Acting
Dennis Christopher
EN, IT cinema · 51 credits
Born
2 December 1950 (age 75)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Dennis Carrelli
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
Filmography
SILENCERS
SILENCERS
as Comdor
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
Prisoners
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Django Unchained
as Leonide Moguy
Jobriath A.D.
as Himself
Queen of the Lot
as Odin Johannessen
Dangerous Isolation
as Adrien
Nine Lives
as Mikey
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
Skeletons
as Jim Norton
The Silencers
as Comdor
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
as Philip D'Arnot
It's My Party
as Douglas Reedy
Mind Rage
as Steve
Aurora: Operation Intercept
as Victor Varenkov
Boys Life
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
The Disco Years
as Mr. Reese
Doppelganger
as Doctor Heller
Necronomicon
as Dale Porkel
Curaçao
as Friedrich (uncredited)
False Arrest
as Wally Roberts
Circuitry Man
as Leech
A Sinful Life
as Nathan Flowers
Friends
as John
The Falling
as Damon
Jake Speed
as Desmond Floyd
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Brian Anderson
Chariots of Fire
as Charles Paddock
Fade to Black
as Eric Binford
Breaking Away
as Dave Stoller
Elvis
as Nick Adams
The Last Word
as Ben Travis
A Wedding
as Hughie Brenner
September 30, 1955
as Eugene
3 Women
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
as Charley
Roma
as The Hippie (uncredited)
Blood and Lace
as Pete
Didn’t You Hear?
as Kevin