Acting credits
99
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Chris Sarandon
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.3
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Movies: 74Series: 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.
7.0
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
as Self
2024 Movie
7.8
Doc of Chucky
as Self
2024 Movie
Death Wish
2024 Movie
6.3
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Prince Humperdinck
2020 Movie
7.8
Disclosure
as Leon / Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
7.7
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017 Movie
6.8
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016 Movie
6.1
I Smile Back
as Roger
2015 Movie
2.5
Frank the Bastard
as Tristan Pace
2015 Movie
5.9
Big Stone Gap
as Mario Barbari
2014 Movie
5.9
Curse of Chucky
as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013 Movie
6.5
Safe
as Mayor Tremello
2012 Movie
6.2
Fright Night
as Jay Dee
2011 Movie
5.9
Multiple Sarcasms
as Larry
2010 Movie
6.4
Cyrano de Bergerac
as De Guiche
2008 Movie
6.7
My Sassy Girl
as Dr. Roark
2008 Movie
5.8
The Chosen One
as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
2007 Movie
10.0
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
as Signor Naccarelli
2006 Movie
7.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
2006 Movie
5.8
Loggerheads
as Robert
2005 Movie
4.8
The Dead Will Tell
as Paul Hamlin
2004 Movie
4.0
Voices in Wartime
as Homer (voice)
2004 Movie
7.0
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
2004 Movie
6.5
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Chris Sarandon.
7.2
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
as Kip Carnigan • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Judge Howard Matchick • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.6
The Unusuals
2 eps
2009 Series
7.9
Psych
as Ashton Bonaventure • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Adam Clarke (2004) • 1 eps
2003 Series
10.0
The Court
6 eps
2002 Series
6.5
Stark Raving Mad
as Cesar Radford • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Wesley Masoner • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Judging Amy
as Judge Barry Krumble • 6 eps
1999 Series
8.2
Charmed
as Necromancer / Armand • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.6
Felicity
as Dr. Peter McGrath • 6 eps
1998 Series
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
as Myka (voice) • 1 eps
1998 Series
5.6
Perversions of Science
as Carson Walls • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.6
The Practice
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow • 2 eps
1997 Series
Pulp Comics
as St. Paul • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Pallas • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Dr. Burke • 3 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Gordon Mays • 3 eps
1994 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Martus Mazur • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.2
Love & War
1 eps
1992 Series
7.4
Picket Fences
as Cole • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham • 2 eps
1990 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series