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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 24, 1942
Place of Birth
Beckley, West Virginia, USA
Chris Sarandon
2.1 Popularity
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
7.0
Self
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
7.0
Self
Doc of Chucky
2024
0.0
Death Wish
2024
7.2
Self
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
6.3
Prince Humperdinck
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
7.8
Leon / Self (archive footage)
Disclosure
2020
7.7
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
6.8
Himself
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
6.1
Roger
I Smile Back
2015
2.5
Tristan Pace
Frank the Bastard
2015
Credits
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
as Self
2024
7.0
Doc of Chucky
as Self
2024
7.0
Death Wish
2024
0.0
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
2020
7.2
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Prince Humperdinck
2020
6.3
Disclosure
as Leon / Self (archive footage)
2020
7.8
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
7.7
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016
6.8
I Smile Back
as Roger
2015
6.1
Frank the Bastard
as Tristan Pace
2015
2.5
Big Stone Gap
as Mario Barbari
2014
5.9
Curse of Chucky
as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
5.9
Orange Is the New Black
as Kip Carnigan
2013
7.7
Safe
as Mayor Tremello
2012
6.5
Fright Night
as Jay Dee
2011
6.2
Multiple Sarcasms
as Larry
2010
5.9
The Good Wife
as Judge Howard Matchick
2009
7.6
The Unusuals
2009
7.6
Cyrano de Bergerac
as De Guiche
2008
6.4
My Sassy Girl
as Dr. Roark
2008
6.7
The Chosen One
as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
2007
5.8
Psych
as Ashton Bonaventure
2006
7.9
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
as Signor Naccarelli
2006
10.0
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
2006
7.8
Loggerheads
as Robert
2005
5.8
The Dead Will Tell
as Paul Hamlin
2004
4.8
Voices in Wartime
as Homer (voice)
2004
4.0
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
2004
7.0
Cold Case
as Adam Clarke (2004)
2003
7.8
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
6.5
The Court
2002
10.0
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
2001
7.3
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
2001
6.0
Perfume
as Gary Packer
2001
4.7
Race Against Time
as Dr. Anton Stofeles
2000
4.9
Reaper
as Luke Sinclair
2000
4.5
🎬
Stark Raving Mad
as Cesar Radford
1999
6.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Wesley Masoner
1999
7.9
Judging Amy
as Judge Barry Krumble
1999
7.5
Let the Devil Wear Black
as Jack's Father
1999
3.9
Charmed
as Necromancer / Armand
1998
8.2
Felicity
as Dr. Peter McGrath
1998
6.6
The Wild Thornberrys
as Myka (voice)
1998
7.0
Little Men
as Fritz Bhaer
1998
4.0
Road Ends
as Esteban Maceda
1997
4.0
American Perfekt
as Sammy
1997
6.3
Perversions of Science
as Carson Walls
1997
5.6
The Practice
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow
1997
7.6
Pulp Comics
as St. Paul
1996
0.0
Bordello of Blood
as Reverend Current
1996
5.9
Edie & Pen
as Max
1996
5.6
Terminal Justice
as Reginald Matthews
1996
4.7
The Vampyre Wars
1996
0.0
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
as Self
1996
10.0
When the Dark Man Calls
as Lloyd Carson
1995
0.0
No Greater Love
as Sam Horowitz
1995
5.0
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Pallas
1995
7.7
Just Cause
as Lyle Morgan
1995
6.3
Temptress
as Matt Christianson
1995
3.7
ER
as Dr. Burke
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Gordon Mays
1994
7.2
David's Mother
as Philip
1994
8.1
Dark Tide
as Tim
1994
3.8
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Jack Skellington (voice)
1993
7.8
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Martus Mazur
1993
7.9
Lincoln and the War Within
as Abraham Lincoln
1992
0.0
Love & War
1992
6.2
Picket Fences
as Cole
1992
7.4
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
as Paul Solomon
1992
3.6
The Resurrected
as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
1991
6.1
Whispers
as Sgt. Tony Clemenza
1990
3.6
The Stranger Within
as Dan
1990
5.6
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
1990
7.4
🎬
Shangri-La Plaza
as Victorio
1990
0.0
Forced March
as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti
1989
6.5
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
as John Lenczowski
1989
5.7
Collision Course
as Philip Madras
1989
4.1
Slaves of New York
as Victor Okrent
1989
5.1
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
as George Janus
1988
10.0
Child's Play
as Mike Norris
1988
6.7
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
as Himself
1988
6.7
Mayflower Madam
as Matt Whittington
1987
3.2
The Princess Bride
as Prince Humperdinck
1987
7.7
🎬
Frankenstein
as The Creature
1987
4.0
Liberty
as Jacque Marchant
1986
5.0
This Child Is Mine
as Craig Wilkerson
1985
7.5
Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige
1985
7.0
Protocol
as Michael Ransome
1984
5.5
The Osterman Weekend
as Joseph Cardone
1983
5.6
Broken Promise
as Bud Griggs
1981
6.0
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
1980
5.7
The Day Christ Died
as Jesus Christ
1980
5.8
Cuba
as Juan Pulido
1979
5.4
You Can't Go Home Again
as George Webber
1979
1.0
The Sentinel
as Michael Lerman
1977
6.1
Lipstick
as Gordon Stuart
1976
5.2
Dog Day Afternoon
as Leon
1975
7.8
Thursday's Game
as Counselor
1974
5.8
The Satan Murders
as George
1974
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4