- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dennis Christopher
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…
Filmography
movieHollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022 · Self
moviePennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021 · Himself
tvGraves
2016 · Martin Treadwell
movieBattle at Versailles
2016
moviePrisoners
2013 · Mr. Jones (uncredited)
movieDjango Unchained
2012 · Leonide Moguy
movieVersailles '73: American Runway Revolution
2012 · Self
tvPerception
2012 · Fred Gorman
movieJobriath A.D.
2012 · Himself
tvUnforgettable
2011 · Lukas Emminger
movieQueen of the Lot
2010 · Odin Johannessen
tvCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
tvThe Lost Room
2006 · Dr. Martin Ruber
movieDangerous Isolation
2006 · Adrien
tvCriminal Minds
2005 · Abner Merriman
movieNine Lives
2004 · Mikey
tvDeadwood
2004 · Bellegarde
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Roger Coffman
tvStar Trek: Enterprise
2001 · Danik
tvCrossing Jordan
2001 · Charles Rutledge
tvSix Feet Under
2001 · Kevin Lamb
movieThe Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001 · Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Homeless Guy, Richard Dorsey
tvFreakyLinks
2000 · Vince J. Elsing
tvRoswell
1999 · Bobby Dupree
tvAngel
1999 · Cyvus Vail
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
movieAnthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
1999 · Self
movieSkeletons
1997 · Jim Norton
tvProfiler
1996 · Jack of All Trades, Sheriff Ed Post, Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades, Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay
movieTarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996 · Philip D'Arnot
tvTarzan: The Epic Adventures
1996 · Paul D’Arnot
movieThe Silencers
1996 · Comdor
movieIt's My Party
1996 · Douglas Reedy
tvThe Sentinel
1996 · Anthony Bates
tvPacific Blue
1996 · Mortimer T. Anton
movieMind Rage
1996 · Steve
movieDeadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1995 · Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
The Watcher
tvThe Watcher
1995
movieAurora: Operation Intercept
1995 · Victor Varenkov
movieBoys Life
1994 · Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
tvNew York Undercover
1994 · Dr. Royce
moviePlughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994 · Leech
movieThe Disco Years
1994 · Mr. Reese
movieNecronomicon
1993 · Dale Porkel
tvNYPD Blue
1993 · Gerard prosser
tvMoon Over Miami
1993
tvseaQuest DSV
1993 · Ambassador Dillington
movieCuraçao
1993 · Friedrich (uncredited)
movieDoppelganger
1993 · Doctor Heller
tvStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Borath
movieWilling to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992 · Randy
movieFalse Arrest
1991 · Wally Roberts
movieDead Women in Lingerie
1991 · Lapin
tvIt
1990 · Eddie Kaspbrak
movieCircuitry Man
1990 · Leech
movieA Sinful Life
1989 · Nathan Flowers
tvMonsters
1988 · Laurence Bauer
movieFriends
1987 · John
movieThe Falling
1986 · Damon
movieJake Speed
1986 · Desmond Floyd
tvMatlock
1986 · Noel Bishop
movieFlight of the Spruce Goose
1986 · Stan
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · Father Nicholas Kostmayer
tvMoonlighting
1985 · Benjamin Wylie
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Dr. Henry Carlson, Lyman Taggart
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1983 · Jack
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Jack
movieDon't Cry, It's Only Thunder
1982 · Brian Anderson
tvCagney & Lacey
1982
movieChariots of Fire
1981 · Charles Paddock
movieFade to Black
1980 · Eric Binford
movieThe Last Word
1979 · Ben Travis
movieBreaking Away
1979 · Dave Stoller
movieCalifornia Dreaming
1979 · T.T.
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Killer
movieElvis
1979 · Nick Adams
movieA Wedding
1978 · Hughie Brenner
movieSeptember 30, 1955
1977 · Eugene
movie3 Women
1977 · Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
movieBernice Bobs Her Hair
1976 · Charley
movieRoma
1972 · The Hippie (uncredited)
movieThe Young Graduates
1971 · Pan
movieBlood and Lace
1971 · Pete
movieDidn’t You Hear?
1970 · Kevin
SILENCERS
movieSILENCERS
— · Comdor