Dennis Christopher

Acting

Dennis Christopher

Born 1950-12-02 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 51 films

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, sci…

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Filmography

51 films
Fade to Black poster

A lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the wh…

Fade to Black

★ 5.6 1980

The Last Word poster

When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take m…

The Last Word

★ 5.0 1979

Breaking Away poster

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm…

Breaking Away

★ 7.1 1979

Elvis poster

This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to sta…

Elvis

★ 6.8 1979

A Wedding poster

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of…

A Wedding

★ 6.3 1978

3 Women poster

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre r…

3 Women

★ 7.1 1977

Roma poster

A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most f…

Roma

★ 7.3 1972