Christopher Fairbank
Acting
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.
TV Shows(58)
Constellation
Yura
2024
Truelove
Trevor
2024
Andor
Ulaf
2022
Sherwood
Bill Raggett
2022
Hatton Garden
Billy Lincoln
2019
Taboo
Ibbotson
2017
Dickensian
Silas Wegg
2015
Wolf Hall
Walter Cromwell
2015
Outlander
Aaron Beardsley
2014
Jamaica Inn
Harry
2014
Family Tree
Neville St. Aubrey
2013
Father Brown
Herman Jolly
2013
Vera
Robert Naresby
2011
Borgen
Vassily Andrejev
2010
Five Daughters
DCI John Quinton
2010
This Is Jinsy
2010
Law & Order: UK
2009
Merlin
Black Knight (voice)
2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Groby
2008
Ashes to Ashes
David Bonds
2008
Never Better
2008
The Line of Beauty
Barry Groom
2006
Drama Connections
2005
Doctor Who
Fenton
2005
The Rotters' Club
Roll-up Reg
2005
New Tricks
2004
Spooks
Gordon Blaney
2002
In Deep
Harbinson
2001
In a Land of Plenty
2001
In the Beginning
Idol Worshipper
2000
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Fumier
1999
Invasion: Earth
Wg. Cdr. Friday
1998
Wokenwell
1997
Midsomer Murders
Ronnie Tyler
1997
True Tilda
Gavel
1997
Silent Witness
Chris Palmer
1996
Finney
Bobo Jr.
1994
Crocodile Shoes
1994
Space Precinct
Burl Flak
1994
Framed
Sydney Jefferson
1992
Prime Suspect
Chief Insp. David Lyall
1991
Spender
Joe Phelan
1991
Stay Lucky
1989
South of the Border
Dennis
1988
Comic Relief
1988
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Horst Berger
1987
Rockliffe's Babies
Dover
1987
Casualty
Gerald Bryant
1986
Lovejoy
Foxy Norris
1986
The Bill
1984
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Albert Moxey
1983
Bergerac
Sydney Sterrat
1981
Noah's Castle
Cliff
1980
The Old Curiosity Shop
Kit Nubbles
1979
Sapphire & Steel
Johnny Jack
1979
The Professionals
Billy
1977
Playhouse
Billy
1974
Z-Cars
1962
Movies(55)
100 Nights of Hero
Beaked Brother Charles
2025
Scoop
Elderly Man
2024
The Little Mermaid
Hawkins
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Broker
2023
All My Friends Hate Me
Norman
2022
Death of Zygielbojm
2021
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
Deus
2020
Iron Mask
Grey
2019
The Fight
Frank Dunn
2019
London Fields
Darts Player
2018
Walk Like a Panther
Leslie Beck
2018
Papillon
Jean Castili
2017
Lady Macbeth
Boris Lester
2016
Sunday For Sammy 2016
2016
Orthodox
Joseph Goldberg
2015
Writers Retreat
Nigel
2015
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Potter
2015
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Broker
2014
Hercules
Gryza
2014
Back with the Boys Again
Himself
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
Uncle
2013
Orthodox
Goldberg
2012
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Ezekiel
2011
Little Deaths
X
2011
Lennon Naked
Freddie Lennon
2010
Goal III: Taking on the World
Foghorn
2009
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Flushed Away
Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
2006
Cargo
Ralph
2006
Almost Heaven
Teapot Ted
2006
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Physician
2005
Goal!
Foghorn
2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Additional Voice (voice)
2005
Black Plague
Steward
2002
Below
Pappy
2002
The Bunker
Sgt. Heydrich
2001
The Fifth Element
Mactilburgh
1997
Royce
Kupchak
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
DS Edgar Wield
1994
Alien³
Murphy
1992
Hamlet
Player Queen
1990
White Hunter, Black Heart
Tom Harrison
1990
Hands of a Murderer
Jeremy Stubb
1990
Batman
Nic
1989
Venus Peter
Blind Man
1989
Hanna's War
Ruven
1988
Plenty
Spencer
1985
Murder with Mirrors
Sergeant Lake
1985
Brimstone & Treacle
Drunk
1982
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Jerry Crowe
1982
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Man Filling in Ditch
1980
The Awakening
Porter
1980
Games Without Frontiers
Billy
1980
Agatha
Luland
1979
Cry Wolf
Sergeant