Chris Sarandon

Chris Sarandon

1942-07-24 Beckley, West Virginia, USA 75 Credits

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).

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Best Christmas Movies Ever!

Best Christmas Movies Ever!

2024

as Self

Acting

Over 50 stars, writers, athletes, directors and critics share the spirit of the season.

Doc of Chucky

Doc of Chucky

2024

as Self

Acting

The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine H...

Death Wish

2024

Acting

After losing his grandfather and job to COVID-19, an enraged deliveryman decides to do the only logical thing: hunt down and kill every plague spreade...

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

2020

as Prince Humperdinck

6.3
Acting

The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason Reitman....

Disclosure

Disclosure

2020

as Leon / Self (archive footage)

7.9
Acting

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have...

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

2017

7.2
Acting

How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

2016

as Himself

6.8
Acting

An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, rare ...

I Smile Back

I Smile Back

2015

as Roger

6.2
Acting

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with t...

Frank the Bastard

Frank the Bastard

2015

as Tristan Pace

2.5
Acting

A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thou...

Big Stone Gap

Big Stone Gap

2014

as Mario Barbari

5.9
Acting

A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

Curse of Chucky

Curse of Chucky

2013

as Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key ...

Safe

Safe

2012

as Mayor Tremello

6.5
Acting

After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, th...

Fright Night

Fright Night

2011

as Jay Dee

6.2
Acting

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and mag...

Multiple Sarcasms

Multiple Sarcasms

2010

as Larry

5.6
Acting

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, El...

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

2008

as De Guiche

6.4
Acting

The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.

My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl

2008

as Dr. Roark

6.7
Acting

A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.

The Chosen One

The Chosen One

2007

as Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)

5.8
Acting

...he's lost his job, totaled his car, and been attacked by a bear. Just when it seems like life can't get any worse, the leader of an eccentric churc...

The Light in the Piazza (Live from Lincoln Center)

The Light in the Piazza (Live from Lincoln Center)

2006

as Signor Naccarelli

10.0
Acting

In the summer of 1953, Margaret Johnson, the wife of an American businessman, is touring Italy with her daughter, Clara. While sightseeing, Clara—a be...

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

2006

as Self

7.8
Acting

A documentary chronicling the making of the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon."

Loggerheads

Loggerheads

2005

as Robert

6.0
Acting

A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a ...

The Dead Will Tell

The Dead Will Tell

2004

as Paul Hamlin

4.9
Acting

Emily Parker is haunted by visions of a woman from the past soon after receiving an antique engagement ring from her fiancé.

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

2004

as Self

7.0
Acting

Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

2002

as Self

6.5
Acting

A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

2001

as Self

7.3
Acting

A "behinds the scenes" documentary about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE with original archive footage and new interviews with cast mem...

Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

2001

as Self

6.0
Acting

Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the his...

Perfume

Perfume

2001

as Gary Packer

4.8
Acting

A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York Ci...

Race Against Time

Race Against Time

2000

as Dr. Anton Stofeles

4.9
Acting

When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the bi...

Reaper

Reaper

2000

as Luke Sinclair

4.5
Acting

Horror novelist Luke Sinclair retreats to a small town to finish writing his latest book. A young woman is murdered in the woods nearby, in circumsta...

Let the Devil Wear Black

Let the Devil Wear Black

1999

as Jack's Father

4.1
Acting

A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.

Little Men

Little Men

1998

as Fritz Bhaer

4.5
Acting

In this adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, two street kids from Boston find themselves at Plumfield, a rural boarding school run by...

Road Ends

Road Ends

1997

as Esteban Maceda

4.0
Acting

Real estate agent Maceda (Chris Sarandon) once testified against drug trafficker Orosco (Miguel Najera). Now Orosco is out of prison, and Maceda has a...

American Perfekt

American Perfekt

1997

as Sammy

6.3
Acting

Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be m...

Bordello of Blood

Bordello of Blood

1996

as Reverend Current

5.9
Acting

Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a...

Edie & Pen

Edie & Pen

1996

as Max

5.6
Acting

In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband a...

Terminal Justice

Terminal Justice

1996

as Reginald Matthews

4.8
Acting

In 2008 cybersex can only be surpassed by one thing: Cloned women, especially created for their clients. This puts Pamela Travis, a famous and much so...

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth

1996

as Self

10.0
Acting

A documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are portr...

