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Dennis Christopher
Actor
Born December 2, 1955 (66 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2019 | American Style (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2016 | Graves (TV Series) · as Martin Treadwell |
| 2013 | Prisoners · as Mr. Jones |
| 2012 | Django Unchained · as Leonide Moguy |
| 2012 | Perception (TV Series) · as Fred Gorman |
| 2011 | Unforgettable (TV Series) · as Lukas Emminger |
| 2010 | Queen of the Lot · as Odin Johannessen |
| 2006 | Trapped! · as Adrien |
| 2006 | The Lost Room (TV Series) · as Dr. Martin Ruber |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Abner Merriman |
| 2004 | Nine Lives · as Mikey |
| 2004 | Deadwood (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple · as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) · as Danik |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under (TV Series) · as Kevin Lamb |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan (TV Series) · as Charles Rutledge |
| 2000 | Freakylinks (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2000 | 18 Wheels of Justice (TV Series) · as Vin Malfi |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Homeless Guy |
| 1999 | Roswell (TV Series) · as Bobby Dupree |
| 1999 | Angel (TV Series) · as Cyvus Vail |
| 1997 | Skeletons · as Jim Norton |
| 1996 | The Silencers · as Comdor |
| 1996 | It's My Party · as Jack Allen |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue (TV Series) · as Dr. Mortimer T. Anton |
| 1996 | Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (TV Series) · as Paul D’Arnot |
| 1996 | Profiler (TV Series) · as Jack of All Trades |
| 1995 | Aurora: Operation Intercept · as Victor Varenkov |
| 1994 | Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II · as Leech |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Dr. Royce |
| 1993 | Doppelganger · as Doctor Heller |
| 1993 | CIA: Exiled · as Friedrich |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Gerard Prosser |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) · as Borath |
| 1993 | Moon Over Miami (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV (TV Series) · as Ambassador Dillington |
| 1993 | Necronomicon: Book of Dead · as Dale Porkel |
| 1992 | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story · as Randy |
| 1991 | False Arrest · as Wally Roberts |
| 1991 | Dark Justice (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1990 | Circuitry Man · as Leech |
| 1990 | Dead Women in Lingerie · as Lapin |
| 1990 | Stephen King's It (TV Series) · as Eddie Kaspbrak |
| 1990 | It · as Eddie Kaspbrak |
| 1990 | Stephen King's It · as Eddie Kaspbrak |
| 1989 | A Sinful Life · as Nathan Flowers |
| 1988 | Friends · as John |
| 1988 | Monsters (TV Series) · as Laurence Bauer |
| 1988 | Christabel (TV Series) · as U.S. Airman |
| 1986 | Alien Predator · as Damon |
| 1986 | Jake Speed · as Desmond Floyd |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Father Nicholas Kostmayer |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Stingray (1985) (TV Series) · as Joshua Williams |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Dr. Henry Carlson |
| 1982 | Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder · as Brian Anderson |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Jack |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire · as Charles Paddock |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1980 | Fade to Black · as Eric Binford |
| 1979 | Breaking Away · as Dave Stoller |
| 1979 | Elvis · as Nick Adams |
| 1979 | California Dreaming · as T.T. |
| 1979 | The Last Word · as Ben Travis |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Killer |
| 1978 | A Wedding · as Hughie Brenner |
| 1977 | Three Women · as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited) |
| 1977 | September 30, 1955 · as Eugene |
| 1976 | Bernice Bobs Her Hair · as Charley |
| 1972 | Roma · as The Hippie (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Blood and Lace · as Pete |
| 1970 | Didn't You Hear? · as Kevin |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel (TV Series) · as Young Merlin |