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Christopher Fairbank

Acting

Born October 4, 1953 · Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Andor

2022as Ulaf

Outlander

2014as Aaron Beardsley

Borgen

2010as Vassily Andrejev

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023as Broker

Taboo

2017as Ibbotson

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014as The Broker

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

1983as Albert Moxey

Merlin

2008as Black Knight (voice)

Prime Suspect

1991as Chief Insp. David Lyall

Ashes to Ashes

2008as David Bonds

Spooks

2002as Gordon Blaney

Father Brown

2013as Herman Jolly

Doctor Who

2005as Fenton

The Fifth Element

1997as Mactilburgh

Wolf Hall

2015as Walter Cromwell

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

2008as Groby

Midsomer Murders

1997as Ronnie Tyler

Silent Witness

1996as Chris Palmer

The Professionals

1977as Billy

Dickensian

2015as Silas Wegg

Vera

2011as Robert Naresby

Lovejoy

1986as Foxy Norris

Papillon

2017as Jean Castili

New Tricks

2004

Batman

1989as Nic

Sapphire & Steel

1979as Johnny Jack

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005as Additional Voice (voice)

Law & Order: UK

2009

Sherwood

2022as Bill Raggett

Goal! The Dream Begins

2005as Foghorn

The Bill

1984

Hands of a Murderer

1990as Jeremy Stubb

Bergerac

1981as Sydney Sterrat

Lady Macbeth

2016as Boris Lester

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011as Ezekiel

The Line of Beauty

2006as Barry Groom

Hamlet

1990as Player Queen

Jamaica Inn

as Harry

Truelove

2024as Trevor

Family Tree

2013as Neville St. Aubrey

Space Precinct

1994as Burl Flak

Alien³

1992as Murphy

White Hunter Black Heart

1990as Tom Harrison

In the Beginning

as Idol Worshipper

Scoop

2024as Elderly Man

The Little Mermaid

2023as Hawkins

Flushed Away

2006as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)

Casualty

1986as Gerald Bryant

Iron Mask

2019as Grey

Agatha

1979as Luland