Dennis Christopher

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

88

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-02 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Dennis Christopher

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

  • Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • It

    It

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Star Trek: Enterprise

    Star Trek: Enterprise

  • Angel

    Angel

  • Django Unchained

    Django Unchained

  • Crossing Jordan

    Crossing Jordan

  • seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Six Feet Under

    Six Feet Under

  • Deadwood

    Deadwood

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

  • Unforgettable

    Unforgettable

  • Roswell

    Roswell

  • Perception

    Perception

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Pacific Blue

    Pacific Blue

  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • New York Undercover

    New York Undercover

  • Profiler

    Profiler

  • Profiler

    Profiler

  • Profiler

    Profiler

  • Profiler

    Profiler

  • Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

    Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

  • Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

  • Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

    Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

  • Boys Life

    Boys Life

  • 3 Women

    3 Women

  • A Wedding

    A Wedding

  • Elvis

    Elvis

  • Friends

    Friends

  • Necronomicon

    Necronomicon

  • The Lost Room

    The Lost Room

  • Breaking Away

    Breaking Away

  • Roma

    Roma

  • Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire

  • Skeletons

    Skeletons

  • Circuitry Man

    Circuitry Man

  • Graves

    Graves

  • FreakyLinks

    FreakyLinks

  • Doppelganger

    Doppelganger

  • Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

    Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

  • Moon Over Miami

    Moon Over Miami

  • Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

    Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

  • Jake Speed

    Jake Speed

  • The Watcher

    The Watcher

  • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

    Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

  • Battle at Versailles

    Battle at Versailles

  • It's My Party

    It's My Party

  • The Silencers

    The Silencers

  • Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

    Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

  • Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

    Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

  • Dead Women in Lingerie

    Dead Women in Lingerie

  • Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

  • Blood and Lace

    Blood and Lace

  • Aurora: Operation Intercept

    Aurora: Operation Intercept

  • Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

    Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

  • The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

    The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

  • September 30, 1955

    September 30, 1955

  • Inside the Lost Room

    Inside the Lost Room

  • The Last Word

    The Last Word

  • A Sinful Life

    A Sinful Life

  • Queen of the Lot

    Queen of the Lot

  • Flight of the Spruce Goose

    Flight of the Spruce Goose

  • The Young Graduates

    The Young Graduates

  • The Falling

    The Falling

  • Didn’t You Hear?

    Didn’t You Hear?

  • Jobriath A.D.

    Jobriath A.D.

  • Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

    Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

  • Dangerous Isolation

    Dangerous Isolation

  • False Arrest

    False Arrest

  • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

    Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

  • California Dreaming

    California Dreaming

  • Bernice Bobs Her Hair

    Bernice Bobs Her Hair

  • The Disco Years

    The Disco Years

  • Mind Rage

    Mind Rage