Chris Sarandon

Biography

Christopher Sarandon Jr. (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Good Wife

Charmed

ER

Psych

The Mike Douglas Show

All Movies (77)

• Best Christmas Movies Ever!2024 · as Self
• Doc of Chucky2024 · as Self
• Death Wish2024 · as Manny
• A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion2020 · as Prince Humperdinck
• Disclosure2020 · as Leon / Self (archive footage)
• Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive2017
• You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night2016 · as Himself
• I Smile Back2015 · as Roger
• Frank the Bastard2015 · as Tristan Pace
• Big Stone Gap2014 · as Mario Barbari
• Curse of Chucky2013 · as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Safe2012 · as Mayor Tremello
• Fright Night2011 · as Jay Dee
• Multiple Sarcasms2010 · as Larry
• Cyrano de Bergerac2008 · as De Guiche
• My Sassy Girl2008 · as Dr. Roark
• Cyrano de Bergerac2008 · as De Guiche
• The Chosen One2007 · as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
• The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center2006 · as Signor Naccarelli
• The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'2006 · as Self
• Loggerheads2005 · as Robert
• The Dead Will Tell2004 · as Paul Hamlin
• Voices in Wartime2004 · as Homer (voice)
• Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'2004 · as Self
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories2002 · as Self
• As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'2001 · as Self
• Rescued from the Closet2001 · as Self
• Perfume2001 · as Gary Packer
• Race Against Time2000 · as Dr. Anton Stofeles
• Reaper2000 · as Luke Sinclair
• Let the Devil Wear Black1999 · as Jack's Father
• Little Men1998 · as Fritz Bhaer
• Road Ends1997 · as Esteban Maceda
• American Perfekt1997 · as Sammy
• Bordello of Blood1996 · as Reverend Current
• Edie & Pen1996 · as Max
• Terminal Justice1996 · as Reginald Matthews
• Vampires: Thirst for the Truth1996 · as Self
• The Vampyre Wars1996
• Temptress1995 · as Matt Christianson
• When the Dark Man Calls1995 · as Lloyd Carson
• No Greater Love1995 · as Sam Horowitz
• Just Cause1995 · as Lyle Morgan
• David's Mother1994 · as Philip
• Dark Tide1994 · as Tim
• The Nightmare Before Christmas1993 · as Jack Skellington (voice)
• Lincoln and the War Within1992 · as Abraham Lincoln
• A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story1992 · as Paul Solomon
• The Resurrected1991 · as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
• Whispers1990 · as Sgt. Tony Clemenza
• The Stranger Within1990 · as Dan
• Shangri-La Plaza1990 · as Victorio
• Forced March1989 · as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti
• Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy1989 · as John Lenczowski
• Collision Course1989 · as Philip Madras
• Slaves of New York1989 · as Victor Okrent
• Goodbye, Miss 4th of July1988 · as George Janus
• Child's Play1988 · as Mike Norris
• Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play1988 · as Himself
• Mayflower Madam1987 · as Matt Whittington
• The Princess Bride1987 · as Prince Humperdinck
• Frankenstein1986 · as The Creature
• Liberty1986 · as Jacque Marchant
• This Child Is Mine1985 · as Craig Wilkerson
• Fright Night1985 · as Jerry Dandrige
• Protocol1984 · as Michael Ransome
• The Osterman Weekend1983 · as Joseph Cardone
• Broken Promise1981 · as Bud Griggs
• A Tale of Two Cities1980 · as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
• The Day Christ Died1980 · as Jesus Christ
• Cuba1979 · as Juan Pulido
• You Can't Go Home Again1979 · as George Webber
• The Sentinel1977 · as Michael Lerman
• Lipstick1976 · as Gordon Stuart
• Dog Day Afternoon1975 · as Leon
• Thursday's Game1974 · as Counselor
• The Satan Murders1974 · as George

All TV Shows (25)

• The Holiday Movies That Made Us2020 · as Self
• Orange Is the New Black2013 · as Kip Carnigan
• The Good Wife2009 · as Judge Howard Matchick
• The Unusuals2009
• Psych2006 · as Ashton Bonaventure
• Cold Case2003 · as Adam Clarke (2004)
• The Court2002
• Stark Raving Mad1999 · as Cesar Radford
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Wesley Masoner
• Judging Amy1999 · as Judge Barry Krumble
• Charmed1998 · as Necromancer / Armand
• Felicity1998 · as Dr. Peter McGrath
• The Wild Thornberrys1998 · as Myka (voice)
• Perversions of Science1997 · as Carson Walls
• The Practice1997 · as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow
• Pulp Comics1996 · as St. Paul
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Dr. Pallas
• ER1994 · as Dr. Burke
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Gordon Mays
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993 · as Martus Mazur
• Love & War1992
• Picket Fences1992 · as Cole
• Law & Order1990 · as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self