Acting
Dennis Christopher
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.
Filmography
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Film · 2022
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Film · 2021
Battle at Versailles
Film · 2016
Graves
Series · 2016
Prisoners
Film · 2013
Django Unchained
Film · 2012
Jobriath A.D.
Film · 2012
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Film · 2012
Perception
Series · 2012
Unforgettable
Series · 2011
Queen of the Lot
Film · 2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Series · 2009
Dangerous Isolation
Film · 2006
The Lost Room
Series · 2006
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
Nine Lives
Film · 2004
Deadwood
Series · 2004
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Film · 2001
Six Feet Under
Series · 2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
Series · 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
Crossing Jordan
Series · 2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
FreakyLinks
Series · 2000
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Film · 1999
Angel
Series · 1999
Roswell
Series · 1999
Skeletons
Film · 1997
The Silencers
Film · 1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Film · 1996
It's My Party
Film · 1996
Mind Rage
Film · 1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Series · 1996
The Sentinel
Series · 1996
Pacific Blue
Series · 1996
Profiler
Series · 1996
Profiler
Series · 1996
Profiler
Series · 1996
Profiler
Series · 1996
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Film · 1995
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Film · 1995
The Watcher
Series · 1995
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Film · 1994
Boys Life
Film · 1994
The Disco Years
Film · 1994
New York Undercover
Series · 1994
Doppelganger
Film · 1993
Necronomicon
Film · 1993
Curaçao
Film · 1993
seaQuest DSV
Series · 1993
Moon Over Miami
Series · 1993
NYPD Blue
Series · 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series · 1993
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Film · 1992
Dead Women in Lingerie
Film · 1991
False Arrest
Film · 1991
Civil Wars
Series · 1991
Circuitry Man
Film · 1990
It
Series · 1990
A Sinful Life
Film · 1989
Monsters
Series · 1988
Friends
Film · 1987
The Falling
Film · 1986
Jake Speed
Film · 1986
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Film · 1986
Matlock
Series · 1986
Moonlighting
Series · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Jack and the Beanstalk
Film · 1983
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Film · 1982
Cagney & Lacey
Series · 1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Series · 1982
Chariots of Fire
Film · 1981
Fade to Black
Film · 1980
Breaking Away
Film · 1979
California Dreaming
Film · 1979
Elvis
Film · 1979
The Last Word
Film · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
A Wedding
Film · 1978
September 30, 1955
Film · 1977
3 Women
Film · 1977
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Film · 1976
Roma
Film · 1972
Blood and Lace
Film · 1971
The Young Graduates
Film · 1971
Didn’t You Hear?
Film · 1970
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