Chris Sarandon Filmography

Loggerheads

Actors: Bonnie Hunt, Kip Pardue, Tess Harper, Chris Sarandon, Michael Learned

Synopsis: Tim Kirkman wrote and directed Loggerheads, a film that follows three different storylines that all transpire over the course of a Mother's Day weekend, but take place at different times. One of the stories features a man who arrives in a coastal North Carolina town in order to preserve turtles Read More

Voices in Wartime

Actors: Chris Abani, Sinan Antoon, Rachel Bentham, David Connolly, Pamela Talene Hale

Synopsis: Poetry has long been a medium that has communicated the concerns of the heart and mind during times of crisis, and one subject that has motivated many poets to reach for their pen is war. Many of the world's great poets have written eloquently about the violence and madness of armed conflict Read More

The Dead Will Tell

Actors: Anne Heche, Jonathan LaPaglia, Kathleen Quinlan, Chris Sarandon, Eva Longoria

Synopsis: The made-for-TV paranormal thriller The Dead Will Tell was based on a "true" story suggested by famed psychic James Van Praagh, who also shows up in a cameo role. When Emily Parker (Anne Heche) is given a very old engagement ring by her fiancé, Billy (Jonathan LaPaglia), she is suddenly haunted by Read More

Charmed: Necromancing the Stone

Actors: Brian Krause, Julian McMahon, Dorian Gregory, Eric Dane, Jennifer Rhodes

Synopsis: The time has come for baby Wyatt's Wiccan birthing ceremony. For the occasion, the Charmed One's grandmother (Jennifer Rhodes) brings along a special guest: the personified memory of her former lover, the Necromancer (Chris Sarandon). Unfortunately, he plans to kill the girls so that he and Read More

Law & Order: The Wheel

Actors: Fred Dalton Thompson

Synopsis: The charred body of a young Asian woman is found huddled near an apartment elevator. At first, it appears that the victim may have set herself on fire in protest over religious differences with the Chinese consul general. Ultimately, however, a murder case is assembled and a suspect brought into Read More

ER: It's All in Your Head

Synopsis: With this episode, recurring actor Sharif Atkins becomes a regular in the role of med student Michael Gallant, while former regular Eriq La Salle makes a brief encore appearance as Peter Benton. Greene (Anthony Edwards) tries to keep the return of his brain tumor -- and his subsequent treatment Read More

ER: Piece of Mind

Synopsis: New Year's Eve brings its share of crises for everyone on the ER staff. In New York, Dr. Burke (Chris Sarandon) performs a risky experimental operation on Greene's (Anthony Edwards) brain tumor. And back in Chicago, the staffers must deal with Dan Harris (Jim Belushi) and his son Paul (Jared Padalecki Read More

Perfume

Actors: Joanne Baron, Angela Bettis, Sonia Braga, D.W. Brown, Coolio

Synopsis: As a number of luminaries on the international fashion scene converge for a major show, their personal and professional crises come to a head in this comedy-drama. Lorenzo Mancini (Paul Sorvino) is an internationally famous designer who has learned he has only a short time to live. As Mancini Read More

Race Against Time

Actors: Eric Roberts, Cas Anvar, Cary Elwes, Diane Venora, Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: In this futuristic blend of sci-fi and action, a Supreme Court ruling has overturned laws against suicide, and a firm called Lifecorps has sprung up to take advantage of a new loophole in the law. Lifecorps will pay healthy people large sums of money for the right to harvest their organs after Read More

ER: The Greatest of Gifts

Synopsis: Worn out after his first night shift since returning to the ER, Carter (Noah Wyle) is summoned back to assist in Chen's (Ming-Na) delivery. Meanwhile, the people who want to adopt Chen's baby have reason to suspect that she'll renege on the agreement. Later, Abby (Maura Tierney) and Carter share Read More

Let the Devil Wear Black

Actors: Jonathan Penner, Jacqueline Bisset, Mary-Louise Parker, Jamey Sheridan, Philip Baker Hall

Synopsis: Director and screenwriter Stacy Title (best known for the independent feature The Last Supper) obviously knows a good story when she sees one, and proves it with Let The Devil Wear Black, which takes the framework of Shakespeare's Hamlet and recasts it with present-day characters and dialogue. Read More

