American actor, born in 1942 and known for Dog Day Afternoon, Fright Night and The Princess Bride, who played the El-Aurian swindler Martus Mazur in the episode Rivals.
Chris Sarandon is an American actor, born in 1942, who received an Academy Award nomination for Dog Day Afternoon, played the vampire in Fright Night and Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, and provided the speaking voice of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine he guest stars in the second-season episode Rivals, first shown in 1994. He plays Martus Mazur, an El-Aurian who uses his people's reputation as listeners to cheat those who confide in him. With a gambling device that alters the laws of probability he opens a club on the Promenade to compete with Quark, until the luck turns.