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Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher
Dennis Christopher
Born: Dec 02, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actor
Active: '70s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Breaking Away, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
First Major Screen Credit: Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)
12 Videos for Dennis Christopher
It's My Party (1996) Doppelganger: The Evil Within (1993) It (1990)
It's My Party (1996) Necronomicon (1993) Alien Predator (1987)
The Silencers (1996) Circuitry Man (1990) Chariots of Fire (1981)
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man 2 (1994) Dead Women in Lingerie (1990) 9/30/55 (1977)
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Biography:

American actor Dennis Christopher's Italian upbringing served him well early in his career when he appeared fleetingly in Fellinis Roma (1972). Stage and TV work followed his graduation from Temple University, then several American movies, September 30, 1955 (1977) and A Wedding (1978).

In Breaking Away (1978), Christopher dominated the proceedings as the Indiana-born teenaged bicyclist who adopted an Italian accent and mannerisms to draw attention to himself. Few of Christopher's subsequent film appearances were up to this level; when last heard from, he was starring in such direct-to-video potboilers as Dead Women in Lingerie (1991), with a few above-average assignments such as the made-for-TV Stephen King's It! (1991).

Outside of Breaking Away, Dennis Christopher had at least one other cult film to his credit: Fade to Black (1979), in which he played a disturbed young cineast who murders his enemies while dressed up as famous movie villains. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.