King of Tragedy

This is a story of man who grabbed my attention even when i was a kid. I read through his story and this is a small summary. Just read through his story patiently and i will reveal his name... i just wonder how many of you could rightly guess who he is while reading his story.
He was born in london in the late 1880s. His mother and father got sperated when he was less than three. Father was an alcoholic and died when he was twelve. Mother was mentally retarded and was sent to an asylum, and he had a careless step mother and a rude half-brother, lived a life which was dictated by poverty, added to all the troubles, he was born in the era when the great london plauge took place, which swept his shelter away in Kensington Road, London. What else can cause a little child more distress than this. At the sweet age of going to school, this kid had to work hard to get the bread and keep his life going while working towards his career. He was successful in his career as an actor. The poverty that he faced as a kid had an influence on his roles in his movies. Though he ended up in political controversies during his later years, it is not something that could take away the longest standing ovation from the crowd when he recieved honorary oscar award during his later years. When he received that award he was asked to speak and he said "you are all lovely people.. thank you" with tears rolling down his eyes, and that was humble enough.
You might be wondering who this man is. Just before revealing the person i am speaking about, i would like to say that he is truly a role model, a perfect gentleman, he has been kind to the then rude humanity, learnt to laugh... and to make others laugh and laugh and laugh... He himself described his debut attire in the movie "tramp" as a poet, a romantic fellow, a lonely person, an adventurist and many more... and yes he truly is.... Charlie Chaplin! Not many of us realise he was not only the actor for his movies, but directed most of them and more interestingly, the music scores were his compositions. His act in the movie "modern times" especially singing "je cherche apres titine" in Gibberish, his skating acts, his romantic moves, his escape sequences, his running and his innocent looks... all his acts just force me take my hat off.. the chaplin way!