Christopher Fairbank
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
113
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-10-04 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Hertfordshire, England, UK
Acting

2025

100 Nights of Hero as Beaked Brother Charles

2024

Constellation as Yura

2024

Truelove as Trevor

2024

Scoop as Elderly Man

2023

The Little Mermaid as Hawkins

2022

Andor as Ulaf

2022

Sherwood as Bill Raggett

2022

All My Friends Hate Me as Norman

2021

Death of Zygielbojm as Not available

2019

Iron Mask as Grey

2019

Hatton Garden as Billy Lincoln

2019

The Fight as Frank Dunn

2018

London Fields as Darts Player

2018

Walk Like a Panther as Leslie Beck

2017

Taboo as Ibbotson

2017

Papillon as Jean Castili

2016

Lady Macbeth as Boris Lester

2016

Sunday For Sammy 2016 as Not available

2015

Wolf Hall as Walter Cromwell

2015

Dickensian as Silas Wegg

2015

Orthodox as Joseph Goldberg

2015

Writers Retreat as Nigel

2014

Outlander as Aaron Beardsley

2014

Jamaica Inn as Harry

2014

Guardians of the Galaxy as The Broker

2014

Hercules as Gryza

2013

Father Brown as Herman Jolly

2013

Jack the Giant Slayer as Uncle

2013

Family Tree as Neville St. Aubrey

2013

Back With The Boys Again as Himself

2012

Orthodox as Goldberg

2011

Vera as Robert Naresby

2011

Little Deaths as X

2010

Borgen as Vassily Andrejev

2010

This Is Jinsy as Not available

2010

Five Daughters as DCI John Quinton

2010

Lennon Naked as Freddie Lennon

2009

Law & Order: UK as Not available

2008

Merlin as Black Knight (voice)

2008

Ashes to Ashes as David Bonds

2008

Never Better as Not available

2006

The Line of Beauty as Barry Groom

2006

Flushed Away as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)

2006

Cargo as Ralph

2006

Almost Heaven as Teapot Ted

2005

Doctor Who as Fenton

2005

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as Additional Voice (voice)

2005

Drama Connections as Not available

2005

Goal! as Foghorn

2005

The Rotters' Club as Roll-up Reg

2004

New Tricks as Not available

2002

Spooks as Gordon Blaney

2002

Below as Pappy

2002

Black Plague as Steward

2001

In Deep as Harbinson

2001

In a Land of Plenty as Not available

2001

The Bunker as Sgt. Heydrich

2000

In the Beginning as Idol Worshipper

1999

The Scarlet Pimpernel as Fumier

1998

Invasion: Earth as Wg. Cdr. Friday

1997

Midsomer Murders as Ronnie Tyler

1997

The Fifth Element as Mactilburgh

1997

Wokenwell as Not available

1997

True Tilda as Gavel

1996

Silent Witness as Chris Palmer

1994

Crocodile Shoes as Not available

1994

Space Precinct as Burl Flak

1994

Finney as Bobo Jr.

1994

Royce as Kupchak

1994

A Pinch of Snuff as DS Edgar Wield

1992

Alien³ as Murphy

1991

Prime Suspect as Chief Insp. David Lyall

1991

Spender as Joe Phelan

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

Stay Lucky as Not available

1989

Batman as Nic

1989

Venus Peter as Blind Man

1988

Comic Relief as Not available

1988

South Of The Border as Dennis

1988

Hanna's War as Ruven

1987

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as Horst Berger

1987

Rockliffe's Babies as Not available

1986

Casualty as Gerald Bryant

1986

Lovejoy as Foxy Norris

1985

Plenty as Spencer

1985

Murder with Mirrors as Sergeant Lake

1984

The Bill as Not available

1983

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Albert Moxey

1982

Brimstone & Treacle as Drunk

1982

How Many Miles to Babylon? as Jerry Crowe

1981

Bergerac as Sydney Sterrat

1980

Little Lord Fauntleroy as Man Filling in Ditch

1980

The Awakening as Porter

1979

Sapphire & Steel as Johnny Jack

1979

The Old Curiosity Shop as Kit Nubbles

1979

Agatha as Luland

1977

The Professionals as Billy

1974

Playhouse as Billy

1974

Playhouse as Jerry Crowe

1962

Z-Cars as Not available

NaN

Cry Wolf as Sergeant