Dennis Haskins

Dennis Haskins has a wide variety of film, television, and stage credits. He just filmed starring roles in National Lampoon's "Ratko - The Dictator's Son" and in "Ocean of Pearls". Dennis has two other films, "Dead End Road" with Dee Wallace Stone and "The Painted Forest" with William Sanderson, currently in release. As for TV, he was recently seen starring with Lou Diamond Phillips in the TBS Movie of the Week "Red Water". Other roles include "The West Wing", "7th Heaven", and "The Practice" along with many other shows.

Dennis is best known for his portrayal of the beloved 'Mr. Belding' on "Saved By The Bell" for it's entire 11 year run on NBC's Saturday morning lineup. Haskins, dubbed "everyone's favorite principal" by ESPN's Todd Wright, developed 'Mr. B' into a part of American teen culture. Still in syndication, at it's peak the show went to over 87 countries!

In addition to acting, Haskins has taken his "Mr. Belding on Campus" show to colleges across the U.S. and Canada playing to tens of thousands of college students. He also makes many charity appearances and has participated in two USO tours visiting our troops in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bosnia and more recently in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman and Khyrgystan. Regarding Afghanistan.

Haskins was honored with The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Most Distinguished Alumni of 2000 award and has a regional high school academic decathlon named after him, The Dennis Haskins Open, now in its tenth year.