Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 02, 1950
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
86 titles
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
Filmography
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Himself
Graves
Martin Treadwell
Battle at Versailles
Prisoners
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Django Unchained
Leonide Moguy
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Self
Perception
Fred Gorman
Jobriath A.D.
Himself
Unforgettable
Lukas Emminger
Queen of the Lot
Odin Johannessen
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
The Lost Room
Dr. Martin Ruber
Dangerous Isolation
Adrien
Criminal Minds
Abner Merriman
Nine Lives
Mikey
Deadwood
Bellegarde
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roger Coffman
Star Trek: Enterprise
Danik
Crossing Jordan
Charles Rutledge
Six Feet Under
Kevin Lamb
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Homeless Guy
FreakyLinks
Vince J. Elsing
Roswell
Bobby Dupree
Angel
Cyvus Vail
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Self
Skeletons
Jim Norton
Profiler
Jack of All Trades
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Paul D’Arnot
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Philip D'Arnot
The Silencers
Comdor
It's My Party
Douglas Reedy
The Sentinel
Anthony Bates
Pacific Blue
Mortimer T. Anton
Mind Rage
Steve
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Beauchamp
The Watcher
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Victor Varenkov
Boys Life
Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
New York Undercover
Dr. Royce
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Leech
The Disco Years
Mr. Reese
Necronomicon
Dale Porkel
NYPD Blue
Gerard prosser
Moon Over Miami
seaQuest DSV
Ambassador Dillington
Curaçao
Friedrich (uncredited)
Doppelganger
Doctor Heller
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Borath