Dennis Christopher
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(51 total)
Django Unchained
as Leonide Moguy
Prisoners
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Chariots of Fire
as Charles Paddock
Roma
as The Hippie (uncredited)
3 Women
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Breaking Away
as Dave Stoller
Necronomicon
as Dale Porkel
Elvis
as Nick Adams
Doppelganger
as Doctor Heller
Fade to Black
as Eric Binford
A Wedding
as Hughie Brenner
The Falling
as Damon
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
It's My Party
as Douglas Reedy
Blood and Lace
as Pete
Circuitry Man
as Leech
The Silencers
as Comdor
California Dreaming
as T.T.
TV Shows
(38 total)
Criminal Minds
as Abner Merriman
It
as Eddie Kaspbrak
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Homeless Guy
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Richard Dorsey
Six Feet Under
as Kevin Lamb
Angel
as Cyvus Vail
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Danik
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Borath
Deadwood
as Bellegarde
The Lost Room
as Dr. Martin Ruber
Roswell
as Bobby Dupree
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Henry Carlson
Murder, She Wrote
as Lyman Taggart
Moonlighting
as Benjamin Wylie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roger Coffman
Unforgettable
as Lukas Emminger
Perception
as Fred Gorman
NYPD Blue
as Gerard prosser
Crossing Jordan
as Charles Rutledge
seaQuest DSV
as Ambassador Dillington