Director

Lon Chaney

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 14481

IMDb ID: nm0151606

Known for: Acting

Born: March 31, 1883

Died: August 26, 1930

Age: 47

Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1913 - 2022

Years active: 110

Average TMDB rating: 6.61

Wikidata: Q312656

Also known as

Leonidas Frank Chaney • Man of a Thousand Faces • Лон Чейни • Lon Chaney Sr.

Frequent jobs

Makeup Artist (4)Writer (2)Story (1)

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Biography

Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces". Description above from the Wikipedia article Lon Chaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.