Dennis Christopher

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-02 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 Profi...

Acting

1979

Breaking Away

as Dave Stoller

1990

1981

Chariots of Fire

as Charles Paddock

1996

The Silencers

as Comdor

1980

Fade to Black

as Eric Binford

1995

1996

2010

Queen of the Lot

as Odin Johannessen

1993

Doppelganger

as Doctor Heller

2012

Django Unchained

as Leonide Moguy

1977

1986

1978

A Wedding

as Hughie Brenner

1971

2006

1970

1996

It's My Party

as Douglas Reedy

1976

1989

A Sinful Life

as Nathan Flowers

1982

1987

Friends

as John

1994

Boys Life

as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)

1991

False Arrest

as Wally Roberts

1986

Jake Speed

as Desmond Floyd

2013

Prisoners

as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

1997

Skeletons

as Jim Norton

1979

Elvis

as Nick Adams

1979

The Last Word

as Ben Travis

1993

Necronomicon

as Dale Porkel

2001

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale

2004

Nine Lives

as Mikey

1996

Mind Rage

as Steve

1972

Roma

as The Hippie (uncredited)

2012

Jobriath A.D.

as Himself

1994

The Disco Years

as Mr. Reese

1977

3 Women

as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1995

Aurora: Operation Intercept

as Victor Varenkov

1990

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