Chris Sarandon

Acting · Born 1942-07-24 · 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).

Known for

• Doc of Chucky (2024)
• Death Wish (2024)
• Best Christmas Movies Ever! (2024)
• Disclosure (2020)
• A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion (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)
• My Sassy Girl (2008)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (2008)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (2008)
• The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center (2006)
• The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' (2006)
• Loggerheads (2005)
• The Dead Will Tell (2004)
• Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004)
• Voices in Wartime (2004)
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)