Dennis Christopher

Personal Info

Birthday

December 2, 1950

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Dennis Carrelli

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.

Known For

Criminal Minds

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Murder, She Wrote

NYPD Blue

Angel

Filmography

2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2021
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
2013
Prisoners
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
2012
Django Unchained
as Leonide Moguy
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
as Self
Jobriath A.D.
as Himself
2010
Queen of the Lot
as Odin Johannessen
2007
Inside the Lost Room
as Self
2006
Dangerous Isolation
as Adrien
2004
Nine Lives
as Mikey
2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
1999
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Self
1997
Skeletons
as Jim Norton
1996
The Silencers
as Comdor
It's My Party
as Douglas Reedy
Mind Rage
as Steve
1995
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
Aurora: Operation Intercept
as Victor Varenkov
1994
Boys Life
as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
as Leech
The Disco Years
as Mr. Reese
1993
Necronomicon
as Dale Porkel
Doppelganger
as Doctor Heller
1992
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
as Randy
1991
False Arrest
as Wally Roberts
Dead Women in Lingerie
as Lapin
1990
Circuitry Man
as Leech
1989
A Sinful Life
as Nathan Flowers
1987
Friends
as John
1986
Alien Predators
as Damon
Jake Speed
as Desmond Floyd
Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Stan
1983
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack
1982
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Brian Anderson
1981
Chariots of Fire
as Charles Paddock
1980
Fade to Black
as Eric Binford
1979
The Last Word
as Ben Travis
Breaking Away
as Dave Stoller
California Dreaming
as T.T.
Elvis
as Nick Adams
1978
A Wedding
as Hughie Brenner
1977
September 30, 1955
as Eugene
3 Women
as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1976
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
as Charley
1972
Roma
as The Hippie (uncredited)
1971
The Young Graduates
as Pan
Blood and Lace
as Pete
1970
Didn’t You Hear?
as Kevin