Chris Sarandon
Acting

Chris Sarandon

Born 24 July 1942 · Beckley, West Virginia, USA
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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

The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Princess Bride
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dog Day Afternoon
Child's Play
Orange Is the New Black
Safe
Charmed
Fright Night
Fright Night
Psych
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Death Wish
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
I Smile Back
Frank the Bastard
Big Stone Gap
Safe
Fright Night
Multiple Sarcasms
My Sassy Girl
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Chosen One
The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center
Loggerheads
The Dead Will Tell
Voices in Wartime
Perfume
Race Against Time
Reaper
Let the Devil Wear Black
Little Men
Road Ends
American Perfekt
Bordello of Blood
Terminal Justice
The Vampyre Wars
Edie & Pen
Just Cause
No Greater Love
Temptress
When the Dark Man Calls
Dark Tide
David's Mother
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Lincoln and the War Within
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
The Resurrected
Whispers
The Stranger Within
Slaves of New York
Collision Course
Forced March
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy
Child's Play
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
The Princess Bride
Mayflower Madam
Frankenstein
Liberty
Fright Night
This Child Is Mine
Protocol
The Osterman Weekend
Broken Promise
A Tale of Two Cities
The Day Christ Died
Cuba
You Can't Go Home Again
The Sentinel
Lipstick
Dog Day Afternoon
Thursday's Game
The Satan Murders
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