Dennis Christopher
Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
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.
Filmography
Criminal Minds
as Abner Merriman
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Homeless Guy, as Richard Dorsey
2000
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roger Coffman
2001
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Borath
1993
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Henry Carlson, as Lyman Taggart
1984
Crossing Jordan
as Charles Rutledge
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Danik
2001
NYPD Blue
as Gerard prosser
1993
Angel
as Cyvus Vail
1999
Matlock
as Noel Bishop
1986
Six Feet Under
as Kevin Lamb
2001
Unforgettable
as Lukas Emminger
2011
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Equalizer
as Father Nicholas Kostmayer
1985
Pacific Blue
as Mortimer T. Anton
1996
Profiler
as Sheriff Ed Post, as Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades, as Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay, as Jack of All Trades
1996
seaQuest DSV
as Ambassador Dillington
1993
Tales of the Unexpected
as Killer
1979
Perception
as Fred Gorman
2012
Moonlighting
as Benjamin Wylie
1985
Roswell
as Bobby Dupree
1999
The Sentinel
as Anthony Bates
1996
New York Undercover
as Dr. Royce
1994
Deadwood
as Bellegarde
2004
It
as Eddie Kaspbrak
1990
The Lost Room
as Dr. Martin Ruber
2006