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