
Christopher Fairbank
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-10-04 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Christopher Fairbank
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
Acting
100 Nights of Hero
as Beaked Brother Charles
Cry Wolf
as Sergeant
(2024)
Scoop
as Elderly Man
(2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Broker
(2023)
The Little Mermaid
as Hawkins
(2022)
All My Friends Hate Me
as Norman
(2021)
(2020)
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
as Deus
(2019)
Iron Mask
as Grey
(2019)
The Fight
as Frank Dunn
(2018)
London Fields
as Darts Player
(2018)
Walk Like a Panther
as Leslie Beck
(2017)
Papillon
as Jean Castili
(2016)
Lady Macbeth
as Boris Lester
(2016)
(2015)
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
as Potter
(2015)
Orthodox
as Joseph Goldberg
(2015)
Writers Retreat
as Nigel
(2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy
as The Broker
(2014)
Hercules
as Gryza
(2013)
Jack the Giant Slayer
as Uncle
(2013)
Back With The Boys Again
as Himself
(2012)
Orthodox
as Goldberg
(2011)
(2011)
Little Deaths
as X
(2010)
Lennon Naked
as Freddie Lennon
(2009)
Goal III: Taking on the World
as Foghorn
(2007)
(2006)
Flushed Away
as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
(2006)
Cargo
as Ralph
(2006)
Almost Heaven
as Teapot Ted
(2005)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Additional Voice (voice)
(2005)
Goal!
as Foghorn
(2005)
(2002)
Below
as Pappy
(2002)
Black Plague
as Steward
(2001)
The Bunker
as Sgt. Heydrich
(1997)
The Fifth Element
as Mactilburgh
(1994)
Royce
as Kupchak
(1994)
A Pinch of Snuff
as DS Edgar Wield
(1992)
Alien³
as Murphy
(1991)
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
as Player Queen (archive footage)
(1990)
Hamlet
as Player Queen
(1990)
White Hunter, Black Heart
as Tom Harrison
(1990)
Hands of a Murderer
as Jeremy Stubb
(1989)
Batman
as Nic
(1989)
Venus Peter
as Blind Man
(1988)
Hanna's War
as Ruven
(1985)
Plenty
as Spencer
(1985)
Murder with Mirrors
as Sergeant Lake
(1982)
Brimstone & Treacle
as Drunk
(1982)
How Many Miles to Babylon?
as Jerry Crowe
(1980)
The Awakening
as Porter
(1980)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Man Filling in Ditch
(1980)
Games Without Frontiers
as Billy
(1979)
Agatha
as Luland