Dennis Christopher
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1950
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- SILENCERS
SILENCERS TBA
as Comdor
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story 2022
as Self
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ 2021
as Himself
Battle at Versailles 2016
Actor
Prisoners 2013
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Django Unchained 2012
as Leonide Moguy
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution 2012
as Self
Jobriath A.D. 2012
as Himself
Queen of the Lot 2010
as Odin Johannessen
Dangerous Isolation 2006
as Adrien
Nine Lives 2004
as Mikey
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple 2001
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
- Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows 1999
as Self
Skeletons 1997
as Jim Norton
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures 1996
as Philip D'Arnot
The Silencers 1996
as Comdor
It's My Party 1996
as Douglas Reedy
Mind Rage 1996
as Steve
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare 1995
as Beauchamp
Aurora: Operation Intercept 1995
as Victor Varenkov
Boys Life 1994
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II 1994
as Leech
The Disco Years 1994
as Mr. Reese
Necronomicon 1993
as Dale Porkel
Curaçao 1993
as Friedrich (uncredited)
Doppelganger 1993
as Doctor Heller
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story 1992
as Randy
False Arrest 1991
as Wally Roberts
Dead Women in Lingerie 1991
as Lapin
Circuitry Man 1990
as Leech
A Sinful Life 1989
as Nathan Flowers
Friends 1987
as John
The Falling 1986
as Damon
Jake Speed 1986
as Desmond Floyd
Flight of the Spruce Goose 1986
as Stan
Jack and the Beanstalk 1983
as Jack
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder 1982
as Brian Anderson
Chariots of Fire 1981
as Charles Paddock
Fade to Black 1980
as Eric Binford
The Last Word 1979
as Ben Travis
Breaking Away 1979
as Dave Stoller
California Dreaming 1979
as T.T.
Elvis 1979
as Nick Adams
A Wedding 1978
as Hughie Brenner
September 30, 1955 1977
as Eugene
3 Women 1977
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair 1976
as Charley
Roma 1972
as The Hippie (uncredited)
The Young Graduates 1971
as Pan
Blood and Lace 1971
as Pete
Didn’t You Hear? 1970
as Kevin
Credits from TMDB.