Little Men

Actors: Michael Caloz, Mariel Hemingway, Ben Cook, Ricky Mabe, Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: Canadian director Rodney Gibbons helmed this adaptation of the 1871 Louisa May Alcott classic, previously filmed in 1935 and 1940. Alcott followed Little Women (1868) and Little Men with a third book in the series, Jo's Boys (1866). This 1998 family film was evidently prompted by Gillian Read More

The Reaper

Actors: Chris Sarandon, Amy Hathaway

Synopsis: Chris Sarandon and Amy Hathaway star in this thriller set in Seattle, where a pair of doctors find themselves in a race against time when a mysterious virus begins laying waste to the town. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

American Perfekt

Actors: Fairuza Balk, Amanda Plummer, David Thewlis, Robert Forster

Synopsis: In this noir-influenced road movie, Jake (Robert Forster) is a criminal psychiatrist who has come to the conclusion that our lives are dictated primarily by chance, and has given himself over to this notion by making most of his decision by the flip of a coin. Sandra (Amanda Plummer) is a neurotic Read More

Road Ends

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Peter Coyote, Chris Sarandon, Joanna Gleason, Mariel Hemingway

Synopsis: Real estate agent Maceda (Chris Sarandon) once testified against drug trafficker Orosco (Miguel Najera). Now Orosco is out of prison, and Maceda has a problem. He flees, hiding out at a near-vacant California Central Valley inn where innkeeper Kat (Mariel Hemingway) is happy to have him sign the Read More

Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood

Actors: Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, Chris Sarandon, Corey Feldman

Synopsis: In this satirical horror-comedy, a gumshoe investigates a combination TV ministry/whorehouse/vampire infestation. After bounty hunter Vincent (Phil Fondacaro) unearths the remains of Lilith, queen of the vampires, he restores the alluring creature to life and lords over her using a magical Read More

Vampires: Thirst For The Truth

Actors: William Marshall, Bela Lugosi Jr., Chris Sarandon, Maila "Vampira" Nurmi, Lara Parker

Synopsis: Ths film takes an in depth look at the history of the vampire myth and its continuing hold on the public's imagination. Is there some truth to the legends and stories that would explain the endless fascination that humans have for the "children of the night"? William Marshall, star of the film Read More

Edie & Pen

Actors: Stockard Channing, Jennifer Tilly, Scott Glenn, Beverly D'Angelo, Louise Fletcher

Synopsis: In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband abandoned her two weeks after the wedding. Pen spent nine years married to an ice-cold businessman who neglected her. Edie and Pen meet while leaving Read More

Terminal Justice

Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Chris Sarandon, Peter Coyote, Kari Wuhrer, Barry Flatman

Synopsis: Set in a near-future world in which "cybersex" has become all the rage and in which wealthy men can have women cloned to match their every fantasy, this thriller centers on the exploits of Pamela, one of the most famous actresses in the virtual porn industry. Because she is so popular, many fans Read More

Just Cause

Actors: Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ed Harris

Synopsis: The novel by John Katzenbach becomes this legal thriller starring Sean Connery as Harvard Law School professor Paul Armstrong. A legal expert whose days of trying cases are long behind him, Armstrong is moved by a plea he receives from a Florida death row inmate, Bobby Earl (Blair Underwood). It Read More

David's Mother

Actors: Kirstie Alley, Sam Waterston, Stockard Channing, Phylicia Rashad, Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: Kirstie Alley earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in this moving made-for-TV drama. She plays Sally Goodson, the devoted mother of autistic child David. Abandoned by her husband years before, Sally has sacrificed much for her son but has felt it in his best interest. One of the Read More

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 31: Rivals

Synopsis: Chris Sarandon guest stars as Martus, an adroit swindler who poses a threat to DS9's resident rogue Quark. Possessing two qualities that Quark lacks -- looks and charm -- Martus sets up a competing bar. As if the resulting drop in business wasn't bad enough, Quark is further incensed by Martus' Read More

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Actors: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix

