Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dennis Christopher
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 49Series: 32
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: 6.84
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.
6.4
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2022 Movie
7.4
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
2021 Movie
10.0
Battle at Versailles
2016 Movie
8.1
Prisoners
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
2013 Movie
8.2
Django Unchained
as Leonide Moguy
2012 Movie
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
as Self
2012 Movie
6.6
Jobriath A.D.
as Himself
2012 Movie
2.6
Queen of the Lot
as Odin Johannessen
2010 Movie
4.2
Dangerous Isolation
as Adrien
2006 Movie
4.3
Nine Lives
as Mikey
2004 Movie
5.3
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
2001 Movie
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Self
1999 Movie
3.9
Skeletons
as Jim Norton
1997 Movie
6.2
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
as Philip D'Arnot
1996 Movie
4.4
The Silencers
as Comdor
1996 Movie
6.1
It's My Party
as Douglas Reedy
1996 Movie
1.8
Mind Rage
as Steve
1996 Movie
4.7
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
1995 Movie
4.9
Aurora: Operation Intercept
as Victor Varenkov
1995 Movie
4.6
Boys Life
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
1994 Movie
3.3
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
as Leech
1994 Movie
5.0
The Disco Years
as Mr. Reese
1994 Movie
6.0
Necronomicon
as Dale Porkel
1993 Movie
4.9
Doppelganger
as Doctor Heller
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dennis Christopher.
5.0
Graves
as Martin Treadwell • 4 eps
2016 Series
7.2
Perception
as Fred Gorman • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.2
Unforgettable
as Lukas Emminger • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.8
The Lost Room
as Dr. Martin Ruber • 3 eps
2006 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Abner Merriman • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
Deadwood
as Bellegarde • 5 eps
2004 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roger Coffman • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Danik • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.2
Crossing Jordan
as Charles Rutledge • 1 eps
2001 Series
8.1
Six Feet Under
as Kevin Lamb • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Homeless Guy • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.2
FreakyLinks
as Vince J. Elsing • 13 eps
2000 Series
7.7
Roswell
as Bobby Dupree • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.9
Angel
as Cyvus Vail • 3 eps
1999 Series
7.0
Profiler
as Jack of All Trades • 28 eps
1996 Series
4.7
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
as Paul D’Arnot • 22 eps
1996 Series
7.1
The Sentinel
as Anthony Bates • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.4
Pacific Blue
as Mortimer T. Anton • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.1
New York Undercover
as Dr. Royce • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.0
NYPD Blue
as Gerard prosser • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.0
Moon Over Miami
1 eps
1993 Series
7.1
seaQuest DSV
as Ambassador Dillington • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Borath • 1 eps
1993 Series