Dennis Christopher
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Criminal Minds
Abner Merriman
2005
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Homeless Guy
2000
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Richard Dorsey
2000
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Roger Coffman
2001
Series
Crossing Jordan
Charles Rutledge
2001
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Henry Carlson
1984
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Lyman Taggart
1984
Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Borath
1993
Series
NYPD Blue
Gerard prosser
1993
Series
Star Trek: Enterprise
Danik
2001
Series
Angel
Cyvus Vail
1999
Series
Unforgettable
Lukas Emminger
2011
Series
Six Feet Under
Kevin Lamb
2001
Series
The Equalizer
Father Nicholas Kostmayer
1985
Series
Matlock
Noel Bishop
1986
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Killer
1979
Series
Pacific Blue
Mortimer T. Anton
1996
Series
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Series
Moonlighting
Benjamin Wylie
1985
Series
seaQuest DSV
Ambassador Dillington
1993
Series
Deadwood
Bellegarde
2004
Series
Roswell
Bobby Dupree
1999
Series
Profiler
Jack of All Trades
1996
Series
Profiler
Sheriff Ed Post
1996
Series
Profiler
Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades
1996
Series
Profiler
Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay
1996
Series
Perception
Fred Gorman
2012
Series
The Sentinel
Anthony Bates
1996
Series
New York Undercover
Dr. Royce
1994
Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Film
Django Unchained
Leonide Moguy
2012
Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
Jack
1982
Series
Monsters
Laurence Bauer
1988
Film
Prisoners
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
2013
Series
It
Eddie Kaspbrak
1990
Series
The Lost Room
Dr. Martin Ruber
2006
Series
Graves
Martin Treadwell
2016
Series
FreakyLinks
Vince J. Elsing
2000
Series
Moon Over Miami
1993
The Watcher
1995
Film
3 Women
Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1977
Film
Chariots of Fire
Charles Paddock
1981
Film
Roma
The Hippie (uncredited)
1972
Film
Necronomicon
Dale Porkel
1993
Film
A Wedding
Hughie Brenner
1978
Film
Breaking Away
Dave Stoller
1979
Series
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Paul D’Arnot
1996
Film
Fade to Black
Eric Binford
1980
Film
The Falling
Damon
1986
Film
Doppelganger
Doctor Heller
1993
Film
The Silencers
Comdor
1996
Film
Elvis
Nick Adams
1979
Film
False Arrest
Wally Roberts
1991
Film
It's My Party
Douglas Reedy
1996
Film
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Himself
2021
Film
Circuitry Man
Leech
1990
Film
Jake Speed
Desmond Floyd
1986
Film
California Dreaming
T.T.
1979
Film
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
2022
Film
Nine Lives
Mikey
2004
Film
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
2001
Film
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Philip D'Arnot
1996
Film
Friends
John
1987
Film
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Leech
1994
Film
Dead Women in Lingerie
Lapin
1991
Film
Skeletons
Jim Norton
1997
Film
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Randy
1992
Film
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Victor Varenkov
1995
Film
Boys Life
Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
1994
Film
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack
1983
Film
Queen of the Lot
Odin Johannessen
2010
Film
Blood and Lace
Pete
1971
Film
Dangerous Isolation
Adrien
2006
Film
September 30, 1955
Eugene
1977
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Self
1999
Film
Mind Rage
Steve
1996
Film
The Last Word
Ben Travis
1979
Film
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
1995
Film
Jobriath A.D.
Himself
2012
Film
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Charley
1976
Film
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Brian Anderson
1982
Film
A Sinful Life
Nathan Flowers
1989
Film
The Disco Years
Mr. Reese
1994
Film
Battle at Versailles
2016
Film
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Stan
1986
Film
The Young Graduates
Pan
1971
Film
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Self
2012
SILENCERS
Comdor
Film
Didn’t You Hear?
Kevin
1970