 Chris Sarandon as Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride Chris Sarandon (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. Image File history File linksMetadata Humperdinck. ...
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Biography
Sarandon is the son of a Greek immigrant and restaurateur, he was born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia. In his teens, he played drums and sang back-up with a local band called The Teen Tones. After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1960, his band toured with such music legends as Bobby Darin and Gene Vincent. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ...
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In Washington, DC, where he received his master's degree in theater, Sarandon met first wife actress Susan Sarandon. He then toured with improv companies and appeared in regional theatre productions, he made his professional debut in The Rose Tattoo in 1965 and later joined the Long Wharf Theatre Company for a season. Moving to New York in 1968, Sarandon won the role of Dr. Tom Halverson on The Guiding Light,(1969-1973). Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
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His first prime time role was in the TV movie The Satan Murders (1974) and Thursday's Game in the same year. His breakout role was his portrayal of an overwrought transsexual opposite Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon (1975). This role would win him two prestigious nominations, New Star of the Year - Male from the Golden Globes and an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actor). Thursdays Game is a 1974 Comedy also know as The Berk in the United States. ...
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Instead of continuing with film roles, he would act in several theater roles throughout the 1970s. Sarandon appeared in The Rothchilds and replaced Raul Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona on Broadway while appearing elsewhere in various Shakespeare and Shaw festivals both in the United States and in Canada. He also appeared in a series of television roles, some of which (such as A Tale of Two Cities in 1980) mirrored his affinity for the classics. He also took roles in horror films, this time in co-leads, opposite the late Margaux Hemingway in the thriller Lipstick (1976) and as a demon in the shocker The Sentinel (1977). To avoid being type cast as creepy characters, Chris took on various roles in the years to come, portraying the title role in the made for television movie The Day Christ Died (1980). He received high marks also for his portrayal of Sydney Carton in a made for television version of A Tale of Two Cities (1980), co-starred with Dennis Hopper in The Osterman Weekend (1983), which was based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name and co-starred with Goldie Hawn in Protocol (1984). These were followed by another mainstream success as the hypnotic vampire-next-door in the teen horror classic Fright Night (1985). The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
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The Sentinel is a 1977 horror film starring Chris Sarandon & Cristina Raines. ...
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A Tale of Two PENISS (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism. ...
Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor and film-maker. ...
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Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress, director and producer. ...
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He is perhaps best known outside of the world of television for his portrayal of Prince Humperdinck in Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride. Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, writer and anti-tobacco activist. ...
The Princess Bride is a 1973 novel written by William Goldman and originally published in the USA by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ...
In 1988 he played Mike Norris, to whom the killer doll Chucky said, "Say good night, asshole."
Despite his success with The Princess Bride, Sarandon was not very well known, though critics were pleased with his performance as a Holocaust survivor in Forced March (1990). Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ...
In 1993, Sarandon used just his voice to give life to Jack Skellington, the bony star of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). To date, Sarandon is the only actor to provide the speaking voice of Jack Skellington in any official spin-off requiring the use of the character, including the latest use of the role in the Squaresoft/Disney video game Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, as well as Capcom's sequel to the movie, Oogie's Revenge. Sarandon also reprised his role as Jack Skellington for the "Haunted Mansion Holiday"[1], a three-month overlay of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, where Jack and his friends take over the Mansion in an attempt to run Christmas, much like his character in the film. Jack Skellington in Christmas Town Jack Skellington is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the motion picture Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas. ...
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Sarandon would later find work on television again with a recurring role as Dr. Burke on NBC's long-running medical drama ER. In recent years Chris has been seen on stage, film and TV but with fewer roles and without leading roles. It has been suggested that NBC Radio City Studios, NBC Studios be merged into this article or section. ...
ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ...
He divorced from Susan Sarandon in 1979, after which he was married and divorced from model Lisa Ann Cooper during the 1980s. They had 3 children. For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ...
In 1991 he performed on Broadway in the short-lived musical Nick and Nora (based on the Thin Man film) with Joanna Gleason, the daughter of Monty Hall. Sarandon married Gleason in 1994. They have appeared together in a number of films, including American Perfekt (1997), Edie & Pen (1996) and Let the Devil Wear Black (1999). The Thin Man was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a hard-drinking and flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they easily solve crimes. ...
Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Halprin on June 2, 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba), is a Canadian-born actress, who has been a successful character actor in film, television and on stage. ...
Monty Hall, born August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as Maurice Halprin, is a Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster, but is best known for being the MC of popular American television game shows. ...
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In the 2000s he has done a bit of TV work by making guest appearances on quite a few series, notably as superior court judge Barry Krumble and love interest for Judge Amy Gray in six episodes of the hit television show "Judging Amy."
He is on the Advisory Board for the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg, West Virginia. Lewisburg is a city located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. ...
As of 2006, he was on Broadway playing "Signor Naccarelli" in the new 6-time Tony award-winning Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ...
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Quote Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons - as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment. Acting should be an end in itself.
Selected work
Filmography Loggerheads (2005), advertising poster Loggerheads is an independent film written and directed by Tim Kirkman, produced by Gill Holland and released in the United States by Strand Releasing in October 2005. ...
American Perfekt is a 1999 film by Paul Chart. ...
Little Men (published 1871) is considered the second book of the Little Women trilogy written by Louisa May Alcott. ...
Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood is a 1996 comedy/horror film starring Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, Corey Feldman, and Chris Sarandon. ...
Just Cause is a 1995 film directed by Arne Glimcher starring Sean Connery & Laurence Fishburne. ...
Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop motion animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas, directed by stop-motion animator Henry Selick. ...
Jack Skellington in Christmas Town Jack Skellington is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the motion picture Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas. ...
Collision Course is a 1989 action comedy starring Jay Leno as a Detroit cop and Pat Morita as a Tokyo cop forced to work together to recover a Japanese turbocharger stolen by villainous Chris Sarandon. ...
Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama starring Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi. ...
Whispers is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 1980. ...
Childs Play is a 1988 horror film, written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland. ...
The Princess Bride is a 1987 film, based on the 1973 novel by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy. ...
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Protocol is a 1984 motion picture starring Goldie Hawn and Chris Sarandon. ...
Movie poster for The Osterman Weekend The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 film directed by Sam Peckinpah. ...
The Sentinel is a 1977 horror film starring Chris Sarandon & Cristina Raines. ...
Lipstick is a movie from 1976 starring Margaux Hemingway and Mariel Hemingway. ...
Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Frank Pierson. ...
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