The Vampyre Wars

The Vampyre Wars

1996

Acting

1996 horror movie starring Chris Sarandon and Robert Englund

When the Dark Man Calls

When the Dark Man Calls

1995

as Lloyd Carson

Acting

A famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her husband, who has finished his 25-year sentence and is ...

No Greater Love

No Greater Love

1995

as Sam Horowitz

5.0
Acting

When her parents and fiancé are lost in the Titanic disaster, young Edwina Winfield shoulders the responsibility of raising her three younger siblings...

Just Cause

Just Cause

1995

as Lyle Morgan

6.2
Acting

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Temptress

Temptress

1995

as Matt Christianson

3.9
Acting

Karin brings a statue home from her travels to Asia and it soon begins to have a strange effect on her. She has an insatiable sexual appetite and deve...

David's Mother

David's Mother

1994

as Philip

8.3
Acting

Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been d...

Dark Tide

Dark Tide

1994

as Tim

3.9
Acting

Andi joins her husband Tim on a tropical island to help him with the capturing of poisonous sea snakes for their venom. Her flagrant sensuality attrac...

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

as Jack Skellington (voice)

7.8
Acting

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus an...

Lincoln and the War Within

Lincoln and the War Within

1992

as Abraham Lincoln

Acting

First few weeks of Lincoln's presidency where crucial for the direction the country would take. He had to bridge the gap between the victorious North ...

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

1992

as Paul Solomon

4.2
Acting

A married man meets a beautiful woman and they begin an affair.

The Resurrected

The Resurrected

1991

as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen

6.1
Acting

Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.

Whispers

Whispers

1990

as Sgt. Tony Clemenza

3.6
Acting

A woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of ...

The Stranger Within

The Stranger Within

1990

as Dan

5.6
Acting

A troubled young man mysteriously appears in a rural Minnesota town from which he claims he was abducted 16 years ago.

Shangri-La Plaza

1990

as Victorio

Acting

"Shangri-La Plaza" is a musical-comedy pilot made for CBS-TV in 1990. The all-sung “Shangri-La Plaza” was directed by Nick Castle and written and cre...

Forced March

Forced March

1989

as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti

6.5
Acting

Ben Kline is an American television star and a bankable name, who is cast to portray the Hungarian writer Miklos Radnoti, whose journal of poems was f...

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

1989

as John Lenczowski

5.7
Acting

Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.

Collision Course

Collision Course

1989

as Philip Madras

4.2
Acting

A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.

Slaves of New York

Slaves of New York

1989

as Victor Okrent

5.4
Acting

Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion while hoping for love and...

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

1988

as George Janus

Acting

The inspiring true-life drama of 17-year-old Niki Janus. After fleeing persecution in Greece, Niki and her family immigrate to West Virginia and begin...

Child's Play

Child's Play

1988

as Mike Norris

6.7
Acting

An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play

1988

as Himself

6.7
Acting

A vintage featurette about the making of Child's Play (1988).

Mayflower Madam

Mayflower Madam

1987

as Matt Whittington

3.8
Acting

Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an e...

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

1987

as Prince Humperdinck

7.7
Acting

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid...

Frankenstein

1987

as The Creature

4.0
Acting

An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.

Liberty

Liberty

1986

as Jacque Marchant

Acting

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.

This Child Is Mine

This Child Is Mine

1985

as Craig Wilkerson

7.5
Acting

An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.

Fright Night

Fright Night

1985

as Jerry Dandrige

7.0
Acting

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; ...

Protocol

Protocol

1984

as Michael Ransome

5.5
Acting

A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

1983

as Joseph Cardone

5.7
Acting

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy...

Broken Promise

Broken Promise

1981

as Bud Griggs

6.0
Acting

A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger broth...

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1980

as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay

5.7
Acting

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment...

The Day Christ Died

The Day Christ Died

1980

as Jesus Christ

5.8
Acting

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.

Cuba

Cuba

1979

as Juan Pulido

5.5
Acting

A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances...

You Can't Go Home Again

You Can't Go Home Again

1979

as George Webber

1.0
Acting

An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world o...

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

1977

as Michael Lerman

6.1
Acting

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a B...

Lipstick

Lipstick

1976

as Gordon Stuart

5.2
Acting

An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But j...

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

1975

as Leon

7.8
Acting

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turn...

Thursday's Game

Thursday's Game

1974

as Counselor

5.2
Acting

Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they deci...

The Satan Murders

The Satan Murders

1974

as George

Acting

Assured that it's a joke, a berated wife makes a deal with a local Satan occultist for the death of her irritating husband and finds that the Devil do...