Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson Criminal - Born 6 December 1952 · Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Birth name Michael Gordon Peterson

Nicknames Bronson, Charles Ali Ahmed, Charles Arthur Salvador

Biography Charles Bronson was born on December 6, 1952 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Mob Handed (2016), The Krays: Gangsters Behind Bars (2021) and Dispatches (1987). He was previously married to Paula Williamson, Saira Ali Ahmed and Irene Dunroe.

Family Spouses

Paula Williamson(November 14, 2017 - July 2018) separated

[[Saira Ali Ahmed(2001 - 2005) divorced

[[Irene Dunroe (1971 - 1976) divorced, 1 child

Children

George Bamby

Michael Jonathan Peterson

Relatives

Loraine Salvage (Cousin)

Trivia

He was portrayed by Tom Hardy in Nicolas Winding Refn's film Bronson (2008). Hardy was allowed to visit Bronson several times, during which both became good friends. Bronson was very impressed by Hardy's commitment to the role, saying that he was the only person who could play him.

One of Britain's most famous criminals. Following his initial imprisonment in 1974 (he was sentenced to seven years for armed robbery), he went on to commit a series of criminal acts over the next decades, which also threats of violence, blackmail, severe bodily harm and criminal damage. However, he never killed anyone. As of December 2020, he is still serving life imprisonment.

In 1976, he was moved to Parkhurst Prison, where he befriended Reggie Kray and Ronald Kray, which were two of the most notorious criminals in Britain.

These days, he is making an effort to move away from his violent past and become a better man. Since 1999, he is writing poetry and creates artworks and even published or donated those. Due to art being an important part of his life, he changed his name to Charles Salvador in 2014, as a tribute to Salvador Dalí.

Charles Arthur Salvador (born Michael Gordon Peterson; 6 December 1952; formerly known as Charles Ali Ahmed) better known by his professional name of Charles Bronson, is a British artist and criminal, with a violent and notorious life as a prisoner. He has spent periods detained in the Rampton, Broadmoor, and Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospitals.

First arrested as a petty criminal, he was convicted and sentenced in 1974 to seven years' imprisonment for armed robbery. Further sentences were imposed because of attacks on prisoners and guards. Upon his release in 1987, he began a bare-knuckle boxing career in the East End of London. His promoter thought he needed a more suitable name and suggested he change it to Charles Bronson, after the American actor. He was returned to prison in 1988 on conviction concerning another robbery. He is a violent prisoner and has taken numerous hostages in the course of confrontations with guards, resulting in sentences of life imprisonment. He has been held at times in each of England's three special psychiatric hospitals.

Bronson has been featured in books, interviews, and studies of prison reform and treatment. He has said: "I'm a nice guy, but sometimes I lose all my senses and become nasty. That doesn't make me evil, just confused." He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson, a biopic based loosely on his life, starring Tom Hardy as Bronson, with Kairon Scott Busuttil and William Darke playing him as a child.

Bronson has written many books about his experiences and the famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation from other prisoners, Bronson wrote a book about exercising in confined spaces. He is an artist; paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life have been exhibited and won him awards.

In 2014, he changed his name again, this time to Charles Salvador, in a mark of respect to Salvador Dalí, one of his favorite artists. The Charles Salvador Art Foundation was founded to promote his artwork and "help those in positions even less fortunate than his own" to participate in art. In 2023, his application for parole was rejected.

Spouses

Irene Kelsey

​​(m. 1971; div. 1976)​

Saira Ali Ahmed

​​(m. 2001; div. 2005)​

Paula Williamson

​​(m. 2017; died 2019)​

Children 2