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Chris Sarandon

Highest Rated: 96% Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Lowest Rated: 10% Frank the Bastard (2013)

Birthday: Jul 24, 1942

Birthplace: Beckley, West Virginia, USA

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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Highest rated movies

96% 90% Dog Day Afternoon
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96% 94% The Princess Bride Watchlist 95% 92% Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Watchlist
91% 91% Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
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83% 76% Fright Night Watchlist
74% 65% Child's Play
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73% 65% Loggerheads
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67% 27% Let the Devil Wear Black
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59% 59% Safe
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49% 62% I Smile Back Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doc of Chucky Self - 2024
49% 62% I Smile Back Roger (Character) $57.7K 2015
35% 54% Big Stone Gap Mario Barbari (Character) $1.0M 2014
10% 57% Frank the Bastard Tristan Pace (Character) - 2013
59% 59% Safe Mayor Tramello (Character) $17.1M 2012
No Score Yet 46% The Chosen One Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (Voice) - 2007
73% 65% Loggerheads Rev. Robert Austin (Character) $115.2K 2005
No Score Yet 25% The Dead Will Tell Paul Hamlin (Character) - 2004
11% 51% Perfume Gary Packer (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 40% Reaper Luke Sinclair (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Race Against Time Dr. Anton Stofeles (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 33% Carrera contra el Tiempo Unknown (Character) - 2000
67% 27% Let the Devil Wear Black Jack's Father (Character) - 1999
14% 75% Louisa May Alcott's Little Men Fritz Bhaer (Character) $102.2K 1998
No Score Yet 59% American Perfekt Deputy Sammy (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 20% Road Ends Esteban Maceda (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Underworld Johnny (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 33% Edie & Pen Max (Character) - 1996
14% 31% Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood Rev. 'J.C.' Current (Character) $5.6M 1996
No Score Yet 23% No Greater Love Sam Horowitz (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 33% Terminal Justice Reginald Matthews (Character) - 1995
26% 46% 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 62% David's Mother Philip (Character) - 1994
95% 92% Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack (Voice) $6.1M 1993
No Score Yet 29% Dark Tide Tim (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 43% A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story Paul Solomon (Character) - 1992
40% 54% The Resurrected Charles Dexter Ward/Joseph Curwen (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 13% Whispers Tony (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 80% The Stranger Within Dan (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forced March Ben Kline/Miklos Radnoti (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 33% Collision Course Philip Madras (Character) - 1989
22% 70% 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% 65% Child's Play Mike Norris (Character) $32.8M 1988
No Score Yet 100% Goodbye, Miss 4th of July George Janus (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mayflower Madam Matt Whittington (Character) - 1987
96% 94% The Princess Bride Prince Humperdinck (Character) $26.9M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liberty Jacque Marchant (Character) - 1986
83% 76% Fright Night Jerry Dandrige (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Child Is Mine Craig Wilkerson (Character) - 1985
91% 91% Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Kurotowa (Voice) - 1984
33% 38% Protocol Michael Ransome (Character) - 1984
45% 38% The Osterman Weekend Joseph Cardone (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broken Promise Bud Griggs (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 38% A Tale of Two Cities Sydney Carton/Charles Darnay (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Day Christ Died Jesus Christ (Character) - 1980
45% 29% Cuba Juan Pulido (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Can't Go Home Again George Webber (Character) - 1979
45% 44% The Sentinel Michael Lerman (Character) - 1977
18% 35% Lipstick Gordon Stuart (Character) - 1976
96% 90% Dog Day Afternoon Leon Shermer (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 70% 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/Armand (Guest Star) 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