Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank

Birthday: 1953-10-04

Place of Birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

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The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the k...

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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Pa...

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra...

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Death of Zygielbojm
Death of Zygielbojm

A story about the tragic fate of a Jewish political activist who committed suicide on 12th May 1943 ...

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The Bunker
The Bunker

In 1944, in the Belgian - German border, seven German soldiers survive an American attack in the fro...

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Alien³
Alien³

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a priso...

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Below
Below

In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine USS Tiger Shark prowls on what sho...

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Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God

In a primitive society, Bryana, a pregnant hunter, loses her husband to pestilence. Exiled from her ...

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Cargo
Cargo

A young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe...

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The Awakening
The Awakening

When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter....

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the uni...

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Brimstone & Treacle
Brimstone & Treacle

A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer....

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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid

The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about th...

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Flushed Away
Flushed Away

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for ...

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Almost Heaven
Almost Heaven

A Canadian television director is hired to salvage an international fishing show in Scotland. The on...

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Black Plague
Black Plague

Paranoia sets in as the Black Death strikes European villagers in the 14th century....

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Orthodox
Orthodox

Orthodox tells the story of Benjamin, an Orthodox Jewish man who alienated himself from his communit...

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Goal!
Goal!

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballe...

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Orthodox
Orthodox

Orthodox tells the story of Benjamin, an Orthodox Jewish man who alienated himself from his communit...

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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death ...

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How Many Miles to Babylon?
How Many Miles to Babylon?

Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themsel...

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Hercules
Hercules

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battl...

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Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

When aspiring knight Gareth goes in search of a fallen comet rumored to contain gold, he is shocked ...

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Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of...

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Royce
Royce

Royce is a member of the ultra-secret service "Black Hole", working for the US Government on top-sec...

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Little Deaths
Little Deaths

Composed of three disturbingly sensual and terrifying short narratives, unified by the twin themes o...

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Lennon Naked
Lennon Naked

A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart....

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Back with the Boys Again
Back with the Boys Again

In September 2013, members of the cast, writers and crew gathered on Tyneside to reminisce and celeb...

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Scoop
Scoop

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of N...

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Plenty
Plenty

David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war l...

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Games Without Frontiers
Games Without Frontiers

Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red light district. On ...

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Hanna's War
Hanna's War

Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would ...

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Writers Retreat
Writers Retreat

At a writers' retreat on an isolated island, novelist Zandra joins a group of strangers confronting ...

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Hamlet
Hamlet

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne,...

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Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth

Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained b...

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Iron Mask
Iron Mask

Commissioned to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire, cartographer Jonathan Green sets...

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Cry Wolf
Cry Wolf

Filled with every canine pun or dog related location, this is a short comedy with a plot revