Christopher Atkins

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Biography

Actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·producer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 21 February 1961
  • Place of birth
  • Rye· New York
  • Education
  • Denison University

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

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 .

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 .

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 .

Best known by the public for his debut role as Richard Lestrange alongside Brooke Shields in the remake The Blue Lagoon .

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 VH1s 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 Ankarbjrk lives in the small town Skvde, Sweden.

Quotes

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.

I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all,that sort of thing.

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman,and Princess Grace.

I became a very angry person and it was all due to alcoholism.

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the,shots coming up the cliff.

You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

One of my favorite stories is my first kissing scene with Linda Gray.

Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.

I thought that would be kind of cool, to make a bad guy look,sympathetic.

Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.

Brooke was special in the sense that we grew up together on that island.

I think the United States is way behind the times.

I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung,professionally before.

They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing,but lay down and tan all over.

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

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