Christopher Fairbank
Acting
1953-10-04 · Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
100 Nights of Hero
2025 · Movie
Scoop
2024 · Movie
Constellation
2024 · Series
Truelove
2024 · Series
The Little Mermaid
2023 · Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023 · Movie
Andor
2022 · Series
Sherwood
2022 · Series
All My Friends Hate Me
2022 · Movie
Death of Zygielbojm
2021 · Movie
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
2020 · Movie
Iron Mask
2019 · Movie
Hatton Garden
2019 · Series
The Fight
2019 · Movie
London Fields
2018 · Movie
Walk Like a Panther
2018 · Movie
Papillon
2017 · Movie
Taboo
2017 · Series
Lady Macbeth
2016 · Movie
Sunday For Sammy 2016
2016 · Movie
Dickensian
2015 · Series
Orthodox
2015 · Movie
Writers Retreat
2015 · Movie
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
2015 · Movie
Wolf Hall
2015 · Series
Outlander
2014 · Series
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · Movie
Hercules
2014 · Movie
Jamaica Inn
2014 · Series
Back with the Boys Again
2013 · Movie
Family Tree
2013 · Series
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 · Movie
Father Brown
2013 · Series
Orthodox
2012 · Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Movie
Vera
2011 · Series
Little Deaths
2011 · Movie
Lennon Naked
2010 · Movie
Borgen
2010 · Series
Five Daughters
2010 · Series
This Is Jinsy
2010 · Series
Goal III: Taking on the World
2009 · Movie
Law & Order: UK
2009 · Series
Merlin
2008 · Series
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008 · Series
Ashes to Ashes
2008 · Series
Never Better
2008 · Series
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Movie
Flushed Away
2006 · Movie
The Line of Beauty
2006 · Series
Cargo
2006 · Movie
Almost Heaven
2006 · Movie
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005 · Movie
Goal!
2005 · Movie
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · Movie
Drama Connections
2005 · Series
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
The Rotters' Club
2005 · Series
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Black Plague
2002 · Movie
Below
2002 · Movie
Spooks
2002 · Series
The Bunker
2001 · Movie
In Deep
2001 · Series
In a Land of Plenty
2001 · Series
In the Beginning
2000 · Series
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999 · Series
Invasion: Earth
1998 · Series
Wokenwell
1997 · Series
The Fifth Element
1997 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
True Tilda
1997 · Series
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
Finney
1994 · Series
Crocodile Shoes
1994 · Series
Space Precinct
1994 · Series
Royce
1994 · Movie
A Pinch of Snuff
1994 · Movie
Framed
1992 · Series
Alien³
1992 · Movie
Prime Suspect
1991 · Series
Spender
1991 · Series
Hamlet
1990 · Movie
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990 · Movie
Hands of a Murderer
1990 · Movie
Stay Lucky
1989 · Series
Batman
1989 · Movie
Venus Peter
1989 · Movie
South of the Border
1988 · Series
Hanna's War
1988 · Movie
Comic Relief
1988 · Series
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987 · Series
Rockliffe's Babies
1987 · Series
Casualty
1986 · Series
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
Plenty
1985 · Movie
Murder with Mirrors
1985 · Movie
The Bill
1984 · Series
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · Series
Brimstone & Treacle
1982 · Movie
How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982 · Movie
Bergerac
1981 · Series
Going Out
1981 · Series
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn
1980 · Series
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Movie
The Awakening
1980 · Movie
Games Without Frontiers
1980 · Movie
Noah's Castle
1980 · Series
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979 · Series
Sapphire & Steel
1979 · Series
Agatha
1979 · Movie
The Professionals
1977 · Series
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Z-Cars
1962 · Series
Cry Wolf
Movie