Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher (born Dennis Carrelli; December 2, 1950) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Breaking Away (1979), Fade to Black (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981), It (1990) and Django Unchained (2012). He has appeared in nearly 40 movies and made-for-television films since 1975. Early life Christopher, the youngest of four children, was born Dennis Carrelli in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Vincent Albert Carrelli, an insurance salesman, and the former Anna Marie Doogan. His parents married in 1936. He had two brothers, Vincent Carrelli Jr. (a talent manager who later went by the name Vince Cannon) and Edward Carrelli, and one sister, Patricia Kratzinger Laros. Christopher graduated from Monsignor Bonner High School in 1968. He attended Temple University and dropped out in 1969. Career A chance encounter in 1972 with Federico Fellini, who was filming in Rome at the time, led to the director casting Christopher in the uncredited role of "The Hippie" in his movie Roma. After that, Christopher worked as an assistant to the fashion designer Halston.