
Chris Sarandon
Known for: Acting
Born: July 24, 1942
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

Frankenstein
1986

Fright Night
1985

A Tale of Two Cities
1980

Dark Tide
1994

Broken Promise
1981

Lincoln and the War Within
1992

Reaper
2000

Forced March
1989

You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016

The Day Christ Died
1980

Liberty
1986

Voices in Wartime
2004

Child's Play
1988

The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993

Protocol
1984

The Sentinel
1977

Slaves of New York
1989

Safe
2012

Lipstick
1976

Mayflower Madam
1987

You Can't Go Home Again
1979

Temptress
1995

Terminal Justice
1996

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
1988

This Child Is Mine
1985

When the Dark Man Calls
1995

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
1989

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017

The Resurrected
1991

Collision Course
1989

Road Ends
1997

Cyrano de Bergerac
2008

Whispers
1990

Frank the Bastard
2015

The Chosen One
2007

The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
2006

The Stranger Within
1990

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
1988
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008

Dog Day Afternoon
1975

The Princess Bride
1987

Bordello of Blood
1996

My Sassy Girl
2008

Race Against Time
2000

No Greater Love
1995

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004

The Osterman Weekend
1983

The Dead Will Tell
2004

David's Mother
1994

Edie & Pen
1996

I Smile Back
2015

The Satan Murders
1974

Death Wish
2024

Loggerheads
2005

Little Men
1998

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006

Cuba
1979

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020

Multiple Sarcasms
2010

The Vampyre Wars
1996

Big Stone Gap
2014

American Perfekt
1997

Doc of Chucky
2024

Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
Shangri-La Plaza
1990

Just Cause
1995

Fright Night
2011

Thursday's Game
1974

Curse of Chucky
2013

Rescued from the Closet
2001

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996

Perfume
2001

Best Christmas Movies Ever!
2024

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002

Disclosure
2020

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