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Dennis Christopher Biography (1955-)

Born Dennis Carelli, December 2, 1955, in Philadelphia, PA. Addresses:Agent: Don Buchwald, 6500 Wilshire Blvd., 22nd floor, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Dennis Christopher told CTFT that he worked with The Living Theatre inParis, participating in street theatre and experimental films.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

December 2, 1955

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (New York debut) Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, Chelsea Theatre Center, 1974
• Leo Hubbard, The Little Foxes, Parker Playhouse, FL, then KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, later Martin Beck Theatre, NY, 1981
• Tommy, Brothers, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, then Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, later Music Box Theatre, NY, 1983
• Breaking the Code, Blank Theatre, 1996
• Carl Walkowitz, Retribution, Lambs Theatre, New York City, 1998
• Also appeared in Dr. Needle and the Infectious Laughter Epidemic,Circle Repertory Theatre, NY; Butterflies Are Free, Burt Reynolds Theatre, FL; Yentl, The Yeshiva Boy, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn,NY; Balm in Gilead, Pan Andreas Theatre, Los Angeles; The Slab Boys, Back Alley Theatre, Los Angeles; The Triplet Collection, MatrixTheatre, Los Angeles; Elegies; The Revengers's Tragedy; American Buffalo; Bye Bye Birdie; Exmass; Summer and Smoke; A Pound on Demand; Advice from a Caterpillar, 1991.
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Pete, Blood and Lace, American International, 1971
• The Young Graduates, 1971
• The hippie, Fellini's Roma (also known as Roma and Fellini Roma), United Artists, 1972
• Salome, Italian, 1972
• Three Women, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
• Eugene, September 30, 1955 (also known as 24 Hours of the Rebel and 9/30/55), Universal, 1978
• Hughie Brenner, A Wedding, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
• Tony Thompson, California Dreaming, Orion, 1979
• Ben Travis, The Last Word (also known as Danny Travis), Goldwyn Studios, 1979
• Dave Stohler, Breaking Away, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
• Eric Binford, Fade to Black, American Cinema, 1980
• Charles Paddock, Chariots of Fire, Warner Bros., 1981
• Brian Anderson, Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (also known as Vietnam: Hell or Glory), Sanrio/Lorimar, 1982
• The Falling, American Distributors, Inc. 1983
• Didn't You Hear, 1983
• Stan, Flight of the Spruce Goose (also known as Lot swierkowejgesi), 1984
• Desmond Floyd, Jake Speed, New World Pictures, 1986
• Damon, Alien Predator (also known as Alien Predators, Cosmos mortal, The Falling, and Mutant II), 1987
• John, Friends, 1988
• Nathan Flowers, A Sinful Life, 1989
• Leech, Circuitry Man (also known as Circulatory Man), 1990
• Mr. Reese, The Disco Years, 1991
• Lapin, Dead Women in Lingerie, 1991
• Leech, Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (also known as Circuitry Man 2), 1994
• Dale Porkel, "The Cold," Necronomicon (also known as H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, Book of the Dead), 1994
• Bad English 1: Tales of a Son of Brit, 1995
• Victor Varenkov, Aurora: Operation Intercept, Vidmark Entertainment, 1995
• Douglas Reedy, It's My Party, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
• Comdor, The Silencers, PM Entertainment Group, 1996
• Stevie, Mind Rage (also known as Mind Lies), Mainline Releasing, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• (Uncredited) Jack of All Trades/Albert Newquay, a recurring role, Profiler, NBC, 1996-99
• Vince Elsing, FreakyLinks (also known as Fearsum), Fox, 2000-
• Movies
• The Oregon Trail, NBC, 1976
• Randy, Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story, HBO, 1992
• Friedrich Lowe, Curacao, Showtime, 1993
• Doctor Heller, Doppelganger, Sci-Fi Channel, 1993
• Pruitt Taylor Beauchamp, Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare, Fox, 1995
• Jim Norton, Skeletons, HBO, 1996
• Philip D'Arnot, Tarzan's Return, syndicated, 1996
• Miniseries
• Eddie Kaspbrak, It (also known as Stephen King's It), ABC, 1990
• Wally Roberts, False Arrest, ABC, 1991
• Specials
• United States airman, Christabel, BBC2, 1989
• Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Episodic
• "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," The American Short Story, PBS, 1976
• "Jack and the Beanstalk," Faerie Tale Theatre, Showtime, 1982
• Benjamin Wylie, "The Lady in the Iron Mask," Moonlighting, ABC, 1985
• Father Nicholas Kostmayer, "The Cup," The Equalizer, CBS, 1986
• Joshua Williams, "The Second Finest Man Who Ever Lived," Stingray,1987
• Danny Welles, "Blues for Danny Welles," Hooperman, 1987
• Noel Bishop, "The Star," Matlock, 1989
• Laurence Bauer, "Hostile Takeover," Monsters, 1990
• Dr. Henry Carlson, "Shear Madness," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
• Jamie Berne, "Oceans White with Phone," Civil Wars, ABC, 1992
• Lyman Taggart, "Final Curtain," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1993
• Borath, "The Search: Part 2," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 1994
• The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1994
• Winnetka Road, NBC, 1994
• Ambassador Dillinger, "Reunion," SeaQuest DSV, 1995
• Sascha, "Heartburned," The Watcher, UPN, 1995
• David Lash, "Cypher," The Sentinel, UPN, 1996
• Dr. Mortimer T. Anton, "The Phoenix," Pacific Blue, 1996
• Dr. Balfour, "Lethal Injection," The Burning Zone, UPN, 1996
• Dr. Royce, "Spare Parts," New York Undercover, Fox, 1998
• Also appeared in "A Safe Place," Cagney & Lacey, CBS; "Promises, Promises," Trapper John M.D., CBS; "Number Eight," Tales of theUnexpected, NBC; as Doctor Anthony Bates, The Sentinel.
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Recorded (with others) Sleeping Beauty.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Back Stage West, June 6, 1996, p. 5.