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Christopher Fairbank Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1953-10-04

Birthplace:
Hertfordshire, England, UK

Credits:
114 Total Roles

Christopher Fairbank

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 100 Nights of Hero MOVIE Beaked Brother Charles
2024 Scoop MOVIE Elderly Man
2024 Constellation TV Yura
2024 Truelove TV Trevor
2023 The Little Mermaid MOVIE Hawkins
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 MOVIE Broker
2022 Andor TV Ulaf
2022 Sherwood TV Bill Raggett
2022 All My Friends Hate Me MOVIE Norman
2021 Death of Zygielbojm MOVIE Self

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