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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-02 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Dennis Carrelli

Dennis Christopher

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

Acting

Breaking Away

1979

Breaking Away

as

Dave Stoller

Circuitry Man

1990

Circuitry Man

as

Leech

Chariots of Fire

1981

Chariots of Fire

as

Charles Paddock

The Silencers

1996

The Silencers

as

Comdor

Fade to Black

1980

Fade to Black

as

Eric Binford

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

1995

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

as

Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

1996

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

as

Philip D'Arnot

Queen of the Lot

2010

Queen of the Lot

as

Odin Johannessen

Doppelganger

1993

Doppelganger

as

Doctor Heller

Django Unchained

2012

Django Unchained

as

Leonide Moguy

September 30, 1955

1977

September 30, 1955

as

Eugene

Alien Predators

1986

Alien Predators

as

Damon

A Wedding

1978

A Wedding

as

Hughie Brenner

Blood and Lace

1971

Blood and Lace

as

Pete

It's My Party

1996

It's My Party

as

Douglas Reedy

A Sinful Life

1989

A Sinful Life

as

Nathan Flowers

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

1982

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

as

Brian Anderson

Friends

1987

Friends

as

John

Boys Life

1994

Boys Life

as

Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)

False Arrest

1991

False Arrest

as

Wally Roberts

Jake Speed

1986

Jake Speed

as

Desmond Floyd

Prisoners

2013

Prisoners

as

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Skeletons

1997

Skeletons

as

Jim Norton

Elvis

1979

Elvis

as

Nick Adams

The Last Word

1979

The Last Word

as

Ben Travis

Necronomicon

1993

Necronomicon

as

Dale Porkel

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

2001

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as

Joshua 'Carrots' Beale

Nine Lives

2004

Nine Lives

as

Mikey

Mind Rage

1996

Mind Rage

as

Steve

Roma

1972

Roma

as

The Hippie (uncredited)

Jobriath A.D.

2012

Jobriath A.D.

as

Himself

The Disco Years

1994

The Disco Years

as

Mr. Reese

3 Women

1977

3 Women

as

Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Aurora: Operation Intercept

1995

Aurora: Operation Intercept

as

Victor Varenkov

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Dr. Henry Carlson

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

as

Kevin Lamb

Deadwood

Deadwood

as

Bellegarde

seaQuest DSV

seaQuest DSV

as

Ambassador Dillington

Moonlighting

Moonlighting

as

Benjamin Wylie

Angel

Angel

as

Cyvus Vail

The Lost Room

The Lost Room

as

Dr. Martin Ruber

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

as

Abner Merriman

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

as

Father Nicholas Kostmayer

Roswell

Roswell

as

Bobby Dupree

FreakyLinks

FreakyLinks

as

Vince J. Elsing

It

It

as

Eddie Kaspbrak

Perception

Perception

as

Fred Gorman

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Lyman Taggart

Unforgettable

Unforgettable

as

Lukas Emminger

Graves

Graves

as

Martin Treadwell

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

as

Gerard prosser

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

as

Anthony Bates

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

as

Charles Rutledge

Pacific Blue

Pacific Blue

as

Mortimer T. Anton

Production

Crew

Directing