Dennis Christopher
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1950-12-02 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Dennis Carrelli
Biography
Dennis Christopher (born Dennis Carrelli on December 2, 1955) is an American actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for playing Dave Stoller in Breaking Away and tragic film buff psychopath Eric Binford in Fade to Black.
His Golden Globe-nominated breakthrough role was as Dave Stohler in the coming-of-age classic Breaking Away (1979). Other roles include American track star Charlie Paddock in Chariots of Fire, and Fade to Black, science fiction movies like Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II. He has appeared in nearly 40 movies and made-for-TV movies since 1975. Television roles include "Jack of All Trades" in the Profiler TV series, Eddie Kaspbrak in Stephen King's It, Desmond Floyd in Jake Speed, and in the HBO series Deadwood.
Christopher has guest starred in two Star Trek episodes: the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Search (Part II)" and the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Detained". He also guest-starred as the demon-sorcerer Cyvus Vail in three episodes of Angel. Christopher had a reunion with Breaking Away "father" Paul Dooley, again as his son, in an episode of TV's Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The two had first played father and son in Robert Altman's A Wedding.
In December 2006 he played Dr. Martin Ruber in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.
Known For
TV Shows (34)
Criminal Minds
2005
as Abner Merriman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Homeless Guy / Richard Dorsey
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Roger Coffman
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Charles Rutledge
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dr. Henry Carlson / Lyman Taggart
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Borath
NYPD Blue
1993
as Gerard prosser
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Danik
Angel
1999
as Cyvus Vail
Unforgettable
2011
as Lukas Emminger
The Equalizer
1985
as Father Nicholas Kostmayer
Six Feet Under
2001
as Kevin Lamb
Matlock
1986
as Noel Bishop
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Pacific Blue
1996
as Mortimer T. Anton
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Killer
Moonlighting
1985
as Benjamin Wylie
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Ambassador Dillington
Deadwood
2004
as Bellegarde
Profiler
1996
as Jack of All Trades / Sheriff Ed Post / Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades / Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay
Roswell
1999
as Bobby Dupree
Perception
2012
as Fred Gorman
The Sentinel
1996
as Anthony Bates
New York Undercover
1994
as Dr. Royce
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Jack
Monsters
1988
as Laurence Bauer
It
1990
as Eddie Kaspbrak
Graves
2016
as Martin Treadwell
The Lost Room
2006
as Dr. Martin Ruber
FreakyLinks
2000
as Vince J. Elsing
Moon Over Miami
1993
The Watcher
1995
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996
as Paul D’Arnot
Movies (50)
Django Unchained
2012
as Leonide Moguy
Prisoners
2013
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Charles Paddock
3 Women
1977
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Necronomicon
1993
as Dale Porkel
A Wedding
1978
as Hughie Brenner
Roma
1972
as The Hippie (uncredited)
Breaking Away
1979
as Dave Stoller
Doppelganger
1993
as Doctor Heller
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
as Himself
Elvis
1979
as Nick Adams
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022
as Self
The Silencers
1996
as Comdor
The Falling
1986
as Damon
Skeletons
1997
as Jim Norton
Fade to Black
1980
as Eric Binford
It's My Party
1996
as Douglas Reedy
Jake Speed
1986
as Desmond Floyd
False Arrest
1991
as Wally Roberts
California Dreaming
1979
as T.T.
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996
as Philip D'Arnot
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994
as Leech
The Last Word
1979
as Ben Travis
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999
as Self
Circuitry Man
1990
as Leech
Friends
1987
as John
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
Aurora: Operation Intercept
1995
as Victor Varenkov
Dangerous Isolation
2006
as Adrien
Nine Lives
2004
as Mikey
Blood and Lace
1971
as Pete
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992
as Randy
Dead Women in Lingerie
1991
as Lapin
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1995
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
Mind Rage
1996
as Steve
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
1982
as Brian Anderson
Jobriath A.D.
2012
as Himself
Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986
as Stan
A Sinful Life
1989
as Nathan Flowers
Boys Life
1994
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983
as Jack
The Disco Years
1994
as Mr. Reese
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
2012
as Self
Queen of the Lot
2010
as Odin Johannessen
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
as Charley
September 30, 1955
1977
as Eugene
The Young Graduates
1971
as Pan
Battle at Versailles
2016
Didn’t You Hear?
1970
as Kevin
SILENCERS
as Comdor
About Dennis Christopher
Dennis Christopher (born Dennis Carrelli on December 2, 1955) is an American actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for playing Dave Stoller in Breaking Away and tragic film buff psychopath Eric Binford in Fade to Black. His Golden Globe-nominated breakthrough role was as Dave Stohler in the coming-of-age classic Breaking Away (1979). Other roles include American track star Charlie Paddock in Chariots of Fire, and Fade to Black, science fiction movies like Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II. He has appeared in nearly 40… With 84 credits spanning from 1970 to 2022, Dennis Christopher has appeared in 50 films and 34 TV shows.
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- Django Unchained (2012) — as Leonide Moguy
- Prisoners (2013) — as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
- Chariots of Fire (1981) — as Charles Paddock
- 3 Women (1977) — as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- Necronomicon (1993) — as Dale Porkel
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