Chris Sarandon
Known for acting · Born 24 July 1942 · 84 · Beckley, West Virginia, USA
102 credits
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
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
Safe
2012
Fright Night
1985
The Princess Bride
1987
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
Child's Play
1988
The Sentinel
1977
The Resurrected
1991
Bordello of Blood
1996
My Sassy Girl
2008
Protocol
1984
The Osterman Weekend
1983
Acting (102)
2024Doc of ChuckySelfFilm
2024Best Christmas Movies Ever!SelfFilm
2024Death WishMannyFilm
2020DisclosureLeon / Self (archive footage)Film
2020The Holiday Movies That Made UsSelfSeries
2020A Virtual Princess Bride ReunionPrince HumperdinckFilm
2017Edgar Allan Poe: Buried AliveFilm
2016You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright NightHimselfFilm
2015I Smile BackRogerFilm
2015Frank the BastardTristan PaceFilm
2014Big Stone GapMario BarbariFilm
2013Orange Is the New BlackKip CarniganSeries
2013Curse of ChuckyMike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2012SafeMayor TremelloFilm
2011Fright NightJay DeeFilm
2010Multiple SarcasmsLarryFilm
2009The Good WifeJudge Howard MatchickSeries
2009The Unusuals · 2 episodesSeries
2008My Sassy GirlDr. RoarkFilm
2008Cyrano de BergeracDe GuicheFilm
2008Cyrano de BergeracDe GuicheFilm
2007The Chosen OneZebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)Film
2006PsychAshton BonaventureSeries
2006The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln CenterSignor NaccarelliFilm
2006The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'SelfFilm
2005LoggerheadsRobertFilm
2004The Dead Will TellPaul HamlinFilm
2004Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'SelfFilm
2004Voices in WartimeHomer (voice)Film
2003Cold CaseAdam Clarke (2004)Series
2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelfFilm
2002The Court · 6 episodesSeries
2001PerfumeGary PackerFilm
2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'SelfFilm
2001Rescued from the ClosetSelfFilm
2000Race Against TimeDr. Anton StofelesFilm
2000ReaperLuke SinclairFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitWesley MasonerSeries
1999Judging AmyJudge Barry Krumble · 6 episodesSeries
1999Let the Devil Wear BlackJack's FatherFilm
1999Stark Raving MadCesar Radford · 2 episodesSeries
1998CharmedNecromancer / ArmandSeries
1998The Wild ThornberrysMyka (voice)Series
1998FelicityDr. Peter McGrath · 6 episodesSeries
1998Little MenFritz BhaerFilm
1997The PracticeDr. Jeffrey Winslow · 2 episodesSeries
1997American PerfektSammyFilm
1997Perversions of ScienceCarson WallsSeries
1997Road EndsEsteban MacedaFilm
1996Bordello of BloodReverend CurrentFilm
1996Terminal JusticeReginald MatthewsFilm
1996Edie & PenMaxFilm
1996Vampires: Thirst for the TruthSelfFilm
1996The Vampyre WarsFilm
1996Pulp ComicsSt. PaulSeries
1995Just CauseLyle MorganFilm
1995The Outer LimitsDr. PallasSeries
1995TemptressMatt ChristiansonFilm
1995No Greater LoveSam HorowitzFilm
1995When the Dark Man CallsLloyd CarsonFilm
1994ERDr. Burke · 3 episodesSeries
1994Chicago HopeGordon Mays · 3 episodesSeries
1994Dark TideTimFilm
1994David's MotherPhilipFilm
1993The Nightmare Before ChristmasJack Skellington (voice)Film
1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineMartus MazurSeries
1992Picket FencesColeSeries
1992Love & WarSeries
1992A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus StoryPaul SolomonFilm
1992Lincoln and the War WithinAbraham LincolnFilm
1991The ResurrectedCharles Dexter Ward / Joseph CurwenFilm
1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Howard Pincham · 2 episodesSeries
1990WhispersSgt. Tony ClemenzaFilm
1990The Stranger WithinDanFilm
1990Shangri-La PlazaVictorioFilm
1989Collision CoursePhilip MadrasFilm
1989Slaves of New YorkVictor OkrentFilm
1989Forced MarchBen Kline / Miklos RadnotiFilm
1989Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner TragedyJohn LenczowskiFilm
1988Child's PlayMike NorrisFilm
1988Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's PlayHimselfFilm
1988Goodbye, Miss 4th of JulyGeorge JanusFilm
1987The Princess BridePrince HumperdinckFilm
1987Mayflower MadamMatt WhittingtonFilm
1986FrankensteinThe CreatureFilm
1986LibertyJacque MarchantFilm
1985Fright NightJerry DandrigeFilm
1985This Child Is MineCraig WilkersonFilm
1984ProtocolMichael RansomeFilm
1983The Osterman WeekendJoseph CardoneFilm
1981Broken PromiseBud GriggsFilm
1980A Tale of Two CitiesSydney Carton / Charles DarnayFilm
1980The Day Christ DiedJesus ChristFilm
1979CubaJuan PulidoFilm
1979You Can't Go Home AgainGeorge WebberFilm
1977The SentinelMichael LermanFilm
1976LipstickGordon StuartFilm
1975Dog Day AfternoonLeonFilm
1974Thursday's GameCounselorFilm
1974The Satan MurdersGeorgeFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries