---
name: "Dennis Christopher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dennis-christopher"
fi1m_id: "dennis-christopher"
imdb_id: "nm0160550"
tmdb_id: 27770
wikidata_id: "Q1278871"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 December 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T06:07:13.810017+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dennis Christopher

## Identity

Dennis Christopher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dennis-christopher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dennis-christopher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0160550
- **TMDB ID:** 27770
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1278871
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Christopher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1278871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27770

Actor. Born 2 December 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 December 1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1979–2012
- **Also known as:** Dennis Carrelli 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 78 (1), 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Sport 2, Western 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $504m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Christopher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1278871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0160550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27770

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Django Unchained*](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Chariots of Fire*](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dennis Christopher, also credited as Dennis Carrelli, is an American actor born on 2 December 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He trained in acting in Los Angeles and New York and began his career in the early 1970s with small film roles and stage work.

His breakthrough came with the leading role of Dave Stohler in *Breaking Away* (1979), for which he received a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. Other notable film roles include Charles Paddock in *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Eric Binford in *Fade to Black* (1980), and Leonide Moguy in *Django Unchained* (2012). He has also appeared in *Prisoners* (2013) and several films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

On television he played Eddie Kaspbrak in the 1990 miniseries *It*, Bellegarde in *Deadwood* (2004), and Cyvus Vail in *Angel* (1999). He has guest-starred in episodes of *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*, *Criminal Minds* and *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, and appeared on Broadway in productions including *The Little Foxes*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these

- *Django Unchained* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Leonide Moguy — [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Bellegarde — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Fi1m 78, as Charles Paddock — [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)
- *Breaking Away* (1979), Fi1m 86, as Dave Stoller — [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-away.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Prisoners* (2013), Fi1m 81, as Mr. Jones (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)

## Complete filmography (80)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Graves* (2016), series, as Martin Treadwell
- *Battle at Versailles* (2016), Actor
- *Prisoners* (2013), as Mr. Jones (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Django Unchained* (2012), as Leonide Moguy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *Perception* (2012), series, as Fred Gorman
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Lukas Emminger
- *Queen of the Lot* (2010), as Odin Johannessen
- *The Lost Room* (2006), series, as Dr. Martin Ruber
- *Dangerous Isolation* (2006), as Adrien
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Abner Merriman — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Nine Lives* (2004), as Mikey
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Bellegarde — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Roger Coffman
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, as Danik
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Charles Rutledge
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Kevin Lamb — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *The Ballad of Lucy Whipple* (2001), as Joshua 'Carrots' Beale
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Homeless Guy, Richard Dorsey
- *FreakyLinks* (2000), series, as Vince J. Elsing
- *Roswell* (1999), series, as Bobby Dupree
- *Angel* (1999), series, as Cyvus Vail
- *Skeletons* (1997), as Jim Norton
- *Profiler* (1996), series, as Jack of All Trades, Sheriff Ed Post, Sheriff Ed Post / Jack of All Trades, Jack of All Trades / Albert Newquay
- *Tarzan: The Epic Adventures* (1996), series, as Paul D’Arnot
- *Tarzan: The Epic Adventures* (1996), as Philip D'Arnot
- *The Silencers* (1996), as Comdor
- *It's My Party* (1996), as Douglas Reedy
- *The Sentinel* (1996), series, as Anthony Bates
- *Pacific Blue* (1996), series, as Mortimer T. Anton
- *Mind Rage* (1996), as Steve
- *Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare* (1995), as Beauchamp
- *The Watcher* (1995), series, Actor
- *Aurora: Operation Intercept* (1995), as Victor Varenkov
- *Boys Life* (1994), as Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, as Dr. Royce
- *Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II* (1994), as Leech
- *The Disco Years* (1994), as Mr. Reese
- *Necronomicon* (1993), as Dale Porkel
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Gerard prosser — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Moon Over Miami* (1993), series, Actor
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, as Ambassador Dillington
- *Curaçao* (1993), as Friedrich (uncredited)
- *Doppelganger* (1993), as Doctor Heller
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, as Borath — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story* (1992), as Randy
- *Civil Wars* (1991), series, as Jamie Berne
- *False Arrest* (1991), as Wally Roberts
- *Dead Women in Lingerie* (1991), as Lapin
- *It* (1990), series, as Eddie Kaspbrak
- *Circuitry Man* (1990), as Leech
- *A Sinful Life* (1989), as Nathan Flowers
- *Monsters* (1988), series, as Laurence Bauer
- *Friends* (1987), as John
- *The Falling* (1986), as Damon
- *Jake Speed* (1986), as Desmond Floyd
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Noel Bishop
- *Flight of the Spruce Goose* (1986), as Stan
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Father Nicholas Kostmayer
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Benjamin Wylie — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Dr. Henry Carlson, Lyman Taggart
- *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1983), as Jack
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Jack
- *Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder* (1982), as Brian Anderson
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), as Charles Paddock — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)
- *Fade to Black* (1980), as Eric Binford
- *The Last Word* (1979), as Ben Travis
- *Breaking Away* (1979), as Dave Stoller — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-away.md)
- *California Dreaming* (1979), as T.T.
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Killer
- *Elvis* (1979), as Nick Adams
- *A Wedding* (1978), as Hughie Brenner
- *September 30, 1955* (1977), as Eugene
- *3 Women* (1977), as Soda Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- *Bernice Bobs Her Hair* (1976), as Charley
- *Roma* (1972), as The Hippie (uncredited)
- *The Young Graduates* (1971), as Pan
- *Blood and Lace* (1971), as Pete
- *Didn’t You Hear?* (1970), as Kevin
- *SILENCERS*, as Comdor

## Gallery

- ![Dennis Christopher](https://film.one/media/person/9026/gallery-53078b58e5ed.jpg) Dennis Christopher — Raven Underwood, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Dennis_Christopher_%40_the_Flanvention.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Pat Ast, Dennis Christopher, and Shelley Duvall in 1975](https://film.one/media/person/9026/gallery-7b5e3a4d32f8.jpg) Pat Ast, Dennis Christopher, and Shelley Duvall in 1975 — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Pat_Ast%2C_Dennis_Christopher%2C_and_Shelley_Duvall_%281975%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dennis Christopher](https://film.one/media/person/9026/gallery-c4474914aae7.jpg) Dennis Christopher — Image via TMDB

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