Christopher Reeve on stage and screen

The following are stage and screen credits for American actor and director Christopher Reeve (1952–2004).

Reeve in 1980

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1978	Gray Lady Down	Lieutenant JG Phillips		[1]
	Superman	Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman		[2]
1980	Somewhere in Time	Richard Collier		[3]
	Superman II	Clark Kent / Superman		[4][5]
1982	Deathtrap	Clifford Anderson		[6]
	Monsignor	Father John Flaherty		[7]
1983	Superman III	Clark Kent / Superman / Evil Superman		[8]
1984	The Bostonians	Basil Ransom		[9][10]
1985	The Aviator	Edgar Anscombe		[11]
	Vincent: A Dutchman	Narrator (voice)	Documentary; direct-to-video	[12]
1986	America's Cup – Yank It Back			[13]
1987	Street Smart	Jonathan Fisher		[14]
	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Clark Kent / Superman	Also writer (story), 2d unit director, flying/2d unit	[15]
1988	Switching Channels	Blaine Bingham		[16]
1991	Trump: What's the Deal?	Himself	Documentary; direct-to-video	[17][18]
1992	Noises Off	Frederick Dallas / Philip Brent		[19]
	The American Constitution: The Road from Runnymede	Narrator (voice)	Documentary; direct-to-video	[20]
	A Tigers Tale – The Tiger Moth Story	Himself		[21]
1993	Morning Glory	Will Parker		[22]
	The Remains of the Day	Congressman Jack Lewis		[23]
1994	Speechless	Bob Freed		[24]
1995	Village of the Damned	Dr. Alan Chaffee		[25]
1997	The Toughest Break: Martin's Story	Host / Narrator	Documentary; direct-to-video	[26]
2005	The Last Wild Place	Narrator (voice)	Documentary short; direct-to-video	[27]
2006	Everyone's Hero	—	Co-director and executive producer	[28]
	Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut	Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman		[29]
2007	Christopher Reeve: Choosing Hope	Himself	Follow-up to Hope in Motion; documentary; direct-to-video	[30][31]
2024	Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story		Documentary	[32]

