Acting
Dennis Christopher
Born Dec 2, 1950 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Acting
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022
Documentary
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
Documentary · Horror
Graves
2016
Drama · Comedy
Battle at Versailles
2016
Documentary
Prisoners
2013
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Django Unchained
2012
Drama · Western
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
2012
Documentary
Perception
2012
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Jobriath A.D.
2012
Music · Documentary
Unforgettable
2011
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Queen of the Lot
2010
Comedy · Drama
The Lost Room
2006
Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Dangerous Isolation
2006
Thriller · TV Movie
Criminal Minds
2005
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Nine Lives
2004
Drama · Romance
Deadwood
2004
Western · Crime · Drama
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Drama
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Drama
Crossing Jordan
2001
Drama
Six Feet Under
2001
Drama
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001
Drama · Family · Mystery
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Crime · Drama · Mystery
FreakyLinks
2000
Drama · Comedy
Roswell
1999
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Angel
1999
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Skeletons
1997
Horror · Thriller · Drama
Profiler
1996
Crime · Drama
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996
Adventure · TV Movie · Action
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996
Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Silencers
1996
Action · Science Fiction
It's My Party
1996
Drama
The Sentinel
1996
Drama · Crime · Action & Adventure
Pacific Blue
1996
Drama · Action & Adventure · Crime
Mind Rage
1996
Horror · Mystery · Drama
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1995
Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
Aurora: Operation Intercept
1995
Action
Boys Life
1994
Drama
New York Undercover
1994
Drama · Crime
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994
Adventure · Science Fiction
The Disco Years
1994
Drama
Necronomicon
1993
Horror
NYPD Blue
1993
Drama
Moon Over Miami
1993
Crime · Drama
seaQuest DSV
1993
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
Curaçao
1993
Action · Adventure · Thriller
Doppelganger
1993
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Drama
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
Civil Wars
1991
Drama
False Arrest
1991
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Dead Women in Lingerie
1991
Thriller
It
1990
Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Circuitry Man
1990
Science Fiction · Action
A Sinful Life
1989
Comedy
Monsters
1988
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Comedy
Friends
1987
Drama
The Falling
1986
Drama · Horror · Science Fiction
Jake Speed
1986
Action · Comedy · Thriller
Matlock
1986
Drama · Crime
Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986
Drama
The Equalizer
1985
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Moonlighting
1985
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983
Fantasy · Adventure · TV Movie
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Drama · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
1982
Drama · War
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Crime · Drama
Chariots of Fire
1981
Drama · History
Fade to Black
1980
Drama · Horror · Thriller
The Last Word
1979
Comedy
Breaking Away
1979
Drama · Comedy
California Dreaming
1979
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Drama
Elvis
1979
TV Movie · Music · Drama
A Wedding
1978
Comedy
September 30, 1955
1977
Drama
3 Women
1977
Drama
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Roma
1972
Comedy · Drama
The Young Graduates
1971
Drama
Blood and Lace
1971
Thriller · Drama · Horror
Didn’t You Hear?
1970
Drama · Fantasy