Actor
· Acting
Chris Sarandon
Born 1942-07-24
📍 Beckley, West Virginia, USA
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).
Filmography 100
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
as Self
2024
Doc of Chucky
as Self
2024
Death Wish
as Manny
2024
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Prince Humperdinck
2020
Disclosure
as Leon / Self (archive footage)
2020
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016
I Smile Back
as Roger
2015
Frank the Bastard
as Tristan Pace
2015
Big Stone Gap
as Mario Barbari
2014
Curse of Chucky
as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Orange Is the New Black
as Kip Carnigan
2013
Safe
as Mayor Tremello
2012
Fright Night
as Jay Dee
2011
Multiple Sarcasms
as Larry
2010
The Good Wife
as Judge Howard Matchick
2009
The Unusuals
2009
Cyrano de Bergerac
as De Guiche
2008
My Sassy Girl
as Dr. Roark
2008
The Chosen One
as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
2007
Psych
as Ashton Bonaventure
2006
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
as Signor Naccarelli
2006
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
2006
Loggerheads
as Robert
2005
The Dead Will Tell
as Paul Hamlin
2004
Voices in Wartime
as Homer (voice)
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
2004
Cold Case
as Adam Clarke (2004)
2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
The Court
2002
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
2001
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
2001
Perfume
as Gary Packer
2001
Race Against Time
as Dr. Anton Stofeles
2000
Reaper
as Luke Sinclair
2000
Stark Raving Mad
as Cesar Radford
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Wesley Masoner
1999
Judging Amy
as Judge Barry Krumble
1999
Let the Devil Wear Black
as Jack's Father
1999
Charmed
as Necromancer / Armand
1998
Felicity
as Dr. Peter McGrath
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
as Myka (voice)
1998
Little Men
as Fritz Bhaer
1998
Road Ends
as Esteban Maceda
1997
American Perfekt
as Sammy
1997
Perversions of Science
as Carson Walls
1997
The Practice
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow
1997
Pulp Comics
as St. Paul
1996
Bordello of Blood
as Reverend Current
1996
Edie & Pen
as Max
1996
Terminal Justice
as Reginald Matthews
1996
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
as Self
1996
The Vampyre Wars
1996
Temptress
as Matt Christianson
1995
When the Dark Man Calls
as Lloyd Carson
1995
No Greater Love
as Sam Horowitz
1995
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Pallas
1995
Just Cause
as Lyle Morgan
1995
ER
as Dr. Burke
1994
Chicago Hope
as Gordon Mays
1994
David's Mother
as Philip
1994
Dark Tide
as Tim
1994
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Jack Skellington (voice)
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Martus Mazur
1993
Lincoln and the War Within
as Abraham Lincoln
1992
Love & War
1992
Picket Fences
as Cole
1992
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
as Paul Solomon
1992
The Resurrected
as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
1991
Whispers
as Sgt. Tony Clemenza
1990
The Stranger Within
as Dan
1990
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
1990
Forced March
as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti
1989
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
as John Lenczowski
1989
Collision Course
as Philip Madras
1989
Slaves of New York
as Victor Okrent
1989
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
as George Janus
1988
Child's Play
as Mike Norris
1988
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
as Himself
1988
Mayflower Madam
as Matt Whittington
1987
The Princess Bride
as Prince Humperdinck
1987
Frankenstein
as The Creature
1986
Liberty
as Jacque Marchant
1986
This Child Is Mine
as Craig Wilkerson
1985
Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige
1985
Protocol
as Michael Ransome
1984
The Osterman Weekend
as Joseph Cardone
1983
Broken Promise
as Bud Griggs
1981
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
1980
The Day Christ Died
as Jesus Christ
1980
Cuba
as Juan Pulido
1979
You Can't Go Home Again
as George Webber
1979
The Sentinel
as Michael Lerman
1977
Lipstick
as Gordon Stuart
1976
Dog Day Afternoon
as Leon
1975
Thursday's Game
as Counselor
1974
The Satan Murders
as George
1974
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961