Chris Sarandon

Known for: Acting

Born: 1942-07-24 (age 83)

From: 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 (102)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
Doc of Chucky
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Death Wish
2024
as Manny
TV★ 7.2
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
as Prince Humperdinck
MOVIE★ 7.8
Disclosure
2020
as Leon / Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
MOVIE★ 6.8
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.1
I Smile Back
2015
as Roger
MOVIE★ 2.3
Frank the Bastard
2015
as Tristan Pace
MOVIE★ 5.9
Big Stone Gap
2014
as Mario Barbari
MOVIE★ 6.0
Curse of Chucky
2013
as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV★ 7.6
Orange Is the New Black
2013
as Kip Carnigan
MOVIE★ 6.5
Safe
2012
as Mayor Tremello
MOVIE★ 6.2
Fright Night
2011
as Jay Dee
MOVIE★ 5.9
Multiple Sarcasms
2010
as Larry
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Howard Matchick
TV★ 7.5
The Unusuals
2009
MOVIE★ 6.4
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
as De Guiche
MOVIE★ 6.8
My Sassy Girl
2008
as Dr. Roark
MOVIE
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
as De Guiche
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Chosen One
2007
as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Ashton Bonaventure
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
2006
as Signor Naccarelli
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Loggerheads
2005
as Robert
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Dead Will Tell
2004
as Paul Hamlin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Voices in Wartime
2004
as Homer (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Adam Clarke (2004)
MOVIE★ 7.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
TV★ 10.0
The Court
2002
MOVIE★ 7.6
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.8
Perfume
2001
as Gary Packer
MOVIE★ 5.2
Race Against Time
2000
as Dr. Anton Stofeles
MOVIE★ 5.4
Reaper
2000
as Luke Sinclair
TV★ 6.6
Stark Raving Mad
1999
as Cesar Radford
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Wesley Masoner
TV★ 7.5
Judging Amy
1999
as Judge Barry Krumble
MOVIE★ 4.2
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
as Jack's Father
TV★ 8.2
Charmed
1998
as Necromancer / Armand
TV★ 6.6
Felicity
1998
as Dr. Peter McGrath
TV★ 7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Myka (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Little Men
1998
as Fritz Bhaer
MOVIE★ 4.6
Road Ends
1997
as Esteban Maceda
MOVIE★ 6.5
American Perfekt
1997
as Sammy
TV★ 6.2
Perversions of Science
1997
as Carson Walls
TV★ 7.7
The Practice
1997
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow
TV
Pulp Comics
1996
as St. Paul
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bordello of Blood
1996
as Reverend Current
MOVIE★ 5.6
Edie & Pen
1996
as Max
MOVIE★ 4.9
Terminal Justice
1996
as Reginald Matthews
MOVIE★ 10.0
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
as Self
MOVIE
The Vampyre Wars
1996
MOVIE★ 4.0
Temptress
1995
as Matt Christianson
MOVIE★ 7.0
When the Dark Man Calls
1995
as Lloyd Carson
MOVIE★ 5.2
No Greater Love
1995
as Sam Horowitz
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Pallas
MOVIE★ 6.3
Just Cause
1995
as Lyle Morgan
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Dr. Burke
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Gordon Mays
MOVIE★ 8.3
David's Mother
1994
as Philip
MOVIE★ 4.2
Dark Tide
1994
as Tim
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
as Jack Skellington (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Martus Mazur
MOVIE★ 8.0
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
as Abraham Lincoln
TV★ 6.4
Love & War
1992
TV★ 7.5
Picket Fences
1992
as Cole
MOVIE★ 4.4
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
as Paul Solomon
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Resurrected
1991
as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
MOVIE★ 3.9
Whispers
1990
as Sgt. Tony Clemenza
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Stranger Within
1990
as Dan
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
MOVIE
Shangri-La Plaza
1990
as Victorio
MOVIE★ 6.6
Forced March
1989
as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti
MOVIE★ 6.5
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
1989
as John Lenczowski
MOVIE★ 4.2
Collision Course
1989
as Philip Madras
MOVIE★ 5.4
Slaves of New York
1989
as Victor Okrent
MOVIE★ 9.0
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
as George Janus
MOVIE★ 6.8
Child's Play
1988
as Mike Norris
MOVIE★ 6.7
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
1988
as Himself
MOVIE★ 4.3
Mayflower Madam
1987
as Matt Whittington
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Princess Bride
1987
as Prince Humperdinck
MOVIE★ 7.0
Frankenstein
1986
as The Creature
MOVIE★ 6.0
Liberty
1986
as Jacque Marchant
MOVIE★ 7.7
This Child Is Mine
1985
as Craig Wilkerson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fright Night
1985
as Jerry Dandrige
MOVIE★ 5.4
Protocol
1984
as Michael Ransome
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Joseph Cardone
MOVIE★ 7.3
Broken Promise
1981
as Bud Griggs
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Day Christ Died
1980
as Jesus Christ
MOVIE★ 5.5
Cuba
1979
as Juan Pulido
MOVIE★ 3.0
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
as George Webber
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Sentinel
1977
as Michael Lerman
MOVIE★ 5.3
Lipstick
1976
as Gordon Stuart
MOVIE★ 7.8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Leon
MOVIE★ 6.5
Thursday's Game
1974
as Counselor
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Satan Murders
1974
as George
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self