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).
Movie Appearances
Dog Day Afternoon
as Leon
1975
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
2017
Frankenstein
as The Creature
1986
Child's Play
as Mike Norris
1988
The Princess Bride
as Prince Humperdinck
1987
The Resurrected
as Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
1991
Fright Night
as Jerry Dandrige
1985
The Osterman Weekend
as Joseph Cardone
1983
Bordello of Blood
as Reverend Current
1996
Just Cause
as Lyle Morgan
1995
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as Jack Skellington (voice)
1993
My Sassy Girl
as Dr. Roark
2008
Protocol
as Michael Ransome
1984
Cuba
as Juan Pulido
1979
The Dead Will Tell
as Paul Hamlin
2004
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
1980
The Sentinel
as Michael Lerman
1977
Slaves of New York
as Victor Okrent
1989
Loggerheads
as Robert
2005
Safe
as Mayor Tremello
2012
TV Appearances
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
1990
Perversions of Science
as Carson Walls
1997
Stark Raving Mad
as Cesar Radford
1999
Judging Amy
as Judge Barry Krumble
1999
Cold Case
as Adam Clarke (2004)
2003
Charmed
as Necromancer / Armand
1998
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Wesley Masoner
1999
The Practice
as Dr. Jeffrey Winslow
1997
Chicago Hope
as Gordon Mays
1994
Love & War
1992
Orange Is the New Black
as Kip Carnigan
2013
The Court
2002