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).
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1976 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
David's Mother
Charmed
Psych
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Doc of Chucky
Disclosure
Cold Case
ER
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Dog Day Afternoon
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
The Practice
The Outer Limits
The Princess Bride
Orange Is the New Black
The Good Wife
The Unusuals
Picket Fences
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Law & Order
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
The Wild Thornberrys
Fright Night
My Sassy Girl
Child's Play
Felicity
Forced March
Safe
American Perfekt
Love & War
Just Cause
Fright Night
I Smile Back
A Tale of Two Cities
The Sentinel
Curse of Chucky
Edie & Pen
Bordello of Blood
Big Stone Gap
Multiple Sarcasms
Loggerheads
The Osterman Weekend
Little Men
Protocol
Lipstick
Perfume
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Mayflower Madam
Let the Devil Wear Black