Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank (born 4 October 1953) is an English film, stage and television actor. He played Moxey in the comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.[1]

Christopher Fairbank
Born	4 October 1953 Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present

Life

Fairbank 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. He appeared in the Goal! trilogy as a Newcastle United fan.

In 2010, he appeared as a detective in Five Daughters, and as Alfred "Freddie" Lennon in the biopic Lennon Naked.[2]

Selected TV

• Z-Cars (1978) – Man at Bus Stop
• The Professionals (1979) – Billy
• The Old Curiosity Shop (1979–1980) – Kit Nubbles
• Sapphire & Steel (1982) – Johnny Jack
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) – Albert Moxey
• Bergerac (1987) – Sydney Sterrat
• Casualty (1987) – Gerald Bryant
• Rockliffe's Babies (1988) – Dover
• The Bill (1989) – Charles
• Spender (1991) – Joe Phelan
• Sweating Bullets (1993) – Patrick
• Prime Suspect 3 (1993) (TV) – Chief Inspector David Lyall
• Lovejoy (1994) – Foxy Norris
• Crocodile Shoes (1994) – Alan Clark
• Space Precinct (1995) – Burl Flak
• Inspector Morse (1995) – George Daley
• Silent Witness (1997) – Chris Palmer
• Wokenwell (1997) – Stew Saunter
• Invasion: Earth (1998) – Wing Cmdr. Friday
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) – Fumier
• In A Land of Plenty (2001) – Bob
• Paradise Heights (2002) – John Askins
• Spooks (2003) – Gordon Blaney
• The Rotters' Club (2005) – Roll-up Reg
• New Tricks (2006) – Tommy Gerrard
• The Line of Beauty (2006) – Barry Groom
• Five Days (2007) – DS Curling
• Diamond Geezer (2007) – Barry
• Midsomer Murders (2007) – Ronnie Tyler
• Never Better (2008) – Doug
• Ashes to Ashes (2008) – David Bonds
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008) – Groby
• Merlin (2008) – Black Knight
• Law & Order: UK (2009) – Jeff McFadden
• Five Daughters (2010) – DCI John Quinton
• George Gently (episode: "Gently with Class") (2012) – Billy Mallam
• Borgen (2013) – Vassily Andrejev
• Doctor Who (episode: "Flatline") (2014) – Fenton
• Wolf Hall (2014) – Walter Cromwell
• Dickensian (2015) – Silas Wegg
• Taboo (2017) — Ibbotson
• Vera (series 8, episode 3: "Home") (2018) – Robert Naresby

Filmography

• Agatha (1979) – Luland
• Plenty (1985) – Spencer
• Batman (1989) – Nick
• Hamlet (1990) – Player Queen
• White Hunter Black Heart (1990) – Tom Harrison, Art Director
• Alien 3 (1992) – Murphy
• The Fifth Element (1997) – Mactilburgh
• The Bunker (2001) – Sgt. Heydrich
• Below (2002) – Pappy
• Anazapta (2002) - Steward
• Goal! (2005) – Foghorn
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) – Additional Voice
• Flushed Away (2006) (voice) – Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby
• Goal! III (2009) – Foghorn
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) – Ezekiel
• Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) – Uncle
• Little Deaths (2014) – X
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) – The Broker
• Hercules (2014) - Gryza, leader of the Macedonian pirates
• Orthodox (2014) – Goldberg
• Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015) – Potter
• Lady Macbeth (2016) – Boris
• Papillon (2017) - Jean Castilli
• Walk Like a Panther (2018) - Lesley Beck
• Viy 2: Journey to China (2019) - Grey

Video games

• Prisoner of War (2002) – Colonel Roger Harding & other additional voices
• The Getaway: Black Monday (2004) – Additional Voices
• Killzone: Liberation (2006) – General Armin Metrac
• Medieval II: Total War (2006)
• Rule of Rose (2006) – Gregory M. Wilson (Stray Dog)
• Heavenly Sword (2007) – Additional Voices
• Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (2008)
• Fable II (2008)
• Viking: Battle for Asgard (2008)
• Demon's Souls (2009) – Old King Doran/Yurt, the Silent Chief
• Killzone 2 (2009) – Additional Helghast Voices
• The Last Story (2011) – Narrator
• Divinity: Dragon Commander (2013) – Sir Falstaff Silvervein, additional voices
• Puppeteer (2013) – General Tiger
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (2017) – Inquisitor Holt

References

1. Chris Fairbank: Actor Archived 3 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Chrisfairbank.com.
2. "Herald Scotland – Arts & Ents – Film & TV Features – Lennon Naked". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 24 June 2010.

External links

• Christopher Fairbank at IMDb