Acting credits
100
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Chris Sarandon
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 75Series: 25
TMDB ID: 14541
IMDb ID: nm0001697
Known for: Acting
Born: July 24, 1942
Age: 84
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
Also known as
Christopher Sarandon Jr. • Christopher Sarandon
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.
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
as Self
2024 • Movie
Doc of Chucky
as Self
2024 • Movie
Death Wish
as Manny
2024 • Movie
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Prince Humperdinck
2020 • Movie
Disclosure
as Leon / Self (archive footage)
2020 • Movie
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017 • Movie
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016 • Movie
I Smile Back
as Roger
2015 • Movie
Frank the Bastard
as Tristan Pace
2015 • Movie
Big Stone Gap
as Mario Barbari
2014 • Movie
Curse of Chucky
as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013 • Movie
Safe
as Mayor Tremello
2012 • Movie
Fright Night
as Jay Dee
2011 • Movie
Multiple Sarcasms
as Larry
2010 • Movie
Cyrano de Bergerac
as De Guiche
2008 • Movie
My Sassy Girl
as Dr. Roark
2008 • Movie
The Chosen One
as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
2007 • Movie
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
as Signor Naccarelli
2006 • Movie
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
2006 • Movie
Loggerheads
as Robert
2005 • Movie
The Dead Will Tell
as Paul Hamlin
2004 • Movie
Voices in Wartime
as Homer (voice)
2004 • Movie
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
2004 • Movie
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chris Sarandon.
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self • 1 eps
2020 • Series
Orange Is the New Black
as Kip Carnigan • 1 eps
2013 • Series
The Good Wife
as Judge Howard Matchick • 1 eps
2009 • Series
The Unusuals
2 eps
2009 • Series
Psych
as Ashton Bonaventure • 1 eps
2006 • Series
Cold Case
as Adam Clarke (2004) • 1 eps
2003 • Series
The Court
6 eps
2002 • Series
Stark Raving Mad
as Cesar Radford • 2 eps
1999 • Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Wesley Masoner • 1 eps
1999 • Series
Judging Amy
as Judge Barry Krumble • 6 eps
1999 • Series
Charmed
as Necromancer / Armand • 1 eps
1998 • Series
Felicity
as Dr. Peter McGrath • 6 eps
1998 • Series
The Wild Thornberrys
as Myka (voice) • 1 eps
1998 • Series
Perversions of Science
as Carson Walls • 1 eps
1997 • Series
The Practice
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow • 2 eps
1997 • Series
Pulp Comics
as St. Paul • 1 eps
1996 • Series
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Pallas • 1 eps
1995 • Series
ER
as Dr. Burke • 3 eps
1994 • Series
Chicago Hope
as Gordon Mays • 3 eps
1994 • Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Martus Mazur • 1 eps
1993 • Series
Love & War
1 eps
1992 • Series
Picket Fences
as Cole • 1 eps
1992 • Series
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham • 2 eps
1990 • Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 • Series