Dennis Christopher
1950-12-02 ( 74 years old ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies

Prisoners 2013-09-19
Jobriath A.D. 2012-06-15
Nine Lives 2004-08-13
Skeletons 1997-04-04
The Silencers 1996-04-23
It's My Party 1996-03-22
Mind Rage 1996-01-05
Boys Life 1994-09-30
Necronomicon 1993-11-01
Doppelganger 1993-03-01
False Arrest 1991-11-03
Circuitry Man 1990-05-01
A Sinful Life 1989-06-30
Friends 1987-11-20
Jake Speed 1986-05-30
Fade to Black 1980-10-14
The Last Word 1979-10-10
Breaking Away 1979-05-24
Elvis 1979-02-10
A Wedding 1978-08-29
3 Women 1977-04-10
Roma 1972-03-16
Blood and Lace 1971-03-17