Christopher Atkins (born Christopher Atkins Bomann on February 21, 1961) is an American actor, who became famous with his costarring debut role in the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon.


Career

He had no sebelumnya interest atau experience in acting, but an agent he knew persuaded him to audition for The Blue Lagoon, a role he won over 4,000 other actors. In the film, he and co-star Brooke Shields played two teenage cousins who have lived alone together since they were marooned as children in a tropical paradise, eventually falling in love. The R-rated film featured both Atkins and Shields in scant clothing,...