Synopsis: This stop-motion animated fable was a big hit when it was released -- not only at the box office, but critically. It was praised for its stunning originality and for the excellence of its execution. In addition, it was praised for being a completely absorbing fable that both grownups and children Read More

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Disney's made-for-television film Goodbye, Miss 4th of July is about the daughter of Greek immigrants in pre-World War II West Virginia. The girl and her family befriend an elderly, ailing former boxer, who happens to be African-American. The boxer and the family are forced Read More

Dark Tide

Actors: Chris Sarandon, Brigitte Bako, Richard Tyson

Synopsis: While on a deep-sea diving expedition, a couple is threatened by the advances of the ship's captain, who fancies the woman. Dark Tide also comes in an unrated version with several edited scenes remaining. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story

Synopsis: Based on a true story, this is the case of Carolyn Warmus, a teacher from Westchester County who was convicted of the murder of her lover's wife. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

The Resurrected

Actors: John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Laurie Briscoe

Synopsis: This low-budget film from Alien scriptwriter Dan O'Bannon (his first film since the 1985 zombie hit Return of the Living Dead) is one of the more loyal adaptations of fantasy author H.P. Lovecraft, taking as its source the short story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Set in Lovecraft's home town Read More

The Stranger Within

Actors: Kate Jackson

Synopsis: The Stranger Within, a frightening, well-done, made-for-TV thriller with a fine performance by Rick Schroder tell the story of a boy trying to convince a unstable woman that he is her long-lost son. Mare Blackburn (Kate Jackson) is an emotionally traumatized woman whose three-year-old son was Read More

Forced March

Actors: Chris Sarandon, Renée Soutendijk, John Seitz, Josef Sommer

Synopsis: In this provocative drama, the young son of a Holocaust survivor searches for the answers to many painful questions about the great tragedy when he is cast as Hungarian-Jewish poet Miklos Radnoti for an upcoming film. The young man is a Method actor and as he researches his role he becomes so Read More

Slaves of New York

Actors: Bernadette Peters, Nick Corri, Madeleine Potter, Charles McCaughan

Synopsis: Based on the stories by Tama Janowitz, this film follows the relationships and problems of a group of artists struggling to survive in New York City. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Whispers

Actors: Chris Sarandon, Victoria Tennant

Synopsis: This bizarre adaptation of the superb horror novel by Dean Koontz details the mental collapse of writer Hillary Thomas (Victoria Tennant), who is relentlessly stalked by sadistic psycho Bruno Clavell (Jean Leclerc), whom she had once interviewed for her latest book. After he breaks into her Read More

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

Synopsis: On September 1, 1983, the Russians caused a major international incident by shooting down Korean Air Flight 007 -- a jet transporting 269 civilians including Georgia congressman Lawrence McDonald -- when it strayed into Soviet airspace. The U.S.R.R. claimed that they misinterpreted the plane as Read More

Child's Play

Actors: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff

Synopsis: Child's Play seems to have been concocted by a parent who went berserk after standing in line for hours on end to purchase a Cabbage Patch doll in the early 1980s. The film opens with serial killer Brad Dourif taking refuge in a doll factory. Dourif is killed by the cops, but not before he has Read More

Collision Course

Actors: Jay Leno, Chris Sarandon, Ernie Hudson, John Hancock

Synopsis: An arrogant Detroit cop (Jay Leno) must work with his efficient Japanese counterpart (Pat Morita) to corner an evil ganglord. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Resurrected

Actors: David Thewlis, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Michael Pollitt, Rudi Davies

Synopsis: The first directorial effort of British screenwriter Paul Greengrass, Resurrected is based on a true story that came to light during the Falklands War. David Thewlis plays an Army private who, after being listed as missing and presumed dead, wanders back into camp, a victim of amnesia. The army Read More

The Princess Bride

Actors: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest

Synopsis: Based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not Read More

Mayflower Madam

Actors: Candice Bergen, Chris Sarandon, Chita Rivera, Victoria Loving, Caitlin Clarke

Synopsis: Based on the life of Sydney Biddle Barrows, this TV movie features Barrows (Candice Bergen) as a former debutante seeking to make money with an escort service for wealthy businessman and foreign dignitaries. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Liberty

