Chris Sarandon

Chris Sarandon

Actor (b. 1942)
11
Movies
78.6%
Avg ThumbScore
Thriller
Top Genre

Audiences rate Chris Sarandon’s films higher than 89% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Fright Night (Tubi) · Dog Day Afternoon (Hoopla) · Safe (The CW, Prime Video (free), Hoopla, Fawesome) · Child's Play (Kanopy) · My Sassy Girl (YouTube, Shout! TV, Plex, Fawesome) · The Osterman Weekend (Plex, Hoopla, Fawesome).

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The ThumbScore for Chris Sarandon (78.6%) is the average audience approval rating across 11 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Chris's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Christopher Sarandon ( sə-RAN-dən; born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is well 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's speaking voice 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).

Christopher Sarandon was born on July 24, 1942 and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Greek-American restaurateurs Cliffie (née Cardullias) and Chris Sarandon. His father, whose surname was originally Sarondonethes (Greek: Σαραντονίδης, romanized: Sarantonídis), was born to Greek parents in Istanbul. Sarandon graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley. He earned a degree in speech at West Virginia University, and earned his master's degree in theater from Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C.

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Born 1942-07-24 in Beckley, West Virginia, USA.

On ThumbScore, Chris Sarandon appears in 11 films with an average audience score of 78.6%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.

Sources: Wikipedia, TMDB

Every Chris Sarandon movie, ranked by audience score

Fright Night
Fright Night
1985
👍 90%
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
👍 89%
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
1987
👍 87%
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
👍 85%
Safe
Safe
2012
👍 80%
Child's Play
Child's Play
1988
👍 78%
Bordello of Blood
Bordello of Blood
1996
👍 74%
The Sentinel
The Sentinel
1977
👍 74%
My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl
2008
👍 71%
The Resurrected
The Resurrected
1991
👍 71%
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend
1983
👍 66%