Acting credits
100
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Chris Sarandon
Acting
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Movies: 75Series: 25
TMDB ID: 14541
IMDb ID: nm0001697
Known for: Acting
Born: July 24, 1942
Age: 83
Place of birth: Beckley, West Virginia, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2024
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q363684
Biography
Christopher Sarandon Jr. (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Chris Sarandon.
as Self
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024 • Movie
as Self
Doc of Chucky
2024 • Movie
as Manny
Death Wish
2024 • Movie
as Prince Humperdinck
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 • Movie
as Leon / Self (archive footage)
Disclosure
2020 • Movie
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017 • Movie
as Himself
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016 • Movie
as Roger
I Smile Back
2015 • Movie
as Tristan Pace
Frank the Bastard
2015 • Movie
as Mario Barbari
Big Stone Gap
2014 • Movie
as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
Curse of Chucky
2013 • Movie
as Mayor Tremello
Safe
2012 • Movie
as Jay Dee
Fright Night
2011 • Movie
as Larry
Multiple Sarcasms
2010 • Movie
as De Guiche
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008 • Movie
as Dr. Roark
My Sassy Girl
2008 • Movie
as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
The Chosen One
2007 • Movie
as Signor Naccarelli
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
2006 • Movie
as Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006 • Movie
as Robert
Loggerheads
2005 • Movie
as Paul Hamlin
The Dead Will Tell
2004 • Movie
as Homer (voice)
Voices in Wartime
2004 • Movie
as Self
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004 • Movie
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chris Sarandon.
as Self • 1 eps
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020 • Series
as Kip Carnigan • 1 eps
Orange Is the New Black
2013 • Series
as Judge Howard Matchick • 1 eps
The Good Wife
2009 • Series
2 eps
The Unusuals
2009 • Series
as Ashton Bonaventure • 1 eps
Psych
2006 • Series
as Adam Clarke (2004) • 1 eps
Cold Case
2003 • Series
6 eps
The Court
2002 • Series
as Cesar Radford • 2 eps
Stark Raving Mad
1999 • Series
as Wesley Masoner • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Judge Barry Krumble • 6 eps
Judging Amy
1999 • Series
as Necromancer / Armand • 1 eps
Charmed
1998 • Series
as Dr. Peter McGrath • 6 eps
Felicity
1998 • Series
as Myka (voice) • 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 • Series
as Carson Walls • 1 eps
Perversions of Science
1997 • Series
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow • 2 eps
The Practice
1997 • Series
as St. Paul • 1 eps
Pulp Comics
1996 • Series
as Dr. Pallas • 1 eps
The Outer Limits
1995 • Series
as Dr. Burke • 3 eps
ER
1994 • Series
as Gordon Mays • 3 eps
Chicago Hope
1994 • Series
as Martus Mazur • 1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 • Series
1 eps
Love & War
1992 • Series
as Cole • 1 eps
Picket Fences
1992 • Series
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham • 2 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series