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Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank

Acting1953Hertfordshire, England, UK

Biography

Christopher Fairbank (sometimes credited as Chris Fairbank; born October 4, 1953) is an English actor best known for his role as Moxey in the hit comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Fairbank was born in Hertfordshire, England. He has numerous television credits to his name, notably in Sapphire and Steel, The Professionals, The Scarlet Pimpernel and provided minor voice talent for both the hit Wallace and Gromit feature-length film Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Flushed Away (both produced by Aardman). Fairbank also appeared as one of the pair of muggers who rob an out-of-town family, heralding the first appearance of the Batman in Tim Burton's 1989 film. Fairbank also had roles as Mactilburgh the scientist in the film The Fifth Element, the prisoner Murphy in Alien 3, and the Player Queen in the Franco Zeffirelli version of Hamlet, opposite Mel Gibson. Recently, he provided the voice of Old King Doran in the video game Demon's Souls and provides a number of voice accents in the PS2 video game Prisoner of War. Chris also appeared in Goal! trilogy in the character of a Newcastle United fan. In 2010, Chris appeared as a detective in the BBC Drama, Five Daughters, and as Alfred "Freddie" Lennon in the biopicLennon Naked with Christopher Eccleston. In 2011 Fairbank starred in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tidesas a pirate called Ezekiel. In 2012 he appeared as an Australian in Sky 1's Starlings.

Acting History

Future
Cry Wolf
as Sergeant
2025
100 Nights of Hero
as Beaked Brother Charles
Father Brown
TVas Herman Jolly1 eps
2024
Scoop
as Elderly Man
Constellation
TVas Yura1 eps
Truelove
TVas Trevor
2022
Sherwood
TVas Bill Raggett1 eps
Andor
TVas Ulaf3 eps
2020
Outlander
TVas Aaron Beardsley1 eps
2019
Iron Mask
as Grey
The Fight
as Frank Dunn
Hatton Garden
TVas Billy Lincoln
2018
Walk Like a Panther
as Leslie Beck
London Fields
as Darts Player
Vera
TVas Robert Naresby1 eps
2017
Papillon
as Jean Castili
Taboo
TVas Ibbotson3 eps
2015
Orthodox
as Joseph Goldberg
Wolf Hall
TVas Walter Cromwell2 eps
Dickensian
TVas Silas Wegg
2014
Hercules
as Gryza
Jamaica Inn
TVas Harry3 eps
Doctor Who
TVas Fenton1 eps
2013
Borgen
TVas Vassily Andrejev1 eps
Family Tree
TVas Neville St. Aubrey1 eps
2012
Orthodox
as Goldberg
2010
Lennon Naked
as Freddie Lennon
Five Daughters
TVas DCI John Quinton
2008
Ashes to Ashes
TVas David Bonds1 eps
Midsomer Murders
TVas Ronnie Tyler1 eps
Merlin
TVas Black Knight (voice)1 eps
2006
Almost Heaven
as Teapot Ted
Flushed Away
as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
Cargo
as Ralph
The Line of Beauty
TVas Barry Groom3 eps
2003
Spooks
TVas Gordon Blaney1 eps
2002
Proteus
as Pappy
Black Plague
as Steward
2001
The Bunker
as Sgt. Heydrich
In Deep
TVas Harbinson
2000
In the Beginning
TVas Idol Worshipper
1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TVas Fumier6 eps
1998
Invasion: Earth
TVas Wg. Cdr. Friday
1997
The Fifth Element
as Mactilburgh
Silent Witness
TVas Chris Palmer2 eps
True Tilda
TVas Gavel
1995
Space Precinct
TVas Burl Flak1 eps
1994
Royce
as Kupchak
A Pinch of Snuff
as DS Edgar Wield
Lovejoy
TVas Foxy Norris1 eps
Finney
TVas Bobo Jr.
1993
Prime Suspect
TVas Chief Insp. David Lyall1 eps
1992
Alien³
as Murphy
1991
Spender
TVas Joe Phelan
1990
Hands of a Murderer
as Jeremy Stubb
Hamlet
as Player Queen
1989
Venus Peter
as Blind Man
Batman
as Nic
1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TVas Horst Berger
Bergerac
TVas Sydney Sterrat1 eps
1986
Casualty
TVas Gerald Bryant
1985
Plenty
as Spencer
Murder with Mirrors
as Sergeant Lake
1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TVas Albert Moxey
1982
Playhouse
TVas Billy / Jerry Crowe1 eps
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Man Filling in Ditch
The Awakening
as Porter
Noah's Castle
TVas Cliff
1979
Agatha
as Luland
The Old Curiosity Shop
TVas Kit Nubbles
The Professionals
TVas Billy1 eps
Sapphire & Steel
TVas Johnny Jack
1978

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/4/1953(72 years old)
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK