Viewers know Charles Dennis Buchinski under the stage name Charles Bronson. This is perhaps the most spectacular cinematic cowboy of the twentieth century.
Charles Bronson was born in 1921 in Ehrenfeld, USA.
His parents are Polish-Lithuanian immigrants who raised 15 children, and Charles had ten older brothers and sisters, and four younger ones. Everyone spoke mostly Polish, and only Charles was the first to learn English and finish school.
At 10, after the death of his father, he went to work at the mine. The family was not just poor - they experienced total poverty. This went on for a long time, and then World War II broke out, and Bronson went to the front.
He served as an air gunner in the Pacific Fleet, for bravery he was awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Actor's career
After the war, a theater troupe got in his way, and he decided to try himself in acting. And when I first saw the eyes of the audience, I realized that this was his business, his vocation.
With a decisive and ambitious character, Charles Buchinsky decides to become a real star, and for this to get an acting education at a theater school in Pasadena, California.
Only in 1950, when he was almost 30 years old, Buchinski began acting in films. In the first 12 pictures in the credits his real name is listed, and then in all the films he is already referred to as Bronson. The reason for this was the persecution of communists in the United States, where every Slavic surname could be associated with communism.
Bronson's debut in the movie began with the picture "Now you're in the Navy" (1950), with the role of a sailor. After that, they began to invite him to supporting roles, and during the filming the actor gained the necessary experience.
A few years later came the main roles in the film "Machine Gun Kelly" and the series "Man with a Camera". However, a real breakthrough in Bronson’s career occurred after the release of the film “The Magnificent Seven” (1960). This brilliant western brought Charles a fee of $ 50 thousand, the unconditional love of the audience and world recognition.
An interesting fact - Bronson was one of the favorite actors of Vladimir Vysotsky.
The peak of Charles Bronson's fame came in the 1960s and 70s: the Dirty Dozen drama, which received several Oscars and Western Once Upon a Time in the West, became a cult drama. After these tapes, the actor began a bright streak - for each role he received already about a million dollars.
His role was liked by the audience, and the westerns and action films in which Bronson starred were crazy popular all over the world. For example, the action movie "Death Thirst" was so successful that in 1994 the director filmed its sequel.
In the 80s, work in the cinema became increasingly rare. One of the most famous films of that period with the participation of Bronson is the film "Ten Minutes Before Midnight."
