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]

Career

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]

Theatre

Year Title Role Company Director | Notes
2015 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Azdak Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Mark Thomson adaptation by Alistair Beaton

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1979 Agatha Luland As Chris Fairbank
1980 The Awakening Porter
Cry Wolf Sergeant Short film
1985 Plenty Spencer
1988 Hanna's War Ruven
1989 Venus Peter Blind Man As Christopher Fairbanks
Batman Nic
1990 White Hunter Black Heart Tom Harrison Also art director
Hamlet Player Queen
1992 Alien 3 Thomas Murphy As Chris Fairbank
1997 The Fifth Element Mactilburgh
2001 The Bunker Sgt. Heydrich
2002 Anazapta Steward
Below Pappy
2005 Valiant Additional Voices (voice) As Chris Fairbank
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Additional Voices (voice)
Goal! Foghorn
2006 Cargo Ralph
Almost Heaven Teapot Ted
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
Edward's Turmoil Grandpa Short film
2011 Little Deaths X Segment: "Mutant Tool"
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
Hercules Gryza As Chris Fairbank
2015 Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse Potter
Writers Retreat Nigel
Orthodox Joseph Goldberg
2016 Lady Macbeth Boris
2017 Papillon Jean Castili
2018 Walk like a Panther Lesley Beck
The Fight Frank Dunn
2019 Tayna pechati drakona Grey
2020 The Show Patsy Bleaker
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God Deus Short film
2021 All My Friends Hate Me Norman
Śmierć Zygielbojma Woolf
2022 Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind The Broker Short film
Survive This John Short film
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Broker

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1978 Z-Cars Z-Cars Episode: "A Woman's Place"
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
Little Lord Fauntleroy Man filling in ditch TV movies; uncredited
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"
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Horst Berger Episode: "#1.1", "#1.2"
Casualty Gerald Bryant Episode: "A Drop of the Hard Stuff"
1988 Rockliffe's Babies Dover Episode: "Easy Meat"
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"
Framed Sydney Jefferson Episode: "#1.1"
1993 Stay Lucky Leech Episode: "Down to Earth"
Sweating Bullets Patrick Episode: "Deal of a Lifetime"
Prime Suspect Chief Insp. David Lyall Episode: "Keeper of Souls: Part 2"; as Chris Fairbank
1994 Royce Kupchak TV movie
A Pinch of Snuff Det Sgt Edgar Wield 3 episodes
Lovejoy Foxy Norris Episode: "Day of Reckoning"
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
Silent Witness Chris Palmer Episode: "Friends Like These: Part 1", "Friends Like These: Part 2"
Wokenwell Stew Saunter Episode: "#1.5"
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"
City Central Mark Dixon Episode: "History"
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"
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do Albert Arthur Moxey TV special
Spooks Gordon Blaney 1 episode; uncredited
2005 The Rotters' Club Roll-up Reg 1 episode
A Waste of Shame Physician TV movie
2006 New Tricks Tommy Gerrard Episode: "Diamond Geezers"
The Line of Beauty Barry Groom 3 episodes
2007 Five Days DS Mal Curling Episode: "Day Twenty Eight", "Day Seventy Nine"
Diamond Geezer Barry Episode: "Old School Lies"
Midsomer Murders Ronnie Tyler Episode: "Death in a Chocolate Box"
2008 Ashes to Ashes David Bonds 1 episode
Never Better Doug 6 episodes
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Groby 4 episodes
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"
Five Daughters DCI John Quinton 3 episodes
Lennon Naked Freddie Lennon TV movie
2011 Hidden George Venn 3 episodes
2012 Kidnap and Ransom Chris Taylor 3 episodes
Inspector George Gently Billy Mallam 1 episode
2013 Borgen Vassily Andrejev Episode: "Fortidens sønner"
Family Tree Neville St. Aubrey Episode: "The Box"
Doc Martin Malcolm Raynor Episode: "Hazardous Exposure"
2014 Jamaica Inn Harry 3 episodes
Doctor Who Fenton Episode: "Flatline"
2015 Wolf Hall Walter Cromwell Episode: "Three Card Trick", "Crows"
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
The Woman in White Mr. Brown Episode: "#1.4", "#1.5"
2019 Grantchester Eli Roper Episode: "#4.5"
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"
The Essex Serpent Cracknell Episode: "Matters of the Heart", "Everything Is Blue"
Sherwood Bill Raggett
Andor Ulaf 3 episodes
2024 EastEnders Eddie Knight

Video Game

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
Killzone: Liberation General Armin Metrac As Chris Fairbank
Medieval II: Total War As Chris Fairbank
2007 Heavenly Sword Additional Voices
Hellgate: London As Chris Fairbank
2008 Conflict: Denied Ops
Viking: Battle for Asgard As Chris Fairbank
Age of Conan
Fable II
2009 Demon's Souls Old King Doran, Yurt the Silent Chief
Killzone 2 Additional Helghast Voices As Chris Fairbank
Wheelman As Chris Fairbanks
2011 The Last Story Narrator (voice) As Chris Fairbank
Killzone 3 Helghast Soldiers (voice)
Renegade Ops Inferno (English version, voice)
2012 The Secret World Khalid El-Sayad (voice)
2013 Divinity: Dragon Commander Falstaff (voice)
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
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters Brother Purifier Ectar (voice)

References

  1. ^ "What happened to the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet cast, from tragedy to Queen's Honours". Daily Mirror. 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Special:1 (2004)". Archived from the original on 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Harriet (10 December 2023). "EastEnders casts George Knight's adoptive parents Eddie and Gloria". Digital Spy.
  5. ^ Fairbank, Christopher. "CV". Chris Fairbank. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Fairbank
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