Dennis Christopher
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-12-02 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Most Known For
Criminal Minds
as Abner Merriman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Homeless Guy
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Richard Dorsey
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Borath
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Henry Carlson
Murder, She Wrote
as Lyman Taggart
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Danik
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Roger Coffman
Crossing Jordan
as Charles Rutledge
Angel
as Cyvus Vail
Unforgettable
as Lukas Emminger
Deadwood
as Bellegarde
NYPD Blue
as Gerard prosser
The Equalizer
as Father Nicholas Kostmayer
Six Feet Under
as Kevin Lamb
It
as Eddie Kaspbrak
Matlock
as Noel Bishop
Moonlighting
as Benjamin Wylie
Cagney & Lacey
seaQuest DSV
as Ambassador Dillington