Personal Info
Birthday
July 24, 1942
Place of Birth
Beckley, West Virginia, USA
Known For
Acting
Chris Sarandon
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).
Acting Filmography (100)
7.0
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
Movie2024
7.8
Doc of Chucky
Movie2024
0.0
Death Wish
Movie2024
7.2
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV Series2020
6.3
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie2020
7.8
Disclosure
Movie2020
7.7
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Movie2017
6.8
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
Movie2016
6.1
I Smile Back
Movie2015
No Backdrop
2.3
Frank the Bastard
Movie2015
5.9
Big Stone Gap
Movie2014
6.0
Curse of Chucky
Movie2013
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
TV Series2013
6.5
Safe
Movie2012
6.2
Fright Night
Movie2011
5.9
Multiple Sarcasms
Movie2010
7.6
The Good Wife
TV Series2009
7.5
The Unusuals
TV Series2009
6.4
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie2008
6.8
My Sassy Girl
Movie2008
6.4
The Chosen One
Movie2007
7.9
Psych
TV Series2006
No Backdrop
10.0
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
Movie2006
7.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Movie2006
5.9
Loggerheads
Movie2005
4.9
The Dead Will Tell
Movie2004
No Backdrop
6.0
Voices in Wartime
Movie2004
No Backdrop
7.0
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Movie2004
7.8
Cold Case
TV Series2003
No Backdrop
7.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie2002
No Backdrop
10.0
The Court
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
7.6
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Movie2001
No Backdrop
6.5
Rescued from the Closet
Movie2001
4.8
Perfume
Movie2001
5.2
Race Against Time
Movie2000
No Backdrop
5.4
Reaper
Movie2000
6.6
Stark Raving Mad
TV Series1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
7.5
Judging Amy
TV Series1999
4.2
Let the Devil Wear Black
Movie1999
8.2
Charmed
TV Series1998
6.6
Felicity
TV Series1998
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
TV Series1998
5.5
Little Men
Movie1998
4.6
Road Ends
Movie1997
6.5
American Perfekt
Movie1997
6.2
Perversions of Science
TV Series1997
7.7
The Practice
TV Series1997
0.0
Pulp Comics
TV Series1996
6.0
Bordello of Blood
Movie1996
5.6
Edie & Pen
Movie1996
4.9
Terminal Justice
Movie1996
No Backdrop
10.0
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
Movie1996
0.0
The Vampyre Wars
Movie1996
4.0
Temptress
Movie1995
No Backdrop
7.0
When the Dark Man Calls
Movie1995
5.2
No Greater Love
Movie1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
TV Series1995
6.3
Just Cause
Movie1995
7.8
ER
TV Series1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
TV Series1994
8.3
David's Mother
Movie1994
4.2
Dark Tide
Movie1994
7.8
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Movie1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV Series1993
No Backdrop
8.0
Lincoln and the War Within
Movie1992
6.4
Love & War
TV Series1992
7.5
Picket Fences
TV Series1992
4.4
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Movie1992
6.2
The Resurrected
Movie1991
3.9
Whispers
Movie1990
5.8
The Stranger Within
Movie1990
7.3
Law & Order
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
6.6
Forced March
Movie1989
No Backdrop
6.5
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
Movie1989
4.2
Collision Course
Movie1989
5.4
Slaves of New York
Movie1989
9.0
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
Movie1988
6.8
Child's Play
Movie1988
6.7
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
Movie1988
No Backdrop
4.3
Mayflower Madam
Movie1987
7.7
The Princess Bride
Movie1987
7.0
Frankenstein
Movie1986
6.0
Liberty
Movie1986
No Backdrop
7.7
This Child Is Mine
Movie1985
7.0
Fright Night
Movie1985
5.4
Protocol
Movie1984
5.6
The Osterman Weekend
Movie1983
No Backdrop
7.3
Broken Promise
Movie1981
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie1980
No Backdrop
6.3
The Day Christ Died
Movie1980
5.5
Cuba
Movie1979
No Backdrop
3.0
You Can't Go Home Again
Movie1979
6.1
The Sentinel
Movie1977
5.3
Lipstick
Movie1976
7.8
Dog Day Afternoon
Movie1975
No Backdrop
6.5
Thursday's Game
Movie1974
No Backdrop
9.0
The Satan Murders
Movie1974
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961