Biography
George Chakiris is an American actor and dancer. He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of West Side Story as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1962
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1962
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1962 · nominated
Filmography32 titles
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Carol Burnett Show
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Murder, She Wrote
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Young Girls Turn 25
Hawaii Five-O
Is Paris Burning?
West Side Story
White Christmas
Wonder Woman
The Country Girl
That's Dancing!
CHiPs
Thriller
The Partridge Family
Not to Forget
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Brigadoon
Superboy
Flower Drum Song
633 Squadron
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Kings of the Sun
There's No Business Like Show Business
Flight from Ashiya
Diamond Head
Give a Girl a Break
Pale Blood
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Meet Me in Las Vegas
The Big Cube