Chris Sarandon
Year Award Category Title Result
1975 NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor Dog Day Afternoon Nominated
1976 Golden Globe Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture - Male Dog Day Afternoon Nominated
1976 Academy Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role Dog Day Afternoon Nominated
1986 Saturn Award Best Actor Fright Night Nominated
1992 Chainsaw Award Best Supporting Actor The Resurrected Nominated
Awards and nominations
Christopher Sarandon Jr. (/səˈrændən/; born July 24, 1942) is a Greek-American actor. He is known best for playing Prince Humperdinck in the movie The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night, Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and for providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon.