George Chakiris
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won
- 1962 Best Supporting Actor Won West Side Story
Golden Globe Awards 1 won
- 1962 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Won West Side Story
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George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) is an American dancer, singer and actor. He is best known for his role as Bernardo in the 1961 film version of West Side Story, which earned him an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Prior to West Side Story, Chakiris appeared uncredited in many musicals such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), White Christmas (1954), and Brigadoon (1954) as a dancer or chorus member. After West Side Story, he had starring roles in several lesser-known critical and commercial failures such as Diamond Head (1962), Kings of the Sun (1963), and The High Bright Sun (1965). On stage, his most notable role was as Bobby in the first national tour of Stephen Sondheim's Company. He had guest roles in many television series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including appearances on Dallas, Superboy, and the series finale of The Patridge Family. Chakiris emerged from retirement to act in the film Not to Forget (2021), which aims to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Murder, She Wrote
The Mike Douglas Show
Golden Globe Awards
Hawaii Five-O
The Carol Burnett Show
Medical Center
Midi Première
The Oscars
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
The Partridge Family
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Matt Houston
Numéro un
Wonder Woman
Thriller
White Christmas
CHiPs
Superboy
West Side Story
Système 2
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Is Paris Burning?
Hell Town
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Notorious Woman
The Country Girl
Ten from the Twenties
There's No Business Like Show Business
Brigadoon
633 Squadron
Kings of the Sun
That's Dancing!
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Flower Drum Song
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Bebo's Girl
Diamond Head
Flight from Ashiya
Song of Love
The Great Caruso
Give a Girl a Break
Call Me Madam
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
The Young Girls Turn 25
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Les Filles du Lido
The Big Cube
Return to Fantasy Island
Not to Forget
Pale Blood
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
The High Bright Sun
Loving the Silent Tears: The Musical
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
The Girl Rush
Other credits
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