Dennis Christopher
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-12-02 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dennis Christopher
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.
Acting
(2022)
(2021)
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
(2016)
(2013)
Prisoners
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
(2012)
Django Unchained
as Leonide Moguy
(2012)
Jobriath A.D.
as Himself
(2012)
(2010)
Queen of the Lot
as Odin Johannessen
(2007)
Inside the Lost Room
as Self
(2006)
Dangerous Isolation
as Adrien
(2004)
Nine Lives
as Mikey
(2001)
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
(1999)
(1997)
Skeletons
as Jim Norton
(1996)
It's My Party
as Jack Allen
(1996)
The Silencers
as Comdor
(1996)
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
as Philip D'Arnot
(1996)
Mind Rage
as Steve
(1995)
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
(1995)
Aurora: Operation Intercept
as Victor Varenkov
(1994)
(1994)
Boys Life
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
(1994)
The Disco Years
as Mr. Reese
(1993)
Doppelganger
as Doctor Heller
(1993)
Necronomicon
as Dale Porkel
(1992)
(1991)
False Arrest
as Wally Roberts
(1991)
Dead Women in Lingerie
as Lapin
(1990)
Circuitry Man
as Leech
(1989)
A Sinful Life
as Nathan Flowers
(1987)
Friends
as John
(1986)
Jake Speed
as Desmond Floyd
(1986)
Alien Predators
as Damon
(1986)
Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Stan
(1983)
杰可和豆茎
as Jack
(1982)
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Brian Anderson
(1981)
Chariots of Fire
as Charles Paddock
(1980)
Fade to Black
as Eric Binford
(1979)
Elvis
as Nick Adams
(1979)
Breaking Away
as Dave Stoller
(1979)
California Dreaming
as T.T.
(1979)
The Last Word
as Ben Travis
(1978)
A Wedding
as Hughie Brenner
(1977)
3 Women
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1977)
September 30, 1955
as Eugene
(1976)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
as Charley
(1972)
Roma
as The Hippie (uncredited)
(1971)
The Young Graduates
as Pan
(1971)
Blood and Lace
as Pete
(1970)
Didn’t You Hear?
as Kevin