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