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