Dennis Christopher
Acting
Born: December 2, 1950 (age 75) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Django Unchained
2012
Prisoners
2013
Criminal Minds
2005
It
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Six Feet Under
2001
Chariots of Fire
1981
Angel
1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Deadwood
2004
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
The Lost Room
2006
Photos (2)
Movies (45)
Django Unchained
Leonide Moguy
Prisoners
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Chariots of Fire
Charles Paddock
3 Women
Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Breaking Away
Dave Stoller
It's My Party
Douglas Reedy
Roma
The Hippie (uncredited)
Doppelganger
Doctor Heller
Necronomicon
Dale Porkel
Jake Speed
Desmond Floyd
A Wedding
Hughie Brenner
Queen of the Lot
Odin Johannessen
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Leech
Fade to Black
Eric Binford
Dead Women in Lingerie
Lapin
Boys Life
Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Beauchamp
Elvis
Nick Adams
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack
The Falling
Damon
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Brian Anderson
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Charley
Circuitry Man
Leech
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Philip D'Arnot
The Last Word
Ben Travis
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Randy
The Silencers
Comdor
Mind Rage
Steve
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Stan
False Arrest
Wally Roberts
Skeletons
Jim Norton
Nine Lives
Mikey
California Dreaming
T.T.
Curaçao
Friedrich (uncredited)
Didn’t You Hear?
Kevin
Dangerous Isolation
Adrien
The Disco Years
Mr. Reese
Friends
John
Blood and Lace
Pete
A Sinful Life
Nathan Flowers
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Victor Varenkov
The Young Graduates
Pan
Battle at Versailles
2016
September 30, 1955
Eugene
TV Shows (38)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Homeless Guy · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Richard Dorsey · 1 eps
Criminal Minds
Abner Merriman · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roger Coffman · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Henry Carlson · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Lyman Taggart · 1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Borath · 1 eps
Crossing Jordan
Charles Rutledge · 1 eps
NYPD Blue
Gerard prosser · 1 eps
Star Trek: Enterprise
Danik · 1 eps
Angel
Cyvus Vail · 3 eps
Six Feet Under
Kevin Lamb · 1 eps
Matlock
Noel Bishop · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Father Nicholas Kostmayer · 1 eps
Pacific Blue
Mortimer T. Anton · 1 eps
Unforgettable
Lukas Emminger · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Killer · 1 eps
Moonlighting
Benjamin Wylie · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
1 eps
Profiler
Jack of All Trades · 28 eps
Profiler
Sheriff Ed Post · 1 eps
Profiler
Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades · 1 eps
Profiler
Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay · 2 eps
Deadwood
Bellegarde · 5 eps
Perception
Fred Gorman · 1 eps
seaQuest DSV
Ambassador Dillington · 1 eps
Roswell
Bobby Dupree · 2 eps
The Sentinel
Anthony Bates · 1 eps
New York Undercover
Dr. Royce · 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Jack · 1 eps
Monsters
Laurence Bauer · 1 eps
It
Eddie Kaspbrak · 2 eps
Civil Wars
Jamie Berne · 1 eps
Graves
Martin Treadwell · 4 eps
The Lost Room
Dr. Martin Ruber · 3 eps
FreakyLinks
Vince J. Elsing · 13 eps
Moon Over Miami
1 eps
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Paul D’Arnot · 22 eps
