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George Chakiris

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George Chakiris

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Also known as George Kerris

American actor

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George Chakiris was an American male artist whose professional career spanned from 1947 to 1996. He is recognized for his work in vocal jazz and jazz music. Chakiris authored the book *My West Side Story* and has five works listed in academic databases. His musical recordings have been tagged with descriptors such as "everything" and "All."

The artist was included in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor collection. He stands at a height of 1.80 meters. Chakiris was born on September 16, with records listing both 1932 and 1934 as his year of birth. He is associated with the United States.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • My West Side Story

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1934-09-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,830
Total plays
5,311

Tags

vocal jazzjazzeverythingAll

George Chakiris (born September 16, 1934) is an American dancer, singer and Academy Award-winning actor. He is best known for his appearance in the film version of West Side Story as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/George+Chakiris">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,956x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 48,659x

  3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 40,947x

  4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 27,702x

  5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

    · 1961 · cited 23,211x

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Quotes

  • My personal way to be a hero... is to be a vegetarian.
  • ‘Be vegan’ and ‘make peace’ are fantastic four words to think about in daily life and in everything we do. Being vegan means to me that we not only eat healthy foods, but we have respect for all life on the planet. And that’s important. And ‘make peace,’ that’s important as well. Peace really has to start with us, individually. And then hopefully it will spread, and we emit that, so to speak, in our behavior in general and the things we do, whether it is private or work.

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Key facts

Born
( 1932-09-16 ) September 16, 1932 (age 93) , Norwood, Ohio , U.S.
Other name
George Kerris
Occupations
Actor, dancer
Years active
1947–1996, 2021
Website
georgechakiris .com

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Encyclopedic overview

George Chakiris (born September 16, 1932) 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.

Life and career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Chakiris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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