Chris Sarandon

Actor Jul 24 (age 83) Beckley, West Virginia, USA 1961–2024 (63 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

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

Film

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack Skellington (voice)

Film

The Princess Bride

Prince Humperdinck

Film

Dog Day Afternoon

Leon

Film

Child's Play

Mike Norris

Film

Fright Night

Jerry Dandrige

Film

Safe

Mayor Tremello

Film

Fright Night

Jay Dee

Film

Curse of Chucky

Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (76)

Doc of Chucky

2024

as Self

7.7

Death Wish

2024

Best Christmas Movies Ever!

2024

as Self

7.0

Disclosure

2020

as Leon / Self (archive footage)

7.8

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

2020

as Prince Humperdinck

6.3

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

2017

7.7

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

as Himself

I Smile Back

as Roger

Frank the Bastard

as Tristan Pace

Big Stone Gap

as Mario Barbari

Curse of Chucky

as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)

Safe

as Mayor Tremello

Fright Night

as Jay Dee

Multiple Sarcasms

as Larry

My Sassy Girl

as Dr. Roark

Cyrano de Bergerac

as De Guiche

The Chosen One

as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)

5.8

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

2006

as Self

7.8

The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center

as Signor Naccarelli

Loggerheads

as Robert

Voices in Wartime

as Homer (voice)

The Dead Will Tell

as Paul Hamlin

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

2004

as Self

7.0

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

as Self

Perfume

as Gary Packer

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

2001

as Self

7.3

Rescued from the Closet

as Self

Reaper

as Luke Sinclair

Race Against Time

as Dr. Anton Stofeles

4.9

Let the Devil Wear Black

as Jack's Father

Little Men

as Fritz Bhaer

Road Ends

as Esteban Maceda

American Perfekt

as Sammy

Bordello of Blood

as Reverend Current

Edie & Pen

as Max

Terminal Justice

as Reginald Matthews

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth

as Self

The Vampyre Wars

Just Cause

as Lyle Morgan

No Greater Love

as Sam Horowitz

Temptress

as Matt Christianson

When the Dark Man Calls

1995

as Lloyd Carson

Dark Tide

as Tim

David's Mother

as Philip

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

as Jack Skellington (voice)

7.8

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

1992

as Paul Solomon

3.8

Lincoln and the War Within

1992

as Abraham Lincoln

The Resurrected

1991

as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen

The Stranger Within

as Dan

Whispers

as Sgt. Tony Clemenza

3.6

Shangri-La Plaza

1990

as Victorio

Slaves of New York

as Victor Okrent

Collision Course

as Philip Madras

Forced March

as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti

6.5

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

as John Lenczowski

Child's Play

as Mike Norris

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

1988

as George Janus

10.0

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

1988

as Himself

6.7

The Princess Bride

1987

as Prince Humperdinck

Mayflower Madam

as Matt Whittington

Liberty

as Jacque Marchant

Frankenstein

as The Creature

Fright Night

as Jerry Dandrige

This Child Is Mine

as Craig Wilkerson

Protocol

as Michael Ransome

The Osterman Weekend

as Joseph Cardone

Broken Promise

as Bud Griggs

A Tale of Two Cities

as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay

The Day Christ Died

as Jesus Christ

Cuba

as Juan Pulido

You Can't Go Home Again

as George Webber

The Sentinel

as Michael Lerman

Lipstick

as Gordon Stuart

Dog Day Afternoon

as Leon

The Satan Murders

as George

Thursday's Game

1974

as Counselor

5.8

Television (25)

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

2020

as Self

7.2

Orange Is the New Black

2013

as Kip Carnigan

7.6

The Good Wife

2009

as Judge Howard Matchick

The Unusuals

Psych

as Ashton Bonaventure

7.9

Cold Case

2003

as Adam Clarke (2004)

7.8

The Court

2002

10.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Wesley Masoner

7.9

Judging Amy

1999

as Judge Barry Krumble

Stark Raving Mad

as Cesar Radford

Charmed

as Necromancer / Armand

The Wild Thornberrys

as Myka (voice)

Felicity

as Dr. Peter McGrath

The Practice

as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow

7.6

Perversions of Science

1997

as Carson Walls

5.6

Pulp Comics

1996

as St. Paul

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Pallas

as Dr. Burke

Chicago Hope

as Gordon Mays

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Martus Mazur

Picket Fences

as Cole

Love & War

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham

7.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

5.4