Chris Sarandon
This tall, darkly handsome character actor first came to attention as Al Pacino's overwrought gay lover in Sidney Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), a role that earned him an Oscar nomination, and later was amusingly wonderful as the villainous prince in Rob Reiner's "The Princess Bride" (1987). Chris Sarandon came out of a decade of stage roles before working in front of the cameras. He first toured the US as a member of the Catholic University Players, performing works by Moliere and Shakespeare and later marked time with an improvisational company in Washington, DC, and with the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT. Sarandon made his Broadway debut in 1970 as Jacob Rothschild--the brother who takes France--in the musical "The Rothschilds," with Hal Linden and Robby Benson. In 1972, Sarandon replaced Raul Julia as Proteus in the Tony-winning Broadway musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona," John Guare's musical adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Five years later, he was part of an all-star ensemble (including Madeline Kahn and Joel Grey) in Guare's "Marco Polo Sings a Solo" at the Public Theatre. Sarandon has continued to work on stage between film and TV assignments, including the ill-fated 1991 musical "Nick and Nora."
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Chris Sarandon
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doc of Chucky | Self | - | 2024 |
49% |
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I Smile Back | Roger (Character) | $57.7K | 2015 |
35% |
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Big Stone Gap | Mario Barbari (Character) | $1.0M | 2014 |
10% |
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Frank the Bastard | Tristan Pace (Character) | - | 2013 |
59% |
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Safe | Mayor Tramello (Character) | $17.1M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Chosen One | Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (Voice) | - | 2007 |
73% |
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Loggerheads | Rev. Robert Austin (Character) | $115.2K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Dead Will Tell | Paul Hamlin (Character) | - | 2004 |
11% |
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Perfume | Gary Packer (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Reaper | Luke Sinclair (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Race Against Time | Dr. Anton Stofeles (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Carrera contra el Tiempo | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
67% |
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Let the Devil Wear Black | Jack's Father (Character) | - | 1999 |
14% |
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Louisa May Alcott's Little Men | Fritz Bhaer (Character) | $102.2K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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American Perfekt | Deputy Sammy (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Road Ends | Esteban Maceda (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Underworld | Johnny (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Edie & Pen | Max (Character) | - | 1996 |
14% |
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Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood | Rev. 'J.C.' Current (Character) | $5.6M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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No Greater Love | Sam Horowitz (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Terminal Justice | Reginald Matthews (Character) | - | 1995 |
26% |
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Just Cause | Lyle Morgan (Character) | $35.7M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When the Dark Man Calls | Lloyd Carson (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Temptress | Matt Christianson (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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David's Mother | Philip (Character) | - | 1994 |
95% |
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas | Jack (Voice) | $6.1M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Dark Tide | Tim (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story | Paul Solomon (Character) | - | 1992 |
40% |
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The Resurrected |
Charles Dexter Ward/ |
- | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Whispers | Tony (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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The Stranger Within | Dan (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forced March |
Ben Kline/ |
- | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Collision Course | Philip Madras (Character) | - | 1989 |
22% |
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Slaves of New York | Victor Okrent (Character) | $294.4K | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy | John Lenczowski (Character) | - | 1989 |
74% |
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Child's Play | Mike Norris (Character) | $32.8M | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Goodbye, Miss 4th of July | George Janus (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mayflower Madam | Matt Whittington (Character) | - | 1987 |
96% |
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The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck (Character) | $26.9M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Liberty | Jacque Marchant (Character) | - | 1986 |
83% |
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Fright Night | Jerry Dandrige (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Child Is Mine | Craig Wilkerson (Character) | - | 1985 |
91% |
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Kurotowa (Voice) | - | 1984 |
33% |
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Protocol | Michael Ransome (Character) | - | 1984 |
45% |
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The Osterman Weekend | Joseph Cardone (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broken Promise | Bud Griggs (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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A Tale of Two Cities |
Sydney Carton/ |
- | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Day Christ Died | Jesus Christ (Character) | - | 1980 |
45% |
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Cuba | Juan Pulido (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Can't Go Home Again | George Webber (Character) | - | 1979 |
45% |
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The Sentinel | Michael Lerman (Character) | - | 1977 |
18% |
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Lipstick | Gordon Stuart (Character) | - | 1976 |
96% |
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Dog Day Afternoon | Leon Shermer (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Thursday's Game | Counselor (Character) | - | 1974 |
TV
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90% | 82% | Orange Is the New Black | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God in America | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Judge Howard Matchick (Guest Star) | 2010 |
72% | 100% | The Unusuals | Walter Shraeger (Guest Star) | 2009 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Wesley Masoner (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 2004 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
70% | No Score Yet | Skin | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Charmed |
Necromancer/ |
2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Court | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
0% | No Score Yet | Stark Raving Mad | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Felicity | Dr. Peter McGrath (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perversions of Science | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Dr. Pallas (Character) | 1995 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Martus Mazur (Guest Star) | 1994 |