Synopsis: The struggle of Frederic Bartholdi to build the Statue of Liberty is presented in this dramatized biography. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

This Child Is Mine

Actors: Lindsay Wagner, Nancy McKeon, Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: In this family drama, adoptive parents engage in a legal battle with the biological mother of their child. The mother had been a teenager when she gave up her baby. Now she wants her back. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Fright Night

Actors: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys

Synopsis: A teenage horror film addict is shocked to discover that his new next-door neighbor is a vampire in this delightful mix of horror and comedy. The problems only grow for young Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he expresses his thoughts about fanged new neighbor Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon Read More

Protocol

Actors: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland

Synopsis: In this routine spoof of government and media foibles, Sunny (Goldie Hawn) is an ordinary cocktail waitress, someone who graduated in the top 75% of her class. When she dramatically prevents the assassination of a visiting dignitary, an Emir (Richard Romanus) from an Arab country. the event puts Read More

The Osterman Weekend

Actors: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: A man discovers that his best friends are actually spies -- or are they? -- in this thriller based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novel. John Tanner (Rutger Hauer) is the host of a television news show who once a year spends a long weekend with three of his best friends from college, Bernard Read More

Broken Promise

Actors: Chris Sarandon, Melissa Michaelsen

Synopsis: The "broken promise" was made to eleven-year-old Melissa Michaelsen, whose parents have deserted her and her siblings. Taken in by the County, Michaelsen has had to watch helplessly as her brothers and sisters are split up and farmed out to different families. One of the kids is even Read More

The Day Christ Died

Actors: Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: Jim Bishop's minute-by-minute account of the events leading up to the Crucifixion was the basis for the three-hour TV movie The Day Christ Died. Chris Sarandon plays the Hebrew "blasphemer" known as Jesus, who is brought before the beleaguered governor Pontius Pilate (Keith Mitchell). To avoid an Read More

A Tale of Two Cities

Actors: Peter Cushing, Chris Sarandon, Flora Robson

Synopsis: Chris Sarandon does the "far, far, better thing" when he tackles the dual role of Syndey Carton and Charles Darnay in this Anglo-American TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. The ubiquitous producer/screenwriter combination of Norman Rosemont and John Gay was responsible for Read More

You Can't Go Home Again

Cuba

Actors: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Hector Elizondo, Jack Weston, Chris Sarandon, Denholm Elliott

Synopsis: In director Richard Lester's Cuba, Sean Connery plays British soldier-of-fortune Robert Dapes, sent to Havana during the last days of the Batista regime. He is supposed to train Batista's soldiers for their upcoming confrontations with Castro's followers. As Dapes becomes increasingly sympathetic Read More

The Sentinel

Actors: Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, José Ferrer

Synopsis: In the wake of such Satanic-themed thrillers as Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and The Omen comes The Sentinel. When New York fashion model (Cristina Raines) splits with her fiance (Chris Sarandon) and moves into an old brownstone, she soon discovers she has more than she bargained for in the Read More

Lipstick

Actors: Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Perry King, Anne Bancroft, Robin Gammell

Synopsis: Lipstick is a cheap exploitation film pretending to make a social statement about rape and revenge. Chris (Margaux Hemingway), a fashion model is raped by Gordon Stuart (Chris Sarandon) her sister's music teacher. When he tries to rape her sister Kathy (Mariel Hemingway), Chris kills him. She is Read More

Dog Day Afternoon

Actors: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Sully Boyar, Chris Sarandon

Synopsis: Based on a true 1972 story, Sidney Lumet's 1975 drama chronicles a unique bank robbery on a hot summer afternoon in New York City. Shortly before closing time, scheming loser Sonny (Al Pacino) and his slow-witted buddy, Sal (John Cazale), burst into a Brooklyn bank for what should be a Read More

Thursday's Game

Actors: Bob Newhart, Gene Wilder

Synopsis: James L. Brooks' Thursday's Game is a witty made-for-television comedy about two businessmen (Bob Newhart and Gene Wilder) who meet every Thursday night to play poker and discuss their professional and personal problems. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More