Cast
Dennis Christopher
Acting
Cast
Dennis Christopher
Known for
Acting
Born
1950-12-02
From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Dennis Carrelli
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.
★8.2
MOVIE2012
Django Unchained
as Leonide Moguy
★8.1
MOVIE2013
Prisoners
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1981
Chariots of Fire
as Charles Paddock
★4.6
MOVIE1986
Jake Speed
as Desmond Floyd
★3.4
MOVIE1991
Dead Women in Lingerie
as Lapin
★7.2
MOVIE1972
Roma
as The Hippie (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1977
3 Women
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1994
Boys Life
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
★6.2
MOVIE1996
It's My Party
as Douglas Reedy
★7.1
MOVIE1979
Breaking Away
as Dave Stoller
★4.9
MOVIE1993
Doppelganger
as Doctor Heller
★6.0
MOVIE1993
Necronomicon
as Dale Porkel
★6.8
MOVIE1979
Elvis
as Nick Adams
★4.7
MOVIE1979
California Dreaming
as T.T.
★6.3
MOVIE1978
A Wedding
as Hughie Brenner
★5.0
MOVIE1983
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack
★5.6
MOVIE1980
Fade to Black
as Eric Binford
★5.0
MOVIE1986
The Falling
as Damon
MOVIETBA
SILENCERS
as Comdor
★5.3
MOVIE1976
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
as Charley
★4.2
MOVIE2006
Dangerous Isolation
as Adrien
★6.7
MOVIE1992
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
as Randy
★5.3
MOVIE1995
Aurora: Operation Intercept
as Victor Varenkov
★10.0
MOVIE2016
Battle at Versailles
★5.0
MOVIE1990
Circuitry Man
as Leech
★5.2
MOVIE1971
The Young Graduates
as Pan
★4.8
MOVIE1996
The Silencers
as Comdor
★5.0
MOVIE1979
The Last Word
as Ben Travis
★2.8
MOVIE1996
Mind Rage
as Steve
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
as Philip D'Arnot
★6.6
MOVIE2012
Jobriath A.D.
as Himself
★4.9
MOVIE2004
Nine Lives
as Mikey
★6.8
MOVIE1977
September 30, 1955
as Eugene
★5.3
MOVIE1987
Friends
as John
★5.7
MOVIE1971
Blood and Lace
as Pete
★7.4
MOVIE2021
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
★5.6
MOVIE2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
★3.5
MOVIE1994
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
as Leech
★5.8
MOVIE1991
False Arrest
as Wally Roberts
★2.6
MOVIE2010
Queen of the Lot
as Odin Johannessen
★5.0
MOVIE1995
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
★7.0
MOVIE1970
Didn’t You Hear?
as Kevin
★4.2
MOVIE1997
Skeletons
as Jim Norton
★5.7
MOVIE1982
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Brian Anderson
★6.4
MOVIE1993
Curaçao
as Friedrich (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1989
A Sinful Life
as Nathan Flowers
★6.6
MOVIE2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1999
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Self
MOVIE2012
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1986
Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Stan
★5.5
MOVIE1994
The Disco Years
as Mr. Reese