Chris Sarandon born 24 July 1942 is an
American actor. He spilled Prince
Humperdinck in The
Princess Bride, vampire Jerry Dandridge in
Fright Night, Detective Mike Norris in the first post in the
Child's Play series, and
provided the speaking voice of
Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before
Christmas.
He toured with many improvising Society of and was heavily involved in regional theater, made his professional debut in The Rose Tattoo in 1965. In 1968, Sarandon moved to New York where he was the country's first television role as Dr. Tom Halvorsen on The Guiding Light.
He is best known in the film industry for his role as Prince Humperdinck in Rob Reiner from 1987 film The Princess Bride, but he has also had supporting roles in a number of other successful films like the original Child's Play. sarandon would later fine for a job on TV again with an established role as Dr. Burke on NBC's long-standing medical drama ER.