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Acting
Christopher Fairbank
Also known as: Chris Fairbank, Christopher E. Fairbank, Chris Faibank
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 4, 1953
Age
72 years old
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Popularity Score
1.5
Filmography
100 Nights of Hero
Beaked Brother Charles
2025Movie
Scoop
Elderly Man
2024Movie
Constellation
Yura
2024TV
Truelove
Trevor
2024TV
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Broker
2023Movie
The Little Mermaid
Hawkins
2023Movie
All My Friends Hate Me
Norman
2022Movie
Sherwood
Bill Raggett
2022TV
Andor
Ulaf
2022TV
Death of Zygielbojm
2021Movie
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
Deus
2020Movie
Iron Mask
Grey
2019Movie
The Fight
Frank Dunn
2019Movie
Hatton Garden
Billy Lincoln
2019TV
Walk Like a Panther
Leslie Beck
2018Movie
London Fields
Darts Player
2018Movie
Papillon
Jean Castili
2017Movie
Taboo
Ibbotson
2017TV
Lady Macbeth
Boris Lester
2016Movie
Sunday For Sammy 2016
2016Movie
Orthodox
Joseph Goldberg
2015Movie
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Potter
2015Movie
Writers Retreat
Nigel
2015Movie
Dickensian
Silas Wegg
2015TV
Wolf Hall
Walter Cromwell
2015TV
Hercules
Gryza
2014Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Broker
2014Movie
Outlander
Aaron Beardsley
2014TV
Jamaica Inn
Harry
2014TV
Back with the Boys Again
Himself
2013Movie
Jack the Giant Slayer
Uncle
2013Movie
Father Brown
Herman Jolly
2013TV
Family Tree
Neville St. Aubrey
2013TV
Orthodox
Goldberg
2012Movie
Little Deaths
X
2011Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Ezekiel
2011Movie
Vera
Robert Naresby
2011TV
Lennon Naked
Freddie Lennon
2010Movie
This Is Jinsy
2010TV
Five Daughters
DCI John Quinton
2010TV
Borgen
Vassily Andrejev
2010TV
Goal III: Taking on the World
Foghorn
2009Movie
Law & Order: UK
2009TV
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Groby
2008TV
Never Better
2008TV
Merlin
Black Knight (voice)
2008TV
Ashes to Ashes
David Bonds
2008TV
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007Movie
Cargo
Ralph
2006Movie
Flushed Away
Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
2006Movie
Almost Heaven
Teapot Ted
2006Movie
The Line of Beauty
Barry Groom
2006TV
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Additional Voice (voice)
2005Movie
Goal!
Foghorn
2005Movie
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Physician
2005Movie
Drama Connections
2005TV
Doctor Who
Fenton
2005TV
The Rotters' Club
Roll-up Reg
2005TV
New Tricks
2004TV
Below
Pappy
2002Movie
Black Plague
Steward
2002Movie
Spooks
Gordon Blaney
2002TV
The Bunker
Sgt. Heydrich
2001Movie
In a Land of Plenty
2001TV
In Deep
Harbinson
2001TV
In the Beginning
Idol Worshipper
2000TV
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Fumier
1999TV
Invasion: Earth
Wg. Cdr. Friday
1998TV
The Fifth Element
Mactilburgh
1997Movie
Midsomer Murders
Ronnie Tyler
1997TV
Wokenwell
1997TV
True Tilda
Gavel
1997TV
Silent Witness
Chris Palmer
1996TV
Royce
Kupchak
1994Movie
A Pinch of Snuff
DS Edgar Wield
1994Movie
Space Precinct
Burl Flak
1994TV
Crocodile Shoes
1994TV
Finney
Bobo Jr.
1994TV
Alien³
Murphy
1992Movie
Framed
Sydney Jefferson
1992TV
Spender
Joe Phelan
1991TV
Prime Suspect
Chief Insp. David Lyall
1991TV
Hamlet
Player Queen
1990Movie
White Hunter, Black Heart
Tom Harrison
1990Movie
Hands of a Murderer
Jeremy Stubb
1990Movie
Batman
Nic
1989Movie
Venus Peter
Blind Man
1989Movie
Stay Lucky
1989TV
Hanna's War
Ruven
1988Movie
Comic Relief
1988TV
South of the Border
Dennis
1988TV
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Horst Berger
1987TV
Rockliffe's Babies
Dover
1987TV
Lovejoy
Foxy Norris
1986TV
Casualty
Gerald Bryant
1986TV
Plenty
Spencer
1985Movie
Murder with Mirrors
Sergeant Lake
1985Movie
The Bill
1984TV
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Albert Moxey
1983TV
Brimstone & Treacle
Drunk
1982Movie
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Jerry Crowe
1982Movie
Bergerac
Sydney Sterrat
1981TV
Going Out
First Policenan
1981TV
The Awakening
Porter
1980Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Man Filling in Ditch
1980Movie
Games Without Frontiers
Billy
1980Movie
Noah's Castle
Cliff
1980TV
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn
Tom Corder
1980TV
Agatha
Luland
1979Movie
The Old Curiosity Shop
Kit Nubbles
1979TV
Sapphire & Steel
Johnny Jack
1979TV
The Professionals
Billy
1977TV
Playhouse
Billy
1974TV
Z-Cars
1962TV
Cry Wolf
Sergeant
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