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Dennis Christopher

Cast & creator

Dennis Christopher

1950-12-02 (age 75) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAIMDb

Best known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds

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.

Also known as: Dennis Carrelli

Movies

52

film credits

Series

40

television credits

Career

92

1970–2022 · acting roles

Credit score

6.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Homeless Guy · 2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Richard Dorsey · 2000

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Abner Merriman · 2005

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Roger Coffman · 2001

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Borath · 1993

Across film & television

Filmography (92)

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Homeless Guy

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Richard Dorsey

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

Abner Merriman

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Roger Coffman

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Borath

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Dr. Henry Carlson

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Lyman Taggart

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

Charles Rutledge

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise

Danik

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

Gerard prosser

Angel

Angel

Cyvus Vail

Matlock

Matlock

Noel Bishop

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

Kevin Lamb

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Killer

Unforgettable

Unforgettable

Lukas Emminger

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Father Nicholas Kostmayer

Pacific Blue

Pacific Blue

Mortimer T. Anton

Profiler

Profiler

Jack of All Trades

Profiler

Profiler

Sheriff Ed Post

Profiler

Profiler

Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades

Profiler

Profiler

Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay

seaQuest DSV

seaQuest DSV

Ambassador Dillington

Perception

Perception

Fred Gorman

Moonlighting

Moonlighting

Benjamin Wylie

Roswell

Roswell

Bobby Dupree

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

Leonide Moguy

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

Anthony Bates

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self

New York Undercover

New York Undercover

Dr. Royce

Deadwood

Deadwood

Bellegarde

Monsters

Monsters

Laurence Bauer

Prisoners

Prisoners

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Graves

Graves

Martin Treadwell

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

Jack

It

Eddie Kaspbrak

The Lost Room

The Lost Room

Dr. Martin Ruber

Civil Wars

Civil Wars

Jamie Berne

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

Charles Paddock

FreakyLinks

FreakyLinks

Vince J. Elsing

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

Paul D’Arnot

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

The Watcher

Breaking Away

Breaking Away

Dave Stoller

3 Women

3 Women

Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)

It's My Party

It's My Party

Douglas Reedy

Jake Speed

Jake Speed

Desmond Floyd

Roma

Roma

The Hippie (uncredited)

Doppelganger

Doppelganger

Doctor Heller

Necronomicon

Necronomicon

Dale Porkel

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

Himself

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

Leech

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

Philip D'Arnot

Fade to Black

Fade to Black

Eric Binford

Elvis

Elvis

Nick Adams

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Self

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Joshua 'Carrots' Beale

Dead Women in Lingerie

Dead Women in Lingerie

Lapin

A Wedding

A Wedding

Hughie Brenner

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

Brian Anderson

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

Beauchamp

Queen of the Lot

Queen of the Lot

Odin Johannessen

Boys Life

Boys Life

Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)

Skeletons

Skeletons

Jim Norton

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Charley

The Silencers

The Silencers

Comdor

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

Randy

Mind Rage

Mind Rage

Steve

Flight of the Spruce Goose

Flight of the Spruce Goose

Stan

Circuitry Man

Circuitry Man

Leech

Dangerous Isolation

Dangerous Isolation

Adrien

Blood and Lace

Blood and Lace

Pete

False Arrest

False Arrest

Wally Roberts

The Disco Years

The Disco Years

Mr. Reese

California Dreaming

California Dreaming

T.T.

Nine Lives

Nine Lives

Mikey

September 30, 1955

September 30, 1955

Eugene

The Last Word

The Last Word

Ben Travis

Aurora: Operation Intercept

Aurora: Operation Intercept

Victor Varenkov

Didn’t You Hear?

Didn’t You Hear?

Kevin

Jobriath A.D.

Jobriath A.D.

Himself

The Falling

The Falling

Damon

Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows

Self

Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution

Self

A Sinful Life

A Sinful Life

Nathan Flowers

Friends

Friends

John

Curaçao

Curaçao

Friedrich (uncredited)

SILENCERS

Comdor

Battle at Versailles

Battle at Versailles

The Young Graduates

The Young Graduates

Pan

And yet it turns

And yet it turns

Eddie Kaspbrak