Chris Sarandon
Known for: Acting
Born: July 24, 1942
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
77 movies · 25 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
7.8
Doc of Chucky
2024
NR
Death Wish
2024
7.2
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
6.3
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
7.8
Disclosure
2020
7.7
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
6.8
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
6.1
I Smile Back
2015
2.3
Frank the Bastard
2015
5.9
Big Stone Gap
2014
6.0
Curse of Chucky
2013
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
2013
6.5
Safe
2012
6.2
Fright Night
2011
5.8
Multiple Sarcasms
2010
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
7.5
The Unusuals
2009
6.4
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
6.8
My Sassy Girl
2008NR
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
6.4
The Chosen One
2007
7.9
Psych
2006
10.0
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
2006
7.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
5.9
Loggerheads
2005
4.9
The Dead Will Tell
2004
6.0
Voices in Wartime
2004
7.0
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
7.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
10.0
The Court
2002
7.6
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
6.5
Rescued from the Closet
2001
4.8
Perfume
2001
5.2
Race Against Time
2000
5.4
Reaper
2000
6.6
Stark Raving Mad
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
7.5
Judging Amy
1999
4.2
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
8.2
Charmed
1998
6.5
Felicity
1998
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
5.5
Little Men
1998
4.6
Road Ends
1997
6.5
American Perfekt
1997
6.2
Perversions of Science
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
NR
Pulp Comics
1996
6.0
Bordello of Blood
1996
5.6
Edie & Pen
1996
4.9
Terminal Justice
1996
10.0
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
NR
The Vampyre Wars
1996
3.8
Temptress
1995
7.0
When the Dark Man Calls
1995
5.2
No Greater Love
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
6.3
Just Cause
1995
7.8
ER
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
8.3
David's Mother
1994
4.2
Dark Tide
1994
7.8
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
8.0
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
6.4
Love & War
1992
7.4
Picket Fences
1992
4.4
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
6.2
The Resurrected
1991
3.9
Whispers
1990
5.8
The Stranger Within
1990
7.3
Law & Order
1990NR
Shangri-La Plaza
1990
6.6
Forced March
1989
6.5
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
1989
4.2
Collision Course
1989
5.4
Slaves of New York
1989
9.0
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
6.8
Child's Play
1988
6.7
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
1988
4.3
Mayflower Madam
1987
7.7
The Princess Bride
1987
7.0
Frankenstein
1986
6.0
Liberty
1986
7.7
This Child Is Mine
1985
7.0
Fright Night
1985
5.5
Protocol
1984
5.6
The Osterman Weekend
1983
7.3
Broken Promise
1981
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
6.3
The Day Christ Died
1980
5.5
Cuba
1979
3.0
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
6.1
The Sentinel
1977
5.4
Lipstick
1976
7.9
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
6.5
Thursday's Game
1974
9.0
The Satan Murders
1974
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961