Name
Christopher Fairbank
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-10-04 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
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- 1997 The Fifth Element as Mactilburgh
- 2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Additional Voice (voice)
- 2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
- 2021 Death of Zygielbojm
- 2001 The Bunker as Sgt. Heydrich
- 1992 Alien³ as Murphy
- 2002 Below as Pappy
- 2020 Deus Otiosus: The Idle God as Deus
- 2006 Cargo as Ralph
- 1980 The Awakening as Porter
- 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Broker
- 1982 Brimstone & Treacle as Drunk
- 2023 The Little Mermaid as Hawkins
- 2006 Flushed Away as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
- 2006 Almost Heaven as Teapot Ted
- 2002 Black Plague as Steward
- 2012 Orthodox as Goldberg
- 2005 Goal! as Foghorn
- 2015 Orthodox as Joseph Goldberg
- 1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy as Man Filling in Ditch
- 1982 How Many Miles to Babylon? as Jerry Crowe
- 2014 Hercules as Gryza
- 2015 Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse as Potter
- 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy as The Broker
- 1994 Royce as Kupchak
- 2011 Little Deaths as X
- 2010 Lennon Naked as Freddie Lennon
- 2013 Back with the Boys Again as Himself
- 2024 Scoop as Elderly Man
- 1985 Plenty as Spencer
- 1980 Games Without Frontiers as Billy
- 1988 Hanna's War as Ruven
- 2015 Writers Retreat as Nigel
- 1990 Hamlet as Player Queen
- 2016 Lady Macbeth as Boris Lester
- 2019 Iron Mask as Grey
- Soon Cry Wolf as Sergeant
- 2013 Jack the Giant Slayer as Uncle
- 1989 Batman as Nic
- 2005 A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets as Physician
- 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Ezekiel
- 1979 Agatha as Luland
- 2019 The Fight as Frank Dunn
- 1990 White Hunter, Black Heart as Tom Harrison
- 2018 Walk Like a Panther as Leslie Beck
- 1994 A Pinch of Snuff as DS Edgar Wield
- 2017 Papillon as Jean Castili
- 1990 Hands of a Murderer as Jeremy Stubb
- 2009 Goal III: Taking on the World as Foghorn
- 1989 Venus Peter as Blind Man
- 2018 London Fields as Darts Player
- 1985 Murder with Mirrors as Sergeant Lake
- 2022 All My Friends Hate Me as Norman
- 2016 Sunday For Sammy 2016
- 2025 100 Nights of Hero as Beaked Brother Charles
- 1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel ( 6 episodes ) as Fumier
- 1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Ronnie Tyler
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Sydney Sterrat
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Z-Cars ( 1 episode )
- 1996 Silent Witness ( 2 episodes ) as Chris Palmer
- 2002 Spooks ( 1 episode ) as Gordon Blaney
- 1994 Space Precinct ( 1 episode ) as Burl Flak
- 1983 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ( 38 episodes ) as Albert Moxey
- 1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as Foxy Norris
- 2009 Law & Order: UK ( 1 episode )
- 2008 Tess of the D'Urbervilles ( 4 episodes ) as Groby
- 1994 Crocodile Shoes ( 13 episodes )
- 1991 Spender ( 1 episode ) as Joe Phelan
- 2005 Drama Connections ( 1 episode )
- 2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode )
- 2008 Never Better ( 6 episodes )
- 1988 Comic Relief ( 1 episode )
- 1997 Wokenwell ( 1 episode )
- 2010 This Is Jinsy ( 8 episodes )
- 2011 Vera ( 1 episode ) as Robert Naresby
- 2005 Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Fenton
- 1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles ( 2 episodes ) as Horst Berger
- 2001 In a Land of Plenty ( 1 episode )
- 2001 In Deep ( 2 episodes ) as Harbinson
- 1989 Stay Lucky ( 1 episode )
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Gerald Bryant
- 2006 The Line of Beauty ( 3 episodes ) as Barry Groom
- 1988 South of the Border ( 1 episode ) as Dennis
- 2015 Dickensian ( 20 episodes ) as Silas Wegg
- 2014 Outlander ( 1 episode ) as Aaron Beardsley
- 1998 Invasion: Earth ( 6 episodes ) as Wg. Cdr. Friday
- 2022 Sherwood ( 1 episode ) as Bill Raggett
- 1994 Finney ( 6 episodes ) as Bobo Jr.
- 2010 Five Daughters ( 3 episodes ) as DCI John Quinton
- 2019 Hatton Garden ( 2 episodes ) as Billy Lincoln
- 2022 Andor ( 3 episodes ) as Ulaf
- 2014 Jamaica Inn ( 3 episodes ) as Harry
- 2024 Constellation ( 1 episode ) as Yura
- 1991 Prime Suspect ( 1 episode ) as Chief Insp. David Lyall
- 2008 Merlin ( 1 episode ) as Black Knight (voice)
- 2008 Ashes to Ashes ( 1 episode ) as David Bonds
- 2015 Wolf Hall ( 2 episodes ) as Walter Cromwell
- 2000 In the Beginning ( 2 episodes ) as Idol Worshipper
- 1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Billy
- 2017 Taboo ( 3 episodes ) as Ibbotson
- 2010 Borgen ( 1 episode ) as Vassily Andrejev
- 2013 Father Brown ( 1 episode ) as Herman Jolly
- 2024 Truelove ( 1 episode ) as Trevor
- 2013 Family Tree ( 1 episode ) as Neville St. Aubrey
- 1997 True Tilda ( 6 episodes ) as Gavel
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Billy
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Jerry Crowe
- 1979 The Old Curiosity Shop ( 7 episodes ) as Kit Nubbles
- 1979 Sapphire & Steel ( 4 episodes ) as Johnny Jack
- 1987 Rockliffe's Babies ( 1 episode ) as Dover
- 1980 Noah's Castle ( 7 episodes ) as Cliff
- 1992 Framed ( 1 episode ) as Sydney Jefferson
- 1981 Going Out ( 1 episode ) as First Policenan
- 2005 The Rotters' Club ( 1 episode ) as Roll-up Reg
