who plays jack skellington in the nightmare before christmas

*Santa chuckles, enjoying the random nature of the questions* Well, Jack Skellington is played by the actor Chris Sarandon in the 1993 film "The Nightmare Before Christmas." It's a classic stop-motion animated movie that blends the genres of Christmas and Halloween, telling the story of a skeletal figure who takes over Christmas and ends up bringing his own unique brand of "scary" to the holiday.