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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 3, 1921
Died
August 30, 2003
Place of Birth
Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Charles Dennis Buchinsky
- Le Sacre Monstre
- Karolis Bučinskis
- Karolis Dionyzas Bučinskis
- چارلز برانسون
Charles Bronson
3.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Elvis: A Life in Music
2026
7.0
Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
9.0
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
7.8
Self (archive footage)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2020
6.2
Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015
7.2
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
6.0
Self
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
6.5
Paul Fein
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
1999
6.5
Commissioner Paul Fein
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
1997
0.0
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
Credits
Elvis: A Life in Music
as Self (archive footage)
2026
0.0
Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)
2025
7.0
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
9.0
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.8
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
2015
6.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
7.2
Operation Dirty Dozen
as Self
2006
6.0
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
as Paul Fein
1999
6.5
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
as Commissioner Paul Fein
1997
6.5
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1995
0.0
Family of Cops
as Paul Fein
1995
6.4
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
as Paul Kersey
1994
5.5
La Classe américaine
as The Indian (archive footage)
1993
7.6
Donato and Daughter
as Sgt. Mike Donato
1993
5.7
The Sea Wolf
as Capt. Wolf Larsen
1993
6.3
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Francis Church
1991
7.0
The Indian Runner
as Mr. Roberts
1991
6.5
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Lieutenant Crowe
1989
5.4
Messenger of Death
as Garret Smith
1988
6.0
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
as Paul Kersey
1987
5.7
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Assassination
as Jay Killion
1987
5.6
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
1986
6.0
Act of Vengeance
as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
1986
5.6
Murphy's Law
as Jack Murphy
1986
6.0
Death Wish 3
as Paul Kersey
1985
6.2
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
The Evil That Men Do
as Holland
1984
5.7
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
1983
6.0
10 to Midnight
as Leo Kessler
1983
6.2
Death Wish II
as Paul Kersey
1982
6.2
Death Hunt
as Albert Johnson
1981
6.6
Borderline
as Jeb Maynard
1980
6.0
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
as Self - Host
1980
8.0
Caboblanco
as Gifford Hoyt
1980
5.3
Love and Bullets
as Charlie Congers
1979
5.9
The Meanest Men in the West
as Harge Talbot Jr.
1978
4.1
Telefon
as Major Grigori Borzov
1977
6.6
The White Buffalo
as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
1977
5.9
Raid on Entebbe
as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
1976
6.0
From Noon Till Three
as Graham Dorsey
1976
5.9
St. Ives
as Raymond St. Ives
1976
5.6
Breakheart Pass
as John Deakin
1975
6.6
Hard Times
as Chaney
1975
6.8
Breakout
as Nick Colton
1975
6.3
Death Wish
as Paul Kersey
1974
6.9
Mr. Majestyk
as Vince Majestyk
1974
6.8
The Valdez Horses
as Chino Valdez
1973
5.4
The Stone Killer
as Lou Torrey
1973
6.2
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Mechanic
as Arthur Bishop
1972
6.7
Chato's Land
as Pardon Chato
1972
6.5
The Bull of the West
as Ben Justin
1972
5.4
The Valachi Papers
as Joe Valachi
1972
6.5
Valachi: The Violent Era
as Self
1972
0.0
Red Sun
as Link
1971
6.9
Someone Behind the Door
as The Stranger
1971
5.4
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Mean Justice
as Moreno
1971
7.0
Cold Sweat
as Joe Martin
1970
5.7
Violent City
as Jeff Heston
1970
6.0
You Can't Win 'Em All
as Josh Corey
1970
5.9
Rider on the Rain
as Col. Harry Dobbs
1970
6.3
Twinky
as Scott Wardman
1970
4.8
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Harmonica'
1968
8.3
Farewell, Friend
as Franz Propp
1968
6.2
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Villa Rides
as Rodolfo Fierro
1968
6.2
The Dirty Dozen
as Joseph Wladislaw
1967
7.6
Guns for San Sebastian
as Teclo
1967
7.0
This Property Is Condemned
as J.J. Nichols
1966
6.4
Battle of the Bulge
as Maj. Wolenski
1965
6.9
The F.B.I.
as Earl Clayton
1965
5.4
The Big Valley
as Tate
1965
6.1
The Legend of Jesse James
as Cheyney
1965
4.8
The Sandpiper
as Cos Erickson
1965
6.3
The Big Sur
as Self (uncredited)
1965
6.0
Guns of Diablo
as Linc Murdock
1964
5.1
4 for Texas
as Matson
1963
5.1
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Linc Murdock
1963
5.3
The Fugitive
as Ralph Schuyler
1963
7.2
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as John Wesley Hardin
1963
7.0
The Great Escape
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
1963
7.9
Kid Galahad
as Lew Nyack
1962
6.1
Combat!
