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.
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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1278871
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Filmography (Movies)
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2022
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/10/2021
Battle at Versailles
Character:
Release Date:05/05/2016
Prisoners
Character:Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Release Date:19/09/2013
Django Unchained
Character:Leonide Moguy
Release Date:25/12/2012
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/2012
Jobriath A.D.
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/06/2012
Queen of the Lot
Character:Odin Johannessen
Release Date:19/11/2010
Inside the Lost Room
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2007
Dangerous Isolation
Character:Adrien
Release Date:13/09/2006
Nine Lives
Character:Mikey
Release Date:13/08/2004
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Character:Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
Release Date:20/01/2001
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Character:Self
Release Date:11/01/1999
Skeletons
Character:Jim Norton
Release Date:04/04/1997
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Character:Philip D'Arnot
Release Date:28/08/1996
The Silencers
Character:Comdor
Release Date:23/04/1996
It's My Party
Character:Douglas Reedy
Release Date:22/03/1996
Mind Rage
Character:Steve
Release Date:05/01/1996
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Character:Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
Release Date:07/03/1995
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Character:Victor Varenkov
Release Date:01/01/1995
Boys Life
Character:Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Release Date:30/09/1994
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Character:Leech
Release Date:16/04/1994
The Disco Years
Character:Mr. Reese
Release Date:01/01/1994
Necronomicon
Character:Dale Porkel
Release Date:01/11/1993
Doppelganger
Character:Doctor Heller
Release Date:01/03/1993
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Character:Randy
Release Date:08/11/1992
False Arrest
Character:Wally Roberts
Release Date:03/11/1991
Dead Women in Lingerie
Character:Lapin
Release Date:01/01/1991
Circuitry Man
Character:Leech
Release Date:01/05/1990
A Sinful Life
Character:Nathan Flowers
Release Date:30/06/1989
Friends
Character:John
Release Date:20/11/1987
The Falling
Character:Damon
Release Date:05/08/1986
Jake Speed
Character:Desmond Floyd
Release Date:30/05/1986
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Character:Stan
Release Date:17/01/1986
Jack and the Beanstalk
Character:Jack
Release Date:08/09/1983
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Character:Brian Anderson
Release Date:03/05/1982
Chariots of Fire
Character:Charles Paddock
Release Date:15/05/1981
Fade to Black
Character:Eric Binford
Release Date:14/10/1980
The Last Word
Character:Ben Travis
Release Date:10/10/1979
Breaking Away
Character:Dave Stoller
Release Date:24/05/1979
California Dreaming
Character:T.T.
Release Date:01/04/1979
Elvis
Character:Nick Adams
Release Date:10/02/1979
A Wedding
Character:Hughie Brenner
Release Date:29/08/1978
September 30, 1955
Character:Eugene
Release Date:19/08/1977
3 Women
Character:Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:29/04/1977
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Character:Charley
Release Date:06/10/1976
Roma
Character:The Hippie (uncredited)
Release Date:16/03/1972
The Young Graduates
Character:Pan
Release Date:02/06/1971
Blood and Lace
Character:Pete
Release Date:17/03/1971
Didn’t You Hear?
Character:Kevin
Release Date:16/12/1970
Television Appearances
Graves
Character:Martin Treadwell
Perception
Character:Fred Gorman
Unforgettable
Character:Lukas Emminger
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character:Self
The Lost Room
Character:Dr. Martin Ruber
Criminal Minds
Character:Abner Merriman
Deadwood
Character:Bellegarde
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Roger Coffman
Star Trek: Enterprise
Character:Danik
Crossing Jordan
Character:Charles Rutledge
Six Feet Under
Character:Kevin Lamb
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Homeless Guy
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Richard Dorsey
FreakyLinks
Character:Vince J. Elsing
Roswell
Character:Bobby Dupree
Angel
Character:Cyvus Vail
Profiler
Character:Jack of All Trades
Profiler
Character:Sheriff Ed Post
Profiler
Character:Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades
Profiler
Character:Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Character:Paul D’Arnot
The Sentinel
Character:Anthony Bates
Pacific Blue
Character:Mortimer T. Anton
The Watcher
Character:
New York Undercover
Character:Dr. Royce
NYPD Blue
Character:Gerard prosser
Moon Over Miami
Character:
seaQuest DSV
Character:Ambassador Dillington
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character:Borath
It
Character:Eddie Kaspbrak
Matlock
Character:Noel Bishop
The Equalizer
Character:Father Nicholas Kostmayer
Moonlighting
Character:Benjamin Wylie
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Dr. Henry Carlson
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Lyman Taggart
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character:Jack
Cagney & Lacey
Character:
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:Killer
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