Chris Sarandon

Acting · Born 1942-07-24 in Beckley, West Virginia, USA

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).

Filmography

• Dog Day Afternoon as Leon
• The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck
• Fright Night as Jerry Dandrige
• The Nightmare Before Christmas as Jack Skellington (voice)
• Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
• Frankenstein as The Creature
• Child's Play as Mike Norris
• The Resurrected as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
• The Osterman Weekend as Joseph Cardone
• Bordello of Blood as Reverend Current

TV

• Cold Case as Adam Clarke (2004)
• Charmed as Necromancer / Armand
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Wesley Masoner
• The Practice as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow
• Orange Is the New Black as Kip Carnigan
• The Outer Limits as Dr. Pallas
• Psych as Ashton Bonaventure
• ER as Dr. Burke
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Martus Mazur
• Law & Order as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham