Christopher Atkins

Christopher Atkins (born Christopher Bowman on February 21, 1961 in Rye, New York) is an American actor and was a popular teen idol. Straight out of Denison University, Atkins is best known for his film debut as Richard Lestrange in the blockbuster/remake The Blue Lagoon (1980). He went on to star in The Pirate Movie (1982), an update of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance. He hit #71 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with the song "How Can I Live Without Her.", which appeared in The Pirate Movie. It had a big following and became a cult classic. Atkins continues to act in films, and is currently in Australia shooting his reality TV show (A Sports Fishing Show).

Movie reviews

At the age of 19 years, he starred in his first movie, The Blue Lagoon was set on a tropical island and Chris' entire wardrobe consisted of only a loincloth. He showed off his body and he also did several nude scenes.

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The Blue Lagoon - Loincloth - Nude

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In A Night in Heaven (1983) also starring Lesley Ann Warren, Chris plays a hunky college student (Rick) who is very outspoken and overconfident. He moonlights as male stripper in a nightclub to pays his fees. His (older) teacher (Warren), really annoyed with his character, decides to flunk him. She apparently at the same time is going through a slump in her marriage life. Her sister who's in town decides to take her to a night club to cheer her up. When Rick sees his teacher at the club, he gives her a private, very special lap dance and romance flares between the two.

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A Night in Heaven - 1983 - Lesley Ann Warren - Stripper - Nightclub

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Playing a stripper meant more shirtless scenes and that Chris in his underwear.

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And audiences were left in disbelief when Warren massages the space between his legs and Atkins slowly pulls down his pants, there is close up view of his smooth butt and semi-erect penis.

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Butt - Penis

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In the climax, Atkins is confronted by the wronged husband, who forces him to strip butt naked while holding him at gunpoint. Chris displays amazing acting talent when he turns into a sniveling whiney baby as the jealous husband threatens him. He is then forced to get onto a sinking boat, and a very frightened Atkins obeys.

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At the end, the couple talk about their problems and resolve them and the movie's last scene shows the once most popular guy in college, scared and a completely naked Atkins stranded all alone.

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Chris gives a mind blowing performance, in the beginning as the smooth talking young stud, Rick Monroe (a.k.a. Ricky The Rocket) and later on, Atkins excels when he is humiliated and left crying and begging for his life.

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