Dennis Christopher
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| Born | Dennis Carrelli December 2, 1955 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Dennis Christopher (born Dennis Carrelli on December 2, 1955) is an American actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
His breakthrough role was as Dave Stoller in the coming-of-age classic Breaking Away (1979). Other roles include as an American track star in Chariots of Fire and Fade to Black. 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.
In December 2006 he played Dr. Martin Ruber in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.
[edit] External links
- Dennis Christopher at the Internet Movie Database
- Dennis Christopher article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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