Chris Sarandon
- Acting
- July 24, 1942 · Beckley, West Virginia, USA
Biography
Christopher Sarandon Jr. (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
Known for
Filmography
- Best Christmas Movies Ever! · Self
- Doc of Chucky · Self
- Death Wish · Manny
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us · Self
- A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion · Prince Humperdinck
- Disclosure · Leon / Self (archive footage)
- Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
- You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night · Self
- I Smile Back · Roger
- Frank the Bastard · Tristan Pace
- Big Stone Gap · Mario Barbari
- Curse of Chucky · Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Orange Is the New Black · Kip Carnigan
- Safe · Mayor Tremello
- Fright Night · Jay Dee
- Multiple Sarcasms · Larry
- The Good Wife · Judge Howard Matchick
- The Unusuals
- Cyrano de Bergerac · De Guiche
- My Sassy Girl · Dr. Roark
- Cyrano de Bergerac · De Guiche
- The Chosen One · Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (Voice)
- Psych · Ashton Bonaventure
- The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center · Signor Naccarelli
- The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' · Self
- Loggerheads · Robert
- The Dead Will Tell · Paul Hamlin
- Voices in Wartime · Homer (Voice)
- Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' · Self
- Cold Case · Adam Clarke (2004)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories · Self
- The Court
- As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' · Self
- Rescued from the Closet · Self
- Perfume · Gary Packer
- Race Against Time · Dr. Anton Stofeles
- Reaper · Luke Sinclair
- Stark Raving Mad · Cesar Radford
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Wesley Masoner
- Judging Amy · Judge Barry Krumble
- Let the Devil Wear Black · Jack's Father
- Charmed · Necromancer / Armand
- Felicity · Dr. Peter McGrath
- The Wild Thornberrys · Myka (Voice)
- Little Men · Fritz Bhaer
- Road Ends · Esteban Maceda
- American Perfekt · Sammy
- Perversions of Science · Carson Walls
- The Practice · Jeffrey Winslow
- Pulp Comics · St. Paul
- Bordello of Blood · Reverend Current
- Edie & Pen · Max
- Terminal Justice · Reginald Matthews
- Vampires: Thirst for the Truth · Self
- The Vampyre Wars
- Temptress · Matt Christianson
- When the Dark Man Calls · Lloyd Carson
- No Greater Love · Sam Horowitz
- The Outer Limits · Dr. Pallas
- Just Cause · Lyle Morgan
- ER · Dr. Burke
- Chicago Hope · Gordon Mays
- David's Mother · Philip
- Dark Tide · Tim
- The Nightmare Before Christmas · Jack Skellington (Voice)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Martus Mazur
- Lincoln and the War Within · Abraham Lincoln
- Love & War
- Picket Fences · Cole
- A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story · Paul Solomon
- The Resurrected · Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
- Whispers · Sgt. Tony Clemenza
- The Stranger Within · Dan
- Law & Order · Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
- Shangri-La Plaza · Victorio
- Forced March · Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti
- Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy · John Lenczowski
- Collision Course · Philip Madras
- Slaves of New York · Victor Okrent
- Goodbye, Miss 4th of July · George Janus