as Velasquez
1962
7.7
🎬
Empire
as Paul Moreno
1962
6.8
🎬
Empire
as Moreno
1962
6.8
🎬
Empire
as Paul
1962
6.8
The Virginian
as Ben Justin
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Harge Talbot
1962
6.4
X-15
as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
1961
5.9
The New Breed
as Jerry Bergason
1961
7.0
Dr. Kildare
as Harry Gregg
1961
5.5
A Thunder of Drums
as Trooper Hanna
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as Hank Conrad
1961
4.7
Master of the World
as John Strock
1961
5.9
The Magnificent Seven
as Bernardo O'Reilly
1960
7.5
The Islanders
as Dutch Malkin
1960
8.0
The Aquanauts
as Hector Morrison
1960
5.5
Never So Few
as Sgt. John Danforth
1959
5.4
Adventures in Paradise
as Dan Morton
1959
5.7
The Twilight Zone
as Man
1959
8.5
Riverboat
as Crowley
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Harry Starr
1959
7.5
One Step Beyond
as Yank Dawson
1959
5.6
Rawhide
as Del Lingman
1959
7.2
When Hell Broke Loose
as Steve Boland
1958
5.3
Man with a Camera
as Mike Kovac
1958
4.6
Yancy Derringer
as Rogue Donovan
1958
6.0
Gang War
as Alan Avery
1958
6.2
Machine-Gun Kelly
as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
1958
5.8
Showdown at Boot Hill
as Luke Welsh
1958
6.5
No Time at All
as Wolf Hagan
1958
0.0
Colt .45
as Danny Gordon
1957
5.0
The Walter Winchell File
as Eggers
1957
5.0
Suspicion
as Cal
1957
5.9
M Squad
as Eddie Loder
1957
5.2
Sugarfoot
as Sandy Randall
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Cliff Raven
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Manfred Holt
1957
7.3
Run of the Arrow
as Blue Buffolo
1957
6.0
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Dan Rocco
1957
6.2
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Butch Cassidy
1957
6.9
Playhouse 90
as Wolf Hagan
1956
7.6
Playhouse 90
as Andy Kovaric
1956
7.6
Playhouse 90
as Sgt Meras
1956
7.6
Wire Service
as Sam Adams
1956
0.0
U.S. Marshall
as Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal
1956
7.3
U.S. Marshall
as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid
1956
7.3
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Rocky Harman
1956
6.0
Telephone Time
as Guest
1956
6.3
Jubal
as Reb
1956
6.8
Target Zero
as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
1955
5.3
🎬
Crusader
as Mike Brod
1955
5.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Det. Krovitch
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Frank Bramwell
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ray Bardon
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Crego
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Ben Tiple
1955
6.6
🎬
Those Whiting Girls
as Martin Carroll
1955
0.0
Big House, U.S.A
as Benny Kelly
1955
6.6
The Millionaire
as Jerry Bell
1955
5.0
Vera Cruz
as Pittsburgh
1954
6.6
Drum Beat
as Kintpuash
1954
6.0
Studio 57
as Dawson
1954
0.0
Medic
as Dr. John Bircher
1954
5.7
Apache
as Hondo
1954
6.1
Riding Shotgun
as Pinto
1954
5.8
Tennessee Champ
as Sixty Jubel
1954
5.8
🎬
The Joe Palooka Story
as Eddie Crane
1954
0.0
Torpedo Alley
as Submariner
1953
0.0
Miss Sadie Thompson
as Pvt. Edwards
1953
5.3
Crime Wave
as Ben Hastings
1953
7.1
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Joe Krossen
1953
7.0
Letter to Loretta
as Eugene Walters
1953
6.5
House of Wax
as Igor
1953
6.9
General Electric Theater
as Pike
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Henry
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Soldier Conlon
1953
6.4
The Clown
as Gambler (uncredited)
1953
5.3
Off Limits
as Russell (Uncredited)
1952
5.6
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
1952
6.9
Biff Baker U.S.A.
as Czech spy
1952
7.5
Biff Baker U.S.A.
as Wilhelm
1952
7.5
Battle Zone
as Marine Private (uncredited)
1952
5.0
Cavalcade of America
as John Stanizewski
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Frank Dana
1952
6.7
🎬
The Doctor
as Joe Langan
1952
0.0
Diplomatic Courier
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
1952
6.1
Pat and Mike
as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
1952
6.3
My Six Convicts
as Jocko
1952
6.3
The Marrying Kind
as Eddie
1952
6.7
Red Skies of Montana
as Neff (uncredited)
1952
5.2
🎬
Chevron Theatre
as (2 Episodes)
1952
10.0
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sgt. Roy Smith
1951
7.2
The Mob
as Jack (uncredited)
1951
6.7
The People Against O'Hara
as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
1951
5.7
You're in the Navy Now
as Wascylewski
1951
4.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sergeant Borth
1950
6.3
Treasury Men in Action
as Frankie Ames
1950
6.0
Studio One
as Cal
1948
5.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
🎬
Stage 7
as Jerry Donn
N/A
10.0
🎬
Stage 7
as Murray Forman
N/A
10.0