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).

Filmography

• 2024Death Wish — Manny
• 2020A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion — Prince Humperdinck
• 2020Disclosure — Leon / Self (archive footage)
• 2017Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
• 2015Frank the Bastard — Tristan Pace
• 2015I Smile Back — Roger
• 2014Big Stone Gap — Mario Barbari
• 2013Curse of Chucky — Mike Norris (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Orange Is the New Black — Kip Carnigan
• 2012Safe — Mayor Tremello
• 2011Fright Night — Jay Dee
• 2010Multiple Sarcasms — Larry
• The Good Wife — Judge Howard Matchick
• The Unusuals
• 2008Cyrano de Bergerac — De Guiche
• 2008Cyrano de Bergerac — De Guiche
• 2008My Sassy Girl — Dr. Roark
• 2007The Chosen One — Zebulon 'Zeb' Kirk (voice)
• Psych — Ashton Bonaventure
• 2006The Light in the Piazza: Live from Lincoln Center — Signor Naccarelli
• 2005Loggerheads — Robert
• 2004The Dead Will Tell — Paul Hamlin
• 2004Voices in Wartime — Homer (voice)
• Cold Case — Adam Clarke (2004)
• The Court
• 2001Perfume — Gary Packer
• 2000Race Against Time — Dr. Anton Stofeles
• 2000Reaper — Luke Sinclair
• Judging Amy — Judge Barry Krumble
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Wesley Masoner
• 1999Let the Devil Wear Black — Jack's Father
• Stark Raving Mad — Cesar Radford
• Charmed — Necromancer / Armand
• Felicity — Dr. Peter McGrath
• 1998Little Men — Fritz Bhaer
• The Wild Thornberrys — Myka (voice)
• 1997American Perfekt — Sammy
• Perversions of Science — Carson Walls
• 1997Road Ends — Esteban Maceda
• The Practice — Jeffrey Winslow
• 1996Bordello of Blood — Reverend Current
• 1996Edie & Pen — Max
• Pulp Comics — St. Paul
• 1996Terminal Justice — Reginald Matthews
• 1996The Vampyre Wars
• 1995Just Cause — Lyle Morgan
• 1995No Greater Love — Sam Horowitz
• 1995Temptress — Matt Christianson
• The Outer Limits — Dr. Pallas
• 1995When the Dark Man Calls — Lloyd Carson
• Chicago Hope — Gordon Mays
• 1994Dark Tide — Tim
• 1994David's Mother — Philip
• ER — Dr. Burke
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Martus Mazur
• 1993The Nightmare Before Christmas — Jack Skellington (voice)
• 1992A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story — Paul Solomon
• 1992Lincoln and the War Within — Abraham Lincoln
• Love & War
• Picket Fences — Cole
• 1991The Resurrected — Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
• Law & Order — Defense Attorney Howard Pincham
• 1990Shangri-La Plaza — Victorio
• 1990The Stranger Within — Dan
• 1990Whispers — Sgt. Tony Clemenza
• 1989Collision Course — Philip Madras
• 1989Forced March — Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti
• 1989Slaves of New York — Victor Okrent
• 1989Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy — John Lenczowski
• 1988Child's Play — Mike Norris
• 1988Goodbye, Miss 4th of July — George Janus
• 1987Mayflower Madam — Matt Whittington
• 1987The Princess Bride — Prince Humperdinck
• 1986Frankenstein — The Creature
• 1986Liberty — Jacque Marchant
• 1985Fright Night — Jerry Dandrige
• 1985This Child Is Mine — Craig Wilkerson
• 1984Protocol — Michael Ransome
• 1983The Osterman Weekend — Joseph Cardone
• 1981Broken Promise — Bud Griggs
• 1980A Tale of Two Cities — Sydney Carton / Charles Darnay
• 1980The Day Christ Died — Jesus Christ
• 1979Cuba — Juan Pulido
• 1979You Can't Go Home Again — George Webber
• 1977The Sentinel — Michael Lerman
• 1976Lipstick — Gordon Stuart
• 1975Dog Day Afternoon — Leon
• 1974The Satan Murders — George
• 1974Thursday's Game — Counselor

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2024Best Christmas Movies Ever! — Self
• 2024Doc of Chucky — Self
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us — Self
• 2016You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night — Himself
• 2006The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' — Self
• 2004Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' — Self
• 2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories — Self
• 2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' — Self
• 2001Rescued from the Closet — Self
• 1996Vampires: Thirst for the Truth — Self
• 1988Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play — Himself
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self