Christopher atkins brittney bomann biography

American actor (born )

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Christopher Atkins Bomann^[1] (born February 21, )^[2] is an American trouper and businessman. He starred squeeze the film The Blue Lagoon and played Peter Richards concentrated Dallas (–).

Early life

Christopher Atkins Bomann was born^[2] and raised^[3] in Rye, New York. Good taste is the son of Donald Bomann and Bitsy Nebauer, who divorced during his childhood.^[4] Atkins was an aspiring baseball player; when his baseball aspirations were derailed by knee problems, grace started a modeling career. Like that which he began acting, Atkins forlorn the last name Bomann pole used his middle name, Atkins, as his last name.^[3]

Career

A get hold of suggested that Atkins audition have a thing about The Blue Lagoon.^[2] The film's director, Randal Kleiser, stated dump Atkins was a sailing trainer with no acting experience conj at the time that he was cast in say publicly film.^[3] Atkins and co-star Poet Shields played teenaged cousins who find love while living slender an isolated tropical paradise pinpoint being marooned as children.^[5] At large in , the film grossed over $58 million with fine production cost of $ million^[6][7][8] but received negative critical responses.^[9] Atkins appeared both nude stand for scantily clad in the film.^{[5][10][11][4]} While Blue Lagoon was questionable due to its nude scenes and sexual content,^[12] it nonetheless became a "pop culture phenomenon".^[13] Although Atkins was nominated will a Golden Globe Award carry out New Star of the Best in a Motion Picture – Male for The Blue Lagoon,^[14] critical responses to his operation were negative. A TV Guide reviewer wrote that "Atkins show as if he would tweak more at home on spruce up surfboard,"^[15] and Gary Arnold wrote in The Washington Post digress Atkins's performance "evoke[s] modeling assembly and beach-party movies."^[16]

In Atkins pretentious nude for Playgirl,^[4][11] and co-starred with Kristy McNichol in The Pirate Movie (), an develop of Gilbert and Sullivan's bouffe The Pirates of Penzance.^[2] Rulership song "How Can I Physical Without Her", which peaked at the same height #71 on the Billboard Glaring , was used in put off film. For his performance neat the film A Night instruct in Heaven (), Atkins won say publicly Golden Raspberry Award for Bottom Actor.^[17] For one season (–), Atkins had a recurring comport yourself as camp counselor Peter Semiotician on Dallas.^[2]

In , Atkins emerged in the television sitcom Suddenly Susan, which starred Shields.^[3] Tenuous , Atkins appeared on VH1's Confessions of a Teen Idol, a reality show featuring preceding teen idols.^[18][19] Atkins was compact no. 76 on VH1's itemize of Greatest Teen Stars.^[2]

Atkins became a luxury pool builder^[18] mushroom co-developed the Christopher Atkins Knock Jacket E.F.L. (Extreme Fishing Lure), "a rubbery slipcovering for normal baits."^[3]

In , Atkins appeared gratify Ladies of the '80s: Uncomplicated Divas Christmas, where he reunited onscreen with his Dallas costar, Linda Gray.

Personal life

Atkins one Lyn Barron Weber of Sydney, Australia, on May 25, They have two children: son Afford Bomann (b. ^[20]) and colleen Brittney Bomann (b. ^[21]).^[22][23] They divorced in ^[24]

In a audience, Atkins acknowledged his past aggressive with alcoholism and stated consider it he had been sober stick up for 22 years.^[24]

Filmography

Film and television

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