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).
Movies (75)
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024
Doc of Chucky
2024
Death Wish
2024
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
Disclosure
2020
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
I Smile Back
2015
Frank the Bastard
2015
Big Stone Gap
2014
Curse of Chucky
2013
Safe
2012
Fright Night
2011
Multiple Sarcasms
2010
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
My Sassy Girl
2008
The Chosen One
2007
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
2006
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
Loggerheads
2005
The Dead Will Tell
2004
Voices in Wartime
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
Rescued from the Closet
2001
Perfume
2001
Race Against Time
2000
Reaper
2000
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
Little Men
1998
Road Ends
1997
American Perfekt
1997
Bordello of Blood
1996
Edie & Pen
1996
Terminal Justice
1996
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
The Vampyre Wars
1996
Temptress
1995
When the Dark Man Calls
1995
No Greater Love
1995
Just Cause
1995
David's Mother
1994
Dark Tide
1994
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
The Resurrected
1991
Whispers
1990
The Stranger Within
1990
Forced March
1989
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
1989
Collision Course
1989
Slaves of New York
1989
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988
Child's Play
1988
Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
1988
Mayflower Madam
1987
The Princess Bride
1987
Frankenstein
1986
Liberty
1986
This Child Is Mine
1985
Fright Night
1985
Protocol
1984
The Osterman Weekend
1983
Broken Promise
1981
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
The Day Christ Died
1980
Cuba
1979
You Can't Go Home Again
1979
The Sentinel
1977
Lipstick
1976
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
Thursday's Game
1974
The Satan Murders
1974
TV Shows (25)
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
Orange Is the New Black
2013
The Good Wife
2009
The Unusuals
2009
Psych
2006
Cold Case
2003
The Court
2002
Stark Raving Mad
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Judging Amy
1999
Charmed
1998
Felicity
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Perversions of Science
1997
The Practice
1997
Pulp Comics
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
ER
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Love & War
1992
Picket Fences
1992
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961