Dennis Christopher
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.
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
Age 71 (now 75)
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
as Self
Age 61 (now 75)
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
Age 50 (now 75)Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
as Self
Age 48 (now 75)
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
as Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp
Age 44 (now 75)
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
as Leech
Age 43 (now 75)
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
as Randy
Age 41 (now 75)
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Brian Anderson
Age 31 (now 75)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roger Coffman
Age 50 (now 75)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Richard Dorsey
Age 49 (now 75) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Homeless Guy
Age 49 (now 75)
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
as Paul D’Arnot
Age 45 (now 75)
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Also Known As
Dennis Carrelli
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