Acting credits
84
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dennis Christopher
Acting
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Movies: 50Series: 34
TMDB ID: 27770
IMDb ID: nm0160550
Known for: Acting
Born: December 2, 1950
Age: 75
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2022
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q1278871
Also known as
Dennis Carrelli
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dennis Christopher.
as Self
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022 • Movie
as Himself
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021 • Movie
Battle at Versailles
2016 • Movie
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Prisoners
2013 • Movie
as Leonide Moguy
Django Unchained
2012 • Movie
as Self
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
2012 • Movie
as Himself
Jobriath A.D.
2012 • Movie
as Odin Johannessen
Queen of the Lot
2010 • Movie
as Adrien
Dangerous Isolation
2006 • Movie
as Mikey
Nine Lives
2004 • Movie
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001 • Movie
as Self
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999 • Movie
as Jim Norton
Skeletons
1997 • Movie
as Philip D'Arnot
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996 • Movie
as Comdor
The Silencers
1996 • Movie
as Douglas Reedy
It's My Party
1996 • Movie
as Steve
Mind Rage
1996 • Movie
as Beauchamp
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1995 • Movie
as Victor Varenkov
Aurora: Operation Intercept
1995 • Movie
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Boys Life
1994 • Movie
as Leech
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994 • Movie
as Mr. Reese
The Disco Years
1994 • Movie
as Dale Porkel
Necronomicon
1993 • Movie
as Friedrich (uncredited)
Curaçao
1993 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dennis Christopher.
as Martin Treadwell • 4 eps
Graves
2016 • Series
as Fred Gorman • 1 eps
Perception
2012 • Series
as Lukas Emminger • 1 eps
Unforgettable
2011 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 • Series
as Dr. Martin Ruber • 3 eps
The Lost Room
2006 • Series
as Abner Merriman • 1 eps
Criminal Minds
2005 • Series
as Bellegarde • 5 eps
Deadwood
2004 • Series
as Roger Coffman • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Danik • 1 eps
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 • Series
as Charles Rutledge • 1 eps
Crossing Jordan
2001 • Series
as Kevin Lamb • 1 eps
Six Feet Under
2001 • Series
as Homeless Guy • 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 • Series
as Vince J. Elsing • 13 eps
FreakyLinks
2000 • Series
as Bobby Dupree • 2 eps
Roswell
1999 • Series
as Cyvus Vail • 3 eps
Angel
1999 • Series
as Jack of All Trades • 28 eps
Profiler
1996 • Series
as Paul D’Arnot • 22 eps
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996 • Series
as Anthony Bates • 1 eps
The Sentinel
1996 • Series
as Mortimer T. Anton • 1 eps
Pacific Blue
1996 • Series
as Dr. Royce • 1 eps
New York Undercover
1994 • Series
as Gerard prosser • 1 eps
NYPD Blue
1993 • Series
1 eps
Moon Over Miami
1993 • Series
as Ambassador Dillington • 1 eps
seaQuest DSV
1993 • Series
as Borath • 1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 • Series