Dennis Christopher
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.
Known For
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
NYPD Blue
All Movies (50)
- Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story2022 · as Self
- Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’2021 · as Himself
- Battle at Versailles2016
- Prisoners2013 · as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
- Django Unchained2012 · as Leonide Moguy
- Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution2012 · as Self
- Jobriath A.D.2012 · as Himself
- Queen of the Lot2010 · as Odin Johannessen
- Dangerous Isolation2006 · as Adrien
- Nine Lives2004 · as Mikey
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple2001 · as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
- Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows1999 · as Self
- Skeletons1997 · as Jim Norton
- Tarzan: The Epic Adventures1996 · as Philip D'Arnot
- The Silencers1996 · as Comdor
- It's My Party1996 · as Douglas Reedy
- Mind Rage1996 · as Steve
- Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare1995 · as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
- Aurora: Operation Intercept1995 · as Victor Varenkov
- Boys Life1994 · as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
- Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II1994 · as Leech
- The Disco Years1994 · as Mr. Reese
- Necronomicon1993 · as Dale Porkel
- Doppelganger1993 · as Doctor Heller
- Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story1992 · as Randy
- False Arrest1991 · as Wally Roberts
- Dead Women in Lingerie1991 · as Lapin
- Circuitry Man1990 · as Leech
- A Sinful Life1989 · as Nathan Flowers
- Friends1987 · as John
- The Falling1986 · as Damon
- Jake Speed1986 · as Desmond Floyd
- Flight of the Spruce Goose1986 · as Stan
- Jack and the Beanstalk1983 · as Jack
- Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder1982 · as Brian Anderson
- Chariots of Fire1981 · as Charles Paddock
- Fade to Black1980 · as Eric Binford
- The Last Word1979 · as Ben Travis
- Breaking Away1979 · as Dave Stoller
- California Dreaming1979 · as T.T.
- Elvis1979 · as Nick Adams
- A Wedding1978 · as Hughie Brenner
- September 30, 19551977 · as Eugene
- 3 Women1977 · as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- Bernice Bobs Her Hair1976 · as Charley
- Roma1972 · as The Hippie (uncredited)
- The Young Graduates1971 · as Pan
- Blood and Lace1971 · as Pete
- Didn’t You Hear?1970 · as Kevin
- SILENCERS— · as Comdor
All TV Shows (39)
- Graves2016 · as Martin Treadwell
- Perception2012 · as Fred Gorman
- Unforgettable2011 · as Lukas Emminger
- Celebrity Ghost Stories2009 · as Self
- The Lost Room2006 · as Dr. Martin Ruber
- Criminal Minds2005 · as Abner Merriman
- Deadwood2004 · as Bellegarde
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Roger Coffman
- Star Trek: Enterprise2001 · as Danik
- Crossing Jordan2001 · as Charles Rutledge
- Six Feet Under2001 · as Kevin Lamb
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Homeless Guy
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Richard Dorsey
- FreakyLinks2000 · as Vince J. Elsing
- Roswell1999 · as Bobby Dupree
- Angel1999 · as Cyvus Vail
- Profiler1996 · as Jack of All Trades
- Profiler1996 · as Sheriff Ed Post
- Profiler1996 · as Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades
- Profiler1996 · as Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay
- Tarzan: The Epic Adventures1996 · as Paul D’Arnot
- The Sentinel1996 · as Anthony Bates
- Pacific Blue1996 · as Mortimer T. Anton
- The Watcher1995
- New York Undercover1994 · as Dr. Royce
- NYPD Blue1993 · as Gerard prosser
- Moon Over Miami1993
- seaQuest DSV1993 · as Ambassador Dillington
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993 · as Borath
- It1990 · as Eddie Kaspbrak
- Monsters1988 · as Laurence Bauer
- Matlock1986 · as Noel Bishop
- The Equalizer1985 · as Father Nicholas Kostmayer
- Moonlighting1985 · as Benjamin Wylie
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Dr. Henry Carlson
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lyman Taggart
- Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Jack
- Cagney & Lacey1982
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Killer