Television

Television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Himself	Television special	[33]
1982	I Love Liberty			[34]
	Night of 100 Stars			[35]
1985	Anna Karenina	Alexei Vronsky		[36]
	Dinosaur!	Himself / Host	Documentary	[37]
	Night of 100 Stars II	Himself	Television special	[38]
1987	The Grand Knockout Tournament			[39]
1988	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Major John Dodge		[40]
	The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen	Himself / Host	Television special	[41]
1990	The Rose and the Jackal	Allan Pinkerton		[42]
	Black Tide	Narrator (voice)	Documentary	[43]
	Night of 100 Stars III	Himself	Television special	[44]
1991	Bump in the Night	Lawrence Muller		[45]
	Death Dreams	George Westfield		[46]
	Fear and the Muse: The Story of Anna Akhmatova	Narrator (voice)	Documentary	[47]
	Mending Hearts	Narrator		[48]
1992	Nightmare in the Daylight	Sean Farrell		[49]
	Mortal Sins	Father Thomas Cusack		[50]
	Last Ferry Home	Bill Turner		[51]
	Earth and the American Dream	Stuart Chase (voice)	Documentary	[52]
1993	The Sea Wolf	Humphrey Van Weyden		[53]
1995	Above Suspicion	Dempsey Cain		[54]
1996	Without Pity: A Film About Abilities	Narrator (voice)	Documentary	[55]
	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Denny Gabriel		[56]
1997	In the Gloaming	—	Director	[57]
1998	Rear Window	Jason Kemp	Also executive producer	[58]
	Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope	—	Television special; executive producer	[59]
2002	Christopher Reeve: Hope in Motion	Himself	Also known as Courageous Steps; documentary	[60]
2004	The Brooke Ellison Story	—	Director	[61]
2025	Will Reeve: Finding My Father	Himself	Television special	[62][63]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1974–1976	Love of Life	Ben Harper	Series regular	[64]
1974	Great Performances	Officer	Episode: "Enemies"	[65]
1975	ABC Wide World of Mystery	Max 67	Episode: "The Norming of Jack 243"
1980	The Muppet Show	Himself / Guest Star	Episode: "Christopher Reeve"	[66]
1981–1985	Saturday Night Live	Himself / Host	3 episodes	[67]
1983	Faerie Tale Theatre	Prince Charming / 'My son, the Prince'	Episode: "Sleeping Beauty"	[68]
1990	HBO Storybook Musicals	It Zwibble (voice)	Episode: "Earthday Birthday"	[69]
1991	Carol & Company	Rex / Bob	Episode: "Overnight Male"	[70]
	The Carol Burnett Show	Himself	Episode #12.4	[71]
1992	Road to Avonlea	Robert Rutherford	Episode: "A Dark and Stormy Night"	[72]
	Tales from the Crypt	Fred	Episode: "What's Cookin'"	[73]
1993	Frasier	Leonard (voice)	Episode: "Space Quest"	[74]
1994	The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller	Himself	Episode #1.6	[75]
	The Lion and the Lamb	Storyteller (voice)		[76]
1995	Black Fox	Alan Johnson	Miniseries	[77]
	In the Wild	Himself	Episode: "Grey Whales with Christopher Reeve"	[78]
2000	Sesame Street		Episodes: "The Porridge Lovers Visit Sesame Street" & "A Day with Big Bird and the Birdketters"	[79]
2003	The Practice	Kevin Healy	Episode: "Burnout"; also writer (story)	[80]
	A History of US	—	Creative consultant	[81]
2003–2004	Smallville	Dr. Virgil Swann	Episodes: "Rosetta" & "Legacy"	[82]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
1968	Iphigenia in Aulis	Soldier	Williamstown Theatre Festival[a]	[83]
	Camino Real	Guard / Medical Student		[84]
	Galileo	Gentleman / Monk		[85]
	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Office Boy / Henchman		[86]
1969	The Hostage	Russian sailor	Loeb Drama Center	[87]
	Death of a Salesman	Stanley
	A Month in the Country	Beliaev
	The Music Man	Traveling Salesman	McCarter Theatre	[88]
1970	Private Lives	Victor Prynne	Boothbay Playhouse	[89]
	Another Language	Jerry
	Roar Like a Dove	Bernard
	Ethan Frome
1971	Forty Carats	Peter Latham	US tour	[90]
1972	Richard III	Edward IV	Old Globe Theatre	[91]
	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Fenton		[92]
	Love's Labour's Lost	Dumaine		[93]
1973	The Irregular Verb To Love	Michael Vickers	US tour	[94]
1974	The Threepenny Opera	Macheath	Loeb Drama Center	[95]
1975	Berchtesgaden	Young officer	Theater for the New City	[96]
	Berkeley Square	Peter Standish	Manhattan Theatre Club	[97]
1975–1976	A Matter of Gravity	Nicky	Broadhurst Theatre[b]	[65]
1977	My Life	Grandfather	Circle Repertory Company	[98]
1980	The Front Page	Hildy Johnson	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[99]
	The Cherry Orchard	Yasha		[100]
	Fifth of July	Kenneth Talley, Jr.	New Apollo Theatre	[101]
1981	The Greeks	Achilles	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[102]
1983	Holiday	Ned Seton		[103]
1984	The Aspern Papers	Henry Jarvis	Theatre Royal Haymarket	[104]
	Richard Cory	Richard Corey	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[105]
1985	The Royal Family	Tony Cavendish		[106]
	The Marriage of Figaro	Count Almaviva	Circle in the Square Theatre	[107]
1986	Summer and Smoke	John Buchanan Jr.	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[108]
1987	The Rover	Willmore		[109]
1988	Summer and Smoke	John Buchanan Jr.	Ahmanson Theatre	[110]
	Mesmer	Dr. Anton Mesmer	Williamstown Theatre Festival Roundabout Theatre Company	[111][112]
1989	The Winter's Tale	Polixenes	The Public Theater	[113]
	Company of Poets: A William Alfred Anthology		Sanders Theater	[114]
	John Brown's Body	Jack Ellyat / Clay Wingate	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[115]
	Love Letters	Andrew Makepeace Ladd III	Promenade Theatre	[116]
			Theatre on the Square	[117]
1990			Canon Theatre	[118]
			Wilbur Theatre	[119]
	Death Takes a Holiday	Death / Prince Nikolai Sirki	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[120]
1992	The Guardsman	Nandor		[121]
1993	The Shadow Box	Brian	Temple of Music and Art	[122]
1994	Love Letters	Andrew Makepeace Ladd III	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[123]
	Allegro	Narrator	New York City Center	[124]

Unknown years

• As You Like It
• The Devil's Disciple
• Finian's Rainbow (McCarter Theatre)
• The Firebugs (McCarter Theatre)
• The Marriage of Figaro (McCarter Theatre)
• Much Ado About Nothing (McCarter Theatre)
• The Plough and the Stars (McCarter Theatre)
• South Pacific (McCarter Theatre)
• Troilus and Cressida (McCarter Theatre)
• The Way of the World (New York)

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Ref.
1996	9: The Last Resort	Thurston Last	[125]

Music videos

Year	Track	Artist	Role	Ref.
1989	"On Our Own"	Bobby Brown	The Cyclist	[126]
1992	"Heroína solitaria"	Pimpinela	Businessman	[127]

Audiobooks

• Fatal Vision (Abridged) (1983) ISBN 0-399-12816-6 ASIN B001G6SR2K
• The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Medal (Abridged) (1986) ISBN 0-688-04948-6 ASIN B0BRDFMF95
• Private Screening: A Novel (Abridged) (1995) ISBN 0-345-31139-6 ASIN B007BF4Z1M
• Still Me (Abridged) (1998) ISBN 0-375-40281-0
• Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life (Unabridged) (2002) ISBN 0-375-50778-7 ASIN B00006SL48

Notes

1. Reeve was an apprentice at Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1968.
2. Tryouts in Philadelphia, Washington, New Haven, Boston, and Toronto.