Christopher Fairbank
Born: 1953-10-04 in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- 100 Nights of Hero as Beaked Brother Charles
2024
- Constellation as Yura
- Scoop as Elderly Man
- Truelove as Trevor
2023
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Broker
- The Little Mermaid as Hawkins
2022
- Andor as Ulaf
- Sherwood as Bill Raggett
- All My Friends Hate Me as Norman
2021
2020
- Deus Otiosus: The Idle God as Deus
2019
- Iron Mask as Grey
- The Fight as Frank Dunn
- Hatton Garden as Billy Lincoln
2018
- London Fields as Darts Player
- Walk Like a Panther as Leslie Beck
2016
- Lady Macbeth as Boris Lester
- Sunday For Sammy 2016
2015
- Wolf Hall as Walter Cromwell
- Writers Retreat as Nigel
- Dickensian as Silas Wegg
- Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse as Potter
- Orthodox as Joseph Goldberg
2014
- Outlander as Aaron Beardsley
- Hercules as Gryza
- Guardians of the Galaxy as The Broker
- Jamaica Inn as Harry
2013
- Father Brown as Herman Jolly
- Jack the Giant Slayer as Uncle
- Family Tree as Neville St. Aubrey
- Back with the Boys Again as Himself
2012
- Orthodox as Goldberg
2011
- Vera as Robert Naresby
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Ezekiel
- Little Deaths as X
2010
- Borgen as Vassily Andrejev
- Lennon Naked as Freddie Lennon
- Five Daughters as DCI John Quinton
- This Is Jinsy
2009
- Law & Order: UK
- Goal III: Taking on the World as Foghorn
2008
- Merlin as Black Knight (voice)
- Ashes to Ashes as David Bonds
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Groby
- Never Better
2007
2006
- Flushed Away as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
- Cargo as Ralph
- Almost Heaven as Teapot Ted
- The Line of Beauty as Barry Groom
2005
- Doctor Who as Fenton
- Goal! as Foghorn
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Additional Voice (voice)
- A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets as Physician
- The Rotters' Club as Roll-up Reg
- Drama Connections
2004
2002
- Spooks as Gordon Blaney
- Black Plague as Steward
- Below as Pappy
2001
- The Bunker as Sgt. Heydrich
- In Deep as Harbinson
- In a Land of Plenty
2000
- In the Beginning as Idol Worshipper
1999
- The Scarlet Pimpernel as Fumier
1998
- Invasion: Earth as Wg. Cdr. Friday
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Ronnie Tyler
- The Fifth Element as Mactilburgh
- Wokenwell
- True Tilda as Gavel
1996
- Silent Witness as Chris Palmer
1994
- Royce as Kupchak
- Space Precinct as Burl Flak
- A Pinch of Snuff as DS Edgar Wield
- Crocodile Shoes
- Finney as Bobo Jr.
1992
- Alien³ as Murphy
1991
- Prime Suspect as Chief Insp. David Lyall
- Spender as Joe Phelan
1990
- Hamlet as Player Queen
- White Hunter, Black Heart as Tom Harrison
- Hands of a Murderer as Jeremy Stubb
1989
- Batman as Nic
- Stay Lucky
- Venus Peter as Blind Man
1988
- Hanna's War as Ruven
- South Of The Border as Dennis
- Comic Relief
1987
- The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as Horst Berger
- Rockliffe's Babies as Dover
1985
- Plenty as Spencer
- Murder with Mirrors as Sergeant Lake
1984
1983
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Albert Moxey
1982
- Brimstone & Treacle as Drunk
- How Many Miles to Babylon? as Jerry Crowe
1981
- Bergerac as Sydney Sterrat
1980
- The Awakening as Porter
- Little Lord Fauntleroy as Man Filling in Ditch
- Games Without Frontiers as Billy
1979
- Agatha as Luland
- Sapphire & Steel as Johnny Jack
- The Old Curiosity Shop as Kit Nubbles
1977
- The Professionals as Billy
1974
- Playhouse as Billy