Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank

  • Birthday: 1953-10-04
  • Place of birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK
  • Also know as: Chris Fairbank

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Fifth Element

1997

As Mactilburgh

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005

As Additional Voice (voice)

The Bunker

2001

As Sgt. Heydrich

Alien³

1992

As Murphy

Below

2002

As Pappy

Cargo

2006

As Ralph

The Awakening

1980

As Porter

Brimstone & Treacle

1982

As Drunk

Almost Heaven

2006

As Teapot Ted

Black Plague

2002

As Steward

Orthodox

2015

As Goldberg

How Many Miles to Babylon?

1982

As Jerry Crowe

Hercules

2014

As Gryza

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014

As The Broker

Little Deaths

2011

As X

Hanna's War

1988

As Ruven

Lennon Naked

2010

As Freddie Lennon

Back With The Boys Again

2013

As Himself

Plenty

1985

As Spencer

Hamlet

1990

As Player Queen

Writers Retreat

2015

As Nigel

Lady Macbeth

2016

As Boris Lester

Iron Mask

2019

As Grey

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013

As Uncle

Batman

1989

As Nic

Agatha

1979

As Luland

The Fight

2019

As Frank Dunn

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990

As Tom Harrison

Walk Like a Panther

2018

As Leslie Beck

A Pinch of Snuff

1994

As DS Edgar Wield

Papillon

2017

As Jean Castili

Hands of a Murderer

1990

As Jeremy Stubb

Venus Peter

1989

As Blind Man

London Fields

2018

As Darts Player

Murder with Mirrors

1985

As Sergeant Lake

All My Friends Hate Me

2022

As Norman

Flushed Away

2006

As Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980

As Man Filling in Ditch

The Little Mermaid

2023

As Hawkins

Orthodox

0000

As Goldberg

Goal!

2005

As Foghorn

Royce

1994

As Kupchak

Scoop

2024

As Elderly Man

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