Dennis Christopher
Birthday: 1950-12-02
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2016-05-05 | Battle at Versailles | |
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2013-09-19 | Prisoners | Mr. Jones (uncredited) |
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2012-12-25 | Django Unchained | Leonide Moguy |
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2010-11-19 | Queen of the Lot | Odin Johannessen |
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2006-09-13 | Dangerous Isolation | Adrien |
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2004-08-13 | Nine Lives | Mikey |
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2001-01-20 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Joshua 'Carrots' Beale |
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1997-04-04 | Skeletons | Jim Norton |
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1996-08-28 | Tarzan: The Epic Adventures | Philip D'Arnot |
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1996-04-23 | The Silencers | Comdor |
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1996-03-22 | It's My Party | Jack Allen |
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1996-01-05 | Mind Rage | Steve |
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1995-03-07 | Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare | Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp |
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1995-01-01 | Aurora: Operation Intercept | Victor Varenkov |
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1994-09-30 | Boys Life | Mr. Reese (The Disco Years) |
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1994-04-16 | Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II | Leech |
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1994-01-01 | The Disco Years | Mr. Reese |
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1993-11-01 | Necronomicon | Dale Porkel |
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1993-03-01 | Doppelganger | Doctor Heller |
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1992-11-08 | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Randy |
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1991-11-03 | False Arrest | Wally Roberts |
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1991-01-01 | Dead Women in Lingerie | Lapin |
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1990-05-01 | Circuitry Man | Leech |
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1989-06-30 | A Sinful Life | Nathan Flowers |
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1987-11-20 | Friends | John |
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1986-08-05 | Alien Predators | Damon |
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1986-05-30 | Jake Speed | Desmond Floyd |
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1986-01-17 | Flight of the Spruce Goose | Stan |
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1983-09-08 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack |
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1982-05-03 | Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder | Brian Anderson |
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1981-05-15 | Chariots of Fire | Charles Paddock |
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1980-10-14 | Fade to Black | Eric Binford |
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1979-10-10 | The Last Word | Ben Travis |
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1979-05-24 | Breaking Away | Dave Stoller |
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1979-04-01 | California Dreaming | T.T. |
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1979-02-10 | Elvis | Nick Adams |
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1978-08-29 | A Wedding | Hughie Brenner |
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1977-08-19 | September 30, 1955 | Eugene |
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1977-04-10 | 3 Women | Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited) |
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1976-10-06 | Bernice Bobs Her Hair | Charley |
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1972-03-16 | Roma | The Hippie (uncredited) |
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1971-06-02 | The Young Graduates | Pan |
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1971-03-17 | Blood and Lace | Pete |
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1970-12-16 | Didn’t You Hear? | Kevin |