Dennis Christopher

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: December 2, 1954

This once boyishly handsome, stage-trained character player enjoyed a brief stint as a Hollywood leading man in the late 1970s and early 80s after the surprising success of "Breaking Away" (1979). Christopher proved extremely likable as a young Italophile cyclist in middle America coming to grips with growing up. Though he was already 24 at the time, Christopher was so convincing at conveying the anxieties of youth that he won a Youth in Film Award. This could have been a career transforming role but he faltered with his next two proj…more

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Actor

Stephen King's It
Eddie Kaspbrak
Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows
Interviewee
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
Randy
Doppelganger
Dr Heller
Aurora: Operation Intercept

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Career Milestones

2001
Earned good notices as the distant musician father in the Pasadena Playhouse production of "Side Man"
2000
Returned to series TV as co-star of the Fox drama "FreakyLinks"
1998
Returned to the NYC stage in the off-Broadway play "Retribution"
1996
Joined the impressive ensemble for Randal Kleiser's AIDS comedy-drama "It's My Party"
1996 to 1998
TV series debut, recurring role (uncredited voice) as an enigmatic serial killer on NBC's crime drama "Profiler"