Acting · Beckley, West Virginia, USA · Born July 24, 1942
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).
MovieBest Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
as Self
MovieDoc of Chucky
2024
as Self
MovieDeath Wish
2024
as Manny
TVThe Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
as Self
MovieA Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
as Prince Humperdinck
MovieDisclosure
2020
as Leon / Self (archive footage)
MovieEdgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
MovieYou're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
as Himself
MovieI Smile Back
2015
as Roger
MovieFrank the Bastard
2015
as Tristan Pace
MovieBig Stone Gap
2014
as Mario Barbari
MovieCurse of Chucky
2013
as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVOrange Is the New Black
2013
as Kip Carnigan
MovieSafe
2012
as Mayor Tremello
MovieFright Night
2011
as Jay Dee
MovieMultiple Sarcasms
2010
as Larry
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Judge Howard Matchick
TVThe Unusuals
2009
MovieCyrano de Bergerac
2008
as De Guiche
MovieMy Sassy Girl
2008
as Dr. Roark
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
as De Guiche
MovieThe Chosen One
2007
as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
TVPsych
2006
as Ashton Bonaventure
MovieThe Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
2006
as Signor Naccarelli
MovieThe Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
MovieLoggerheads
2005
as Robert
MovieThe Dead Will Tell
2004
as Paul Hamlin
MovieVoices in Wartime
2004
as Homer (voice)
MovieAlpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
as Self
TVCold Case
2003
as Adam Clarke (2004)
MovieAFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
TVThe Court
2002
MovieAs You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
as Self
MovieRescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
MoviePerfume
2001
as Gary Packer
MovieRace Against Time
2000
as Dr. Anton Stofeles
MovieReaper
2000
as Luke Sinclair
TVStark Raving Mad
1999
as Cesar Radford
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Wesley Masoner
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Judge Barry Krumble
MovieLet the Devil Wear Black
1999
as Jack's Father
TVCharmed
1998
as Necromancer / Armand
TVFelicity
1998
as Dr. Peter McGrath
TVThe Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Myka (voice)
MovieLittle Men
1998
as Fritz Bhaer
MovieRoad Ends
1997
as Esteban Maceda
MovieAmerican Perfekt
1997
as Sammy
TVPerversions of Science
1997
as Carson Walls
TVThe Practice
1997
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow
TVPulp Comics
1996
as St. Paul
MovieBordello of Blood
1996
as Reverend Current
MovieEdie & Pen
1996
as Max
MovieTerminal Justice
1996
as Reginald Matthews
MovieVampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
as Self
MovieThe Vampyre Wars
1996
MovieTemptress
1995
as Matt Christianson
MovieWhen the Dark Man Calls
1995
as Lloyd Carson
MovieNo Greater Love
1995
as Sam Horowitz
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Pallas
MovieJust Cause
1995
as Lyle Morgan
TVER
1994
as Dr. Burke
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Gordon Mays
MovieDavid's Mother
1994
as Philip
MovieDark Tide
1994
as Tim
MovieThe Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
as Jack Skellington (voice)
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Martus Mazur
MovieLincoln and the War Within
1992
as Abraham Lincoln
TVLove & War
1992
TVPicket Fences
1992
as Cole
MovieA Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
as Paul Solomon
MovieThe Resurrected
1991
as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
MovieWhispers
1990
as Sgt. Tony Clemenza
MovieThe Stranger Within
1990
as Dan
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
Shangri-La Plaza
1990
as Victorio
MovieForced March
1989
as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti
MovieTailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
1989
as John Lenczowski
MovieCollision Course
1989
as Philip Madras
MovieSlaves of New York
1989
as Victor Okrent
MovieGoodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
as George Janus
MovieChild's Play
1988
as Mike Norris
MovieIntroducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
1988
as Himself
MovieMayflower Madam
1987
as Matt Whittington
MovieThe Princess Bride
1987
as Prince Humperdinck
MovieFrankenstein
1986
as The Creature
MovieLiberty
1986
as Jacque Marchant
MovieThis Child Is Mine
1985
as Craig Wilkerson
MovieFright Night
1985
as Jerry Dandrige
MovieProtocol
1984
as Michael Ransome
MovieThe Osterman Weekend
1983
as Joseph Cardone
MovieBroken Promise
1981
as Bud Griggs
MovieA Tale of Two Cities
1980
as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
MovieThe Day Christ Died
1980
as Jesus Christ
MovieCuba
1979
as Juan Pulido
MovieYou Can't Go Home Again
1979
as George Webber
MovieThe Sentinel
1977
as Michael Lerman
MovieLipstick
1976
as Gordon Stuart
MovieDog Day Afternoon
1975
as Leon
MovieThursday's Game
1974
as Counselor
MovieThe Satan Murders
1974
as George
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
