Dennis Christopher
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — Dec 02 1950
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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…
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Homeless Guy
Criminal Minds
Abner Merriman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roger Coffman
Crossing Jordan
Charles Rutledge
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Henry Carlson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Borath
NYPD Blue
Gerard prosser
Star Trek: Enterprise
Danik
Angel
Cyvus Vail
The Equalizer
Father Nicholas Kostmayer
seaQuest DSV
Ambassador Dillington
Moonlighting
Benjamin Wylie
Matlock
Noel Bishop
Unforgettable
Lukas Emminger
Tales of the Unexpected
Killer
Profiler
Jack of All Trades
Pacific Blue
Mortimer T. Anton
Six Feet Under
Kevin Lamb
Deadwood
Bellegarde
The Sentinel
Anthony Bates
Roswell
Bobby Dupree
New York Undercover
Dr. Royce
Perception
Fred Gorman
Cagney & Lacey
Faerie Tale Theatre
Jack
Graves
Martin Treadwell
It
Eddie Kaspbrak
Django Unchained
Leonide Moguy
Prisoners
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
FreakyLinks
Vince J. Elsing
The Lost Room
Dr. Martin Ruber
The Watcher
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Paul D’Arnot
Chariots of Fire
Charles Paddock
Moon Over Miami
3 Women
Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Elvis
Nick Adams
A Wedding
Hughie Brenner
Roma
The Hippie (uncredited)
The Falling
Damon
Breaking Away
Dave Stoller
Fade to Black
Eric Binford
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
Jake Speed
Desmond Floyd
It's My Party
Douglas Reedy
Necronomicon
Dale Porkel
Doppelganger
Doctor Heller
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Leech
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Charley
The Last Word
Ben Travis
Queen of the Lot
Odin Johannessen
The Silencers
Comdor
Skeletons
Jim Norton
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack
Circuitry Man
Leech
Jobriath A.D.
Himself
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Philip D'Arnot
Friends
John
Nine Lives
Mikey
California Dreaming
T.T.
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Himself
Blood and Lace
Pete
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Randy
Dead Women in Lingerie
Lapin
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Brian Anderson
September 30, 1955
Eugene
False Arrest
Wally Roberts
A Sinful Life
Nathan Flowers
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
The Disco Years
Mr. Reese
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Victor Varenkov
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
Dangerous Isolation
Adrien
Mind Rage
Steve
Inside the Lost Room
Self
Battle at Versailles
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Stan
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Self
The Young Graduates
Pan
Didn’t You Hear?
Kevin
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Self
Boys Life
Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
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Comdor