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Dennis Christopher

Actor | * 12/02/1955 (68) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Dennis Christopher Carrelli (born December 2, 1950) is an American actor whose film credits include Breaking Away (1979), Fade to Black (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981), It (1990), and Django Unchained (2012). ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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It, de Stephen King

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1990 | 3h
Horror
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Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys r ...

Breaking Away

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1979 | 3.6/5 | 1h 40min
Drama, Comedy
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With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. ...

Django Unchained

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2012 | 4.1/5 | 2h 45min
Drama, Western
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A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike. ...

Fade to Black

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1980 | 2.8/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Horror, Thriller, Comedy
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Movies with Dennis Christopher as Actor(47)

2022 ICON: The Robert Englund Story
as himself2021 Pennywise: The Story of IT
2016 Battle at Versailles
as himself2012 Jobriath A.D.
as himself2012 Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
as Leonide Moguy2012 Django Unchained
as Odin Johannessen2010 Queen of the Lot
as himself2007 Inside the Lost Room
as Adrien2006 Dangerous Isolation
as Mikey2004 Nine Lives
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale2001 The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as himself1999 Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Jim Norton1997 Skeletons
as Jack Allen1996 It's My Party
as Comdor1996 The Silencers
as Steve1996 Mind Rage
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
as Victor Varenkov1995 Aurora: Operation Intercept
as Leech1994 Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)1994 Boys Life
as Mr. Reese1994 The Disco Years
as Dale Porkel1993 Necronomicon
as Doctor Heller1993 Doppelganger
as Lapin1991 Dead Women in Lingerie
as Wally Roberts1991 False Arrest
as Leech1990 Circuitry Man
as Nathan Flowers1989 A Sinful Life
as John1988 Friends
as Stan1986 Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Desmond Floyd1986 Jake Speed
as Damon1985 The Falling
as Jack1983 Jack and the Beanstalk
as Brian Anderson1982 Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Charles Paddock1981 Chariots of Fire
as Eric Binford1980 Fade to Black
as T.T.1979 California Dreaming
as Ben Travis1979 The Last Word
as Nick Adams1979 Elvis
as Dave Stoller1979 Breaking Away
as Hughie Brenner1978 A Wedding
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)1977 3 Women
as Eugene1977 September 30, 1955
as Charley1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair
as The Hippie (uncredited)1972 Roma
as Pete1971 Blood and Lace
1971 The Young Graduates
as Kevin1970 Didn’t You Hear?

TV Shows/Series with Dennis Christopher as Actor(29)

as Martin Treadwell2016 Graves
as Fred Gorman2012 Perception
as Lukas Emminger2011 Unforgettable
as himself2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Abner Merriman2005 Criminal Minds
2004 Deadwood
as Roger Coffman2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Charles Rutledge2001 Crossing Jordan
as Kevin Lamb2001 Six Feet Under
as Danik2001 Star Trek: Enterprise
as Homeless Guy2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Richard Dorsey2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Vince J. Elsing2000 FreakyLinks
as Bobby Dupree1999 Roswell
as Cyvus Vail1999 Angel
as Paul D’Arnot1996 Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
as Anthony Bates1996 The Sentinel
1995 The Watcher
1993 Moon Over Miami
as Ambassador Dillington1993 seaQuest DSV
as Borath1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1986 Matlock
as Father Nicholas Kostmayer1985 The Equalizer
1985 Moonlighting
as Dr. Henry Carlson1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Lyman Taggart1984 Murder, She Wrote
1982 Cagney & Lacey
as Jack1982 Faerie Tale Theatre
as Killer1979 Tales of the Unexpected

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Full Name: Dennis Christopher
Born: Friday, 12/02 1955 (December) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 68 years + 145 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Monsignor Bonner High School, Temple University
Other names for Dennis Christopher (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dennis Carrelli"
Dennis Christopher frequently works together with these people:
Lawrence Pressman (12x, Actor)
Jeffrey Combs (11x, Actor)
Gregg Henry (11x, Actor)
John Rubinstein (11x, Actor)
Robert Pine (11x, Actor)
George DiCenzo (10x, Actor)
Jonathan Frakes (9x, Actor)
Rosanna Huffman (9x, Actress)
Stephen Macht (9x, Actor)
Maury Sterling (8x, Actor)
Casey Biggs (8x, Actor)
Shelley Duvall (6x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:13641, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024