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Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher is an American actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

His breakthrough role was as Dave Stoller in the cycling 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 and in the HBO series Deadwood.

Christopher has also 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.

In December 2006 he played Dr. Martin Ruber in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.


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Dennis Christopher Facts

Birth NameDennis Carelli
OccupationActor
BirthdayDecember 2, 1955 (52)
SignSagittarius
BirthplacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Height5' 11" (1m80)

Selected Filmography

Chariots of Fire
Stephen King's It
Lost Room
Happy Gilmore
Breaking Away
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
True Romance
The Dream Team
The Rundown
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