From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
Movie | Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | 2022-10-07 |
Series | Graves | Martin Treadwell | 2016-10-16 |
Movie | Prisoners | Mr. Jones (uncredited) | 2013-09-19 |
Series | Perception | Fred Gorman | 2012-07-09 |
Movie | Django Unchained | Leonide Moguy | 2012-12-25 |
Movie | Queen of the Lot | Odin Johannessen | 2010-11-19 |
Series | The Lost Room | Dr. Martin Ruber | 2006-12-11 |
Movie | Dangerous Isolation | Adrien | 2006-09-13 |
Movie | Wings on Their Heels: The Making of 'Chariots of Fire' | Self | 2005-01-01 |
Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | Nine Lives | Mikey | 2004-08-13 |
Movie | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Joshua 'Carrots' Beale | 2001-01-20 |
Series | Six Feet Under | Kevin Lamb | 2001-06-03 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
Series | Angel | Unknown | 1999-10-05 |
Series | Roswell | Unknown | 1999-10-06 |
Movie | Skeletons | Jim Norton | 1997-04-04 |
Movie | Mind Rage | Steve | 1996-01-05 |
Movie | It's My Party | Jack Allen | 1996-03-22 |
Movie | The Silencers | Comdor | 1996-04-23 |
Series | Profiler | 1996-09-21 | |
Movie | Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare | Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp | 1995-03-07 |
Movie | Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II | Leech | 1994-04-16 |
Movie | Boys Life | Mr. Reese (The Disco Years) | 1994-09-30 |
Series | Moon Over Miami | Unknown | 1993-09-15 |
Movie | Doppelganger | Doctor Heller | 1993-03-01 |
Movie | Necronomicon | Dale Porkel | 1993-11-01 |
Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Randy | 1992-11-08 |
Movie | Dead Women in Lingerie | Lapin | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | False Arrest | Wally Roberts | 1991-11-03 |
Movie | A Sinful Life | Nathan Flowers | 1989-06-30 |
Movie | Friends | John | 1987-11-20 |
Movie | Flight of the Spruce Goose | Stan | 1986-01-17 |
Movie | Alien Predators | Damon | 1986-08-05 |
Movie | Jake Speed | Desmond Floyd | 1986-05-30 |
Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack | 1983-09-08 |
Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
Movie | Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder | Brian Anderson | 1982-05-03 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Unknown | 1982-09-11 |
Movie | Chariots of Fire | Charles Paddock | 1981-05-15 |
Movie | Fade to Black | Eric Binford | 1980-10-14 |
Movie | California Dreaming | T.T. | 1979-04-01 |
Movie | Elvis | Nick Adams | 1979-02-10 |
Movie | Breaking Away | Dave Stoller | 1979-05-24 |
Movie | The Last Word | Ben Travis | 1979-10-10 |
Movie | A Wedding | Hughie Brenner | 1978-08-29 |
Movie | 3 Women | Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1977-04-10 |
Movie | September 30, 1955 | Eugene | 1977-08-19 |
Movie | Bernice Bobs Her Hair | Charley | 1976-10-06 |
Movie | Blood and Lace | Pete | 1971-03-17 |
Movie | The Young Graduates | Pan | 1971-06-02 |
Movie | Didn’t You Hear? | Kevin | 1970-12-16 |
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