse 90 as Wolf Hagan
1956		Playhouse 90 as Andy Kovaric
1956		Playhouse 90 as Sgt Meras
1956		Wire Service as Sam Adams
1956		U.S. Marshall as Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal
1956		U.S. Marshall as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid
1956		Hey, Jeannie! as Rocky Harman
1956		Telephone Time as Guest
1956		Jubal as Reb

1955		Target Zero as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
1955		Crusader as Mike Brod
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Det. Krovitch
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Frank Bramwell
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ray Bardon
1955		Gunsmoke as Crego
1955		Gunsmoke as Ben Tiple
1955		Those Whiting Girls as Martin Carroll
1955		Big House, U.S.A as Benny Kelly
1955		The Millionaire as Jerry Bell

1954		Vera Cruz as Pittsburgh
1954		Drum Beat as Kintpuash
1954		Medic as Dr. John Bircher
1954		Apache as Hondo
1954		Riding Shotgun as Pinto
1954		Tennessee Champ as Sixty Jubel
1954		The Joe Palooka Story as Eddie Crane

1953		Torpedo Alley as Submariner
1953		Miss Sadie Thompson as Pvt. Edwards
1953		Crime Wave as Ben Hastings
1953		The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Joe Krossen
1953		Letter to Loretta as Eugene Walters
1953		House of Wax as Igor
1953		General Electric Theater as Pike
1953		General Electric Theater as Henry
1953		General Electric Theater as Soldier Conlon
1953		The Clown as Gambler (uncredited)

1952		Off Limits as Russell (Uncredited)
1952		Bloodhounds of Broadway as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
1952		Biff Baker U.S.A. as Czech spy
1952		Biff Baker U.S.A. as Wilhelm
1952		Battle Zone as Marine Private (uncredited)
1952		Cavalcade of America as John Stanizewski
1952		Four Star Playhouse as Frank Dana
1952		The Doctor as Joe Langan
1952		Pat and Mike as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
1952		Diplomatic Courier as Russian Agent (uncredited)
1952		My Six Convicts as Jocko
1952		The Marrying Kind as Eddie
1952		Red Skies of Montana as Neff (uncredited)
1952		Chevron Theatre as (2 Episodes)
1952		Chevron Theatre

1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sgt. Roy Smith
1951		The Mob as Jack (uncredited)
1951		The People Against O'Hara as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
1951		You're in the Navy Now as Wascylewski

1950		Lux Video Theatre as Sergeant Borth
1950		Treasury Men in Action as Frankie Ames

1948

Studio One as Cal