Dennis Christopher

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-02 (74 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

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Crossing Jordan

    Crossing Jordan

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Star Trek: Enterprise

    Star Trek: Enterprise

  • Angel

    Angel

  • Six Feet Under

    Six Feet Under

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • The Sentinel

    The Sentinel

  • Django Unchained

    Django Unchained

  • Deadwood

    Deadwood

  • seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

  • Pacific Blue

    Pacific Blue

  • It

    It

  • Unforgettable

    Unforgettable

  • Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

  • Roswell

    Roswell

  • Perception

    Perception

  • New York Undercover

    New York Undercover

  • Faerie Tale Theatre

    Faerie Tale Theatre

  • Aurora: Operation Intercept

    Aurora: Operation Intercept

  • Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

    Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

  • Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

    Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

  • Queen of the Lot

    Queen of the Lot

  • A Wedding

    A Wedding

  • The Young Graduates

    The Young Graduates

  • The Lost Room

    The Lost Room

  • Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

    Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

  • Dead Women in Lingerie

    Dead Women in Lingerie

  • Boys Life

    Boys Life

  • FreakyLinks

    FreakyLinks

  • Necronomicon

    Necronomicon

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

  • Graves

    Graves

  • Doppelganger

    Doppelganger

  • The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

    The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

  • Breaking Away

    Breaking Away

  • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

    Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

  • Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

    Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

  • The Watcher

    The Watcher

  • Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire

  • September 30, 1955

    September 30, 1955

  • Nine Lives

    Nine Lives

  • Roma

    Roma

  • Circuitry Man

    Circuitry Man

  • Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

    Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

  • A Sinful Life

    A Sinful Life

  • Inside the Lost Room

    Inside the Lost Room

  • Blood and Lace

    Blood and Lace

  • The Falling

    The Falling

  • Moon Over Miami

    Moon Over Miami

  • Flight of the Spruce Goose

    Flight of the Spruce Goose

  • Elvis

    Elvis

  • Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

    Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

  • Fade to Black

    Fade to Black

  • Mind Rage

    Mind Rage

  • The Last Word

    The Last Word

  • 3 Women

    3 Women

  • Skeletons

    Skeletons

  • It's My Party

    It's My Party

  • Battle at Versailles

    Battle at Versailles

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Silencers

    The Silencers

  • Didn’t You Hear?

    Didn’t You Hear?

  • Jake Speed

    Jake Speed

  • The Disco Years

    The Disco Years

  • Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

    Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

  • False Arrest

    False Arrest

  • Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

    Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

  • Jobriath A.D.

    Jobriath A.D.

  • California Dreaming

    California Dreaming

  • Bernice Bobs Her Hair

    Bernice Bobs Her Hair

  • Dangerous Isolation

    Dangerous Isolation

  • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

    Tarzan: The Epic Adventures