Christopher_Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank
British actor (born 1954)
Christopher Fairbank is an English film, stage and television actor, best known in the UK for playing Moxey in the comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.[1][2]
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Christopher Fairbank | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
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In 2010, he appeared as a detective in Five Daughters, and as Alfred "Freddie" Lennon in the biopic Lennon Naked.[3] In December 2023, it was announced that Fairbank had been cast as Eddie Knight in EastEnders.[4]
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| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | | Notes |
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| 2015 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Azdak | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Mark Thomson | adaptation by Alistair Beaton |
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Film
More information Year, Title ...
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Agatha | Luland | As Chris Fairbank |
| 1980 | The Awakening | Porter | |
| 1980 | Cry Wolf | Sergeant | Short film |
| 1985 | Plenty | Spencer | |
| 1988 | Hanna's War | Ruven | |
| 1989 | Venus Peter | Blind Man | As Christopher Fairbanks |
| 1989 | Batman | Nic | |
| 1990 | White Hunter Black Heart | Tom Harrison | Also art director |
| 1990 | Hamlet | Player Queen | |
| 1992 | Alien 3 | Thomas Murphy | As Chris Fairbank |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Mactilburgh | |
| 2001 | The Bunker | Sgt. Heydrich | |
| 2002 | Anazapta | Steward | |
| 2002 | Below | Pappy | |
| 2005 | Valiant | Additional Voices (voice) | As Chris Fairbank |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| 2005 | Goal! | Foghorn | |
| 2006 | Cargo | Ralph | |
| 2006 | Almost Heaven | Teapot Ted | |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | Thimblenose Ted, Cockroach, Passerby (voice) | |
| 2007 | Five Days: Revised Final Episode | DS Mal Curling | |
| 2008 | MindFlesh | Verdain | |
| 2009 | Goal III: Taking on the World | Foghorn | |
| 2009 | Edward's Turmoil | Grandpa | Short film |
| 2011 | Little Deaths | X | Segment: "Mutant Tool" |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Ezekiel | |
| 2012 | Orthodox | Goldberg | Short film |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Uncle | |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | The Broker | |
| 2014 | Hercules | Gryza | As Chris Fairbank |
| 2015 | Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | Potter | |
| 2015 | Writers Retreat | Nigel | |
| 2015 | Orthodox | Joseph Goldberg | |
| 2016 | Lady Macbeth | Boris | |
| 2017 | Papillon | Jean Castili | |
| 2018 | Walk like a Panther | Lesley Beck | |
| 2018 | The Fight | Frank Dunn | |
| 2019 | Tayna pechati drakona | Grey | |
| 2020 | The Show | Patsy Bleaker | |
| 2020 | Deus Otiosus: The Idle God | Deus | Short film |
| 2021 | All My Friends Hate Me | Norman | |
| 2021 | Śmierć Zygielbojma | Woolf | |
| 2022 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind | The Broker | Short film |
| 2022 | Survive This | John | Short film |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | The Broker |
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Television
More information Year, Title ...
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Z-Cars | Z-Cars | Episode: "A Woman's Place" |
| 1978 | Plain Murder | Oldroyd | TV movie |
| 1979 | The Professionals | Billy | Episode: "The Purging of CI5"; as Chris Fairbank |
| 1979–1980 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Kit Nubbles | 7 episodes |
| 1980 | Noah's Castle | Cliff | 6 episodes |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Man filling in ditch | TV movies; uncredited |
| 1980 | Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn | Tom Corder | 3 episodes; as Chris Fairbank |
| 1980–1982 | BBC2 Playhouse | Billy, Jerry | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Coronation Street | Ginger | 8 episodes |
| 1982 | Sapphire & Steel | Johnny Jack | 4 episodes |
| 1983–2004 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Albert Moxey | 39 episodes |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Sergeant Lake | TV movie |
| 1987 | Bergerac | Sydney Sterrat | Episode: "Root and Branch" |
| 1987 | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Horst Berger | Episode: "#1.1", "#1.2" |
| 1987 | Casualty | Gerald Bryant | Episode: "A Drop of the Hard Stuff" |
| 1988 | Rockliffe's Babies | Dover | Episode: "Easy Meat" |
| 1988 | South of the Border | Dennis | Episode: "#1.1" |
| 1989 | The Bill | Charles | Episode: "Grace of God" |
| 1990 | Hands of a Murderer | Jeremy Stubb | TV movie |
| 1992 | Spender | Joe Phelan | Episode: "Fly by Night" |
| 1992 | Framed | Sydney Jefferson | Episode: "#1.1" |
| 1993 | Stay Lucky | Leech | Episode: "Down to Earth" |
| 1993 | Sweating Bullets | Patrick | Episode: "Deal of a Lifetime" |
| 1993 | Prime Suspect | Chief Insp. David Lyall | Episode: "Keeper of Souls: Part 2"; as Chris Fairbank |
| 1994 | Royce | Kupchak | TV movie |
| 1994 | A Pinch of Snuff | Det Sgt Edgar Wield | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Lovejoy | Foxy Norris | Episode: "Day of Reckoning" |
| 1994 | Finney | Bobo Jnr. | 6 episodes |
| 1994–1995 | Space Precinct | Breon, Burl Flak | Episode: "Welcome to Demeter City", "Hate Street" |
| 1994–1996 | Crocodile Shoes | Alan Clarke | Season 1: 3 episodes; season 2: 5 episodes |
| 1995 | Inspector Morse | George Daley | Episode: "The Way Through the Woods"; as Chris Fairbank |
| 1996 | Into the Fire | Joyce | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | True Tilda | Gavel | |
| 1997 | Silent Witness | Chris Palmer | Episode: "Friends Like These: Part 1", "Friends Like These: Part 2" |
| 1997 | Wokenwell | Stew Saunter | Episode: "#1.5" |
| 1997 | Underworld | Haynesie | 5 episodes |
| 1998 | Invasion: Earth | Wg. Cdr. Friday | 4 episodes; as Chris Fairbank |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Fumier | 3 episodes |
| 2000 | London's Burning | Tony | Episode: "#12.5" |
| 2000 | City Central | Mark Dixon | Episode: "History" |
| 2000 | In the Beginning | Idol Worshipper | Episode: "Part I", "Part II" |
| 2001 | In a Land of Plenty | Bob | Episode: "#1.10" |
| 2002 | Paradise Heights | John Askins | 1 episode |
| 2003 | In Deep | Harbinson | Episode: "Character Assassins: Part 1", "Character Assassins: Part 2" |
| 2003 | Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do | Albert Arthur Moxey | TV special |
| 2003 | Spooks | Gordon Blaney | 1 episode; uncredited |
| 2005 | The Rotters' Club | Roll-up Reg | 1 episode |
| 2005 | A Waste of Shame | Physician | TV movie |
| 2006 | New Tricks | Tommy Gerrard | Episode: "Diamond Geezers" |
| 2006 | The Line of Beauty | Barry Groom | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Five Days | DS Mal Curling | Episode: "Day Twenty Eight", "Day Seventy Nine" |
| 2007 | Diamond Geezer | Barry | Episode: "Old School Lies" |
| 2007 | Midsomer Murders | Ronnie Tyler | Episode: "Death in a Chocolate Box" |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | David Bonds | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Never Better | Doug | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Groby | 4 episodes |
| 2008 | Merlin | Voice of the Black Knight (voice) | Episode: "Excalibur" |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | Jeff McFadden | 1 episode |
| 2010 | This is Jinsy | Letley Orridge | Episode: "Bandy Dog Red" |
| 2010 | Five Daughters | DCI John Quinton | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Lennon Naked | Freddie Lennon | TV movie |
| 2011 | Hidden | George Venn | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Kidnap and Ransom | Chris Taylor | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Inspector George Gently | Billy Mallam | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Borgen | Vassily Andrejev | Episode: "Fortidens sønner" |
| 2013 | Family Tree | Neville St. Aubrey | Episode: "The Box" |
| 2013 | Doc Martin | Malcolm Raynor | Episode: "Hazardous Exposure" |
| 2014 | Jamaica Inn | Harry | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Doctor Who | Fenton | Episode: "Flatline" |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Walter Cromwell | Episode: "Three Card Trick", "Crows" |
| 2015 | Wallander | Sten Norlander | Episode: "The Troubled Man" |
| 2015–2016 | Dickensian | Silas Wegg | 15 episodes |
| 2016 | The Secret Agent | Yundt | Episode: "#1.1" |
| 2017 | Taboo | Ibboston | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Vera | Robert Naresby | 1 episode |
| 2018 | The Woman in White | Mr. Brown | Episode: "#1.4", "#1.5" |
| 2019 | Grantchester | Eli Roper | Episode: "#4.5" |
| 2019 | Hatton Garden | Billy Lincoln | Episode: "#1.3", "#1.4" |
| 2020 | Outlander | Aaron Beardsley | Episode: "Free Will" |
| 2022 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Don Bergius | Episode: "Die We Must" |
| 2022 | The Essex Serpent | Cracknell | Episode: "Matters of the Heart", "Everything Is Blue" |
| 2022 | Sherwood | Bill Raggett | |
| 2022 | Andor | Ulaf | 3 episodes |
| 2024 | EastEnders | Eddie Knight |
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Video Game
More information Year, Title ...
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Prisoner of War | Colonel Roger Harding | |
| 2003 | I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike | David Jone | |
| 2004 | The Getaway: Black Monday | Additional Voices | As Chris Fairbank |
| 2006 | Rule of Rose | Gregory M. Wilson | As Chris Fairbank |
| 2006 | Killzone: Liberation | General Armin Metrac | As Chris Fairbank |
| 2006 | Medieval II: Total War | As Chris Fairbank | |
| 2007 | Heavenly Sword | Additional Voices | |
| 2007 | Hellgate: London | As Chris Fairbank | |
| 2008 | Conflict: Denied Ops | ||
| 2008 | Viking: Battle for Asgard | As Chris Fairbank | |
| 2008 | Age of Conan | ||
| 2008 | Fable II | ||
| 2009 | Demon's Souls | Old King Doran, Yurt the Silent Chief | |
| 2009 | Killzone 2 | Additional Helghast Voices | As Chris Fairbank |
| 2009 | Wheelman | As Chris Fairbanks | |
| 2011 | The Last Story | Narrator (voice) | As Chris Fairbank |
| 2011 | Killzone 3 | Helghast Soldiers (voice) | |
| 2011 | Renegade Ops | Inferno (English version, voice) | |
| 2012 | The Secret World | Khalid El-Sayad (voice) | |
| 2013 | Divinity: Dragon Commander | Falstaff (voice) | |
| 2013 | Puppeteer | General Tiger (voice) | |
| 2017 | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III | Inquisitor Holt, Space Marines (voice) | As Chris Fairbanks |
| 2022 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | ||
| 2022 | Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters | Brother Purifier Ectar (voice) |
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- "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Special:1 (2004)". Archived from the original on 6 May 2018.
- Love, Damien (21 June 2010). "Lennon Naked digs beneath the skin of John's family relationships". The Herald. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- Mitchell, Harriet (10 December 2023). "EastEnders casts George Knight's adoptive parents Eddie and Gloria". Digital Spy.