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
Dave Stoller
Breaking Away
Leech
Circuitry Man
Leech
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Charles Paddock
Chariots of Fire
Comdor
The Silencers
Eric Binford
Fade to Black
Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Philip D'Arnot
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Odin Johannessen
Queen of the Lot
Doctor Heller
Doppelganger
Leonide Moguy
Django Unchained
Eugene
September 30, 1955
Damon
Alien Predators
Hughie Brenner
A Wedding
Pete
Blood and Lace
Adrien
Dangerous Isolation
Kevin
Didn’t You Hear?
Jack Allen
It's My Party
Lapin
Dead Women in Lingerie
Charley
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Nathan Flowers
A Sinful Life
Brian Anderson
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
John
Friends
T.T.
California Dreaming
Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Boys Life
Self
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Wally Roberts
False Arrest
Desmond Floyd
Jake Speed
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Prisoners
Jim Norton
Skeletons
Pan
The Young Graduates
Nick Adams
Elvis
Randy
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Ben Travis
The Last Word
Dale Porkel
Necronomicon
Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Stan
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Jack
Jack and the Beanstalk
Mikey
Nine Lives
Steve
Mind Rage
The Hippie (uncredited)
Roma
Himself
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Himself
Jobriath A.D.
Mr. Reese
The Disco Years
Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
3 Women
Victor Varenkov
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Self
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Battle at Versailles
Self
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Self
Inside the Lost Room
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-12-02
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Dennis Carrelli