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Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank

Birthday: 1953-10-04 | Place of Birth: Hertfordshire - England - UK

Christopher Fairbank (sometimes credited as Chris Fairbank; born 4 October 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
All My Friends Hate Me

as    Norman

2019
The Fight

as    Frank Dunn

2019
Iron Mask

as    Grey

2018
Papillon

as    Jean Castili

2017
Lady Macbeth

as    Boris Lester

2015
Orthodox

as    Joseph Goldberg

2015
2013
Back With The Boys Again

as    Himself

2013
Black Plague

as    Steward

2011
Little Deaths

as    X

2010
Five Daughters

as    DCI John Quinton

2010
Lennon Naked

as    Freddie Lennon

2009
Goal III: Taking on the World

as    Foghorn

2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles

as    Groby

2006
Cargo

as    Ralph

2001
The Bunker

as    Sgt. Heydrich

1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel

as    Fumier

1990
Hands of a Murderer

as    Jeremy Stubb

1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

as    Albert Moxey