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