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Dennis Christopher
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Dennis Christopher
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-12-02,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.128

Breaking Away
1979-05-24

4.9

Circuitry Man
1990-05-01

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

3.404

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994-04-16

Chariots of Fire

6.788

Chariots of Fire
1981-05-15

4.412

The Silencers
1996-04-23

5.5

Fade to Black
1980-10-14

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

4.632

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1995-03-07

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

6.2

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996-08-28

Queen of the Lot

2.98

Queen of the Lot
2010-11-19

4.918

Doppelganger
1993-03-01

Django Unchained

8.183

Django Unchained
2012-12-25

September 30, 1955

6.6

September 30, 1955
1977-08-19

Alien Predators

4.963

Alien Predators
1986-08-05

6.265

A Wedding
1978-08-29

5.714

Blood and Lace
1971-03-17

Dangerous Isolation

4.7

Dangerous Isolation
2006-09-13

Didn’t You Hear?

7

Didn’t You Hear?
1970-12-16

6.3

It's My Party
1996-03-22

Dead Women in Lingerie

3.667

Dead Women in Lingerie
1991-01-01

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

5.6

Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976-10-06

1

A Sinful Life
1989-06-30

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

5

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
1982-05-03

6.667

Friends
1987-11-20

California Dreaming

4.647

California Dreaming
1979-04-01

4.8

Boys Life
1994-09-30

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

0

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999-01-11

5

False Arrest
1991-11-03

4.4

Jake Speed
1986-05-30

8.098

Prisoners
2013-09-19

4.136

Skeletons
1997-04-04

The Young Graduates

6.6

The Young Graduates
1971-06-02

6.8

Elvis
1979-02-10

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

6

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992-11-08

4

The Last Word
1979-10-10

5.948

Necronomicon
1993-11-01

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

5.667

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001-01-20

Flight of the Spruce Goose

0

Flight of the Spruce Goose
1986-01-17

Jack and the Beanstalk

5

Jack and the Beanstalk
1983-09-08

4.9

Nine Lives
2004-08-13

1.667

Mind Rage
1996-01-05

7.236

Roma
1972-03-16

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

7.578

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021-10-15

7.1

Jobriath A.D.
2012-06-15

The Disco Years

5.1

The Disco Years
1994-01-01

7.2

3 Women
1977-04-10

Aurora: Operation Intercept

4.9

Aurora: Operation Intercept
1995-01-01

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

6.1

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022-10-07

Battle at Versailles

10

Battle at Versailles
2016-05-05

Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

0

Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
2012-09-07

Inside the Lost Room

4

Inside the Lost Room
2007-04-03

8

It - Eso
1990-11-18

Murder, She Wrote

7.516

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

8.101

Six Feet Under
2001-06-03

8.122

Deadwood
2004-03-21

Star Trek: Enterprise

7.569

Star Trek: Enterprise
2001-09-26

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.636

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06

7.109

Matlock
1986-03-03

7.033

seaQuest DSV
1993-09-12

Tales of the Unexpected

6.659

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

7.51

Moonlighting
1985-03-03

7.9

Angel
1999-10-05

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.636

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06

7.733

The Lost Room
2006-12-11

8.308

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

7.169

The Equalizer
1985-09-18

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

7.7

Roswell
1999-10-06

Moon Over Miami

7

Moon Over Miami
1993-09-15

6

The Watcher
1995-01-17

6.2

FreakyLinks
2000-10-06

6.92

It
1990-11-18

7.169

Perception
2012-07-09

Murder, She Wrote

7.516

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.168

Unforgettable
2011-09-20

5.063

Graves
2016-10-16

7.045

NYPD Blue
1993-09-21

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.564

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

Celebrity Ghost Stories

7.3

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009-10-03

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

7.883

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-01-03

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

4.7

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996-08-28

7.1

The Sentinel
1996-03-20

New York Undercover

7.1

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

Crossing Jordan

7.147

Crossing Jordan
2001-09-24

5.349

Pacific Blue
1996-03-02