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Dennis Christopher
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 Awa…
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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.
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2021
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Movie Himself
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2016
Graves
TV show Martin Treadwell
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2016
Battle at Versailles
Movie
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2013
Prisoners
Movie Mr. Jones (uncredited)
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2012
Django Unchained
Movie Leonide Moguy
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2012
Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution
Movie Self
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2012
Perception
TV show Fred Gorman
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2012
Jobriath A.D.
Movie Himself
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2011
Unforgettable
TV show Lukas Emminger
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2010
Queen of the Lot
Movie Odin Johannessen
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV show Self
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2006
The Lost Room
TV show Dr. Martin Ruber
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2006
Dangerous Isolation
Movie Adrien
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2005
Criminal Minds
TV show Abner Merriman
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2004
Nine Lives
Movie Mikey
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2004
Deadwood
TV show Bellegarde
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Roger Coffman
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2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV show Danik
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2001
Crossing Jordan
TV show Charles Rutledge
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2001
Six Feet Under
TV show Kevin Lamb
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2001
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Movie Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
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2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV show Homeless Guy
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2000
FreakyLinks
TV show Vince J. Elsing
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1999
Roswell
TV show Bobby Dupree
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1999
Angel
TV show Cyvus Vail
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1999
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Movie Self
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1997
Skeletons
Movie Jim Norton
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1996
Profiler
TV show Jack of All Trades
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1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
TV show Paul D’Arnot
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1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Movie Philip D'Arnot
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1996
The Silencers
Movie Comdor
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1996
It's My Party
Movie Douglas Reedy
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1996
The Sentinel
TV show Anthony Bates
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1996
Pacific Blue
TV show Mortimer T. Anton
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1996
Mind Rage
Movie Steve
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1995
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
Movie Beauchamp
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1995
The Watcher
TV show
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1995
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Movie Victor Varenkov
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1994
Boys Life
Movie Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
