Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher
Born	Dennis Carrelli December 2, 1955 (1955-12-02) (age 55) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. In 1989 he played Nathan Flowers in " A Sinful Life". In 1985 he played a character named Damon in the movie The Falling.

His Golden Globe-nominated breakthrough role was as Dave Stoller 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.

External links

• Dennis Christopher at the Internet Movie Database
• Dennis Christopher at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

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Name	Christopher, Dennis
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Date of birth	December 2, 1955
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death	January 10, 2011 (Evil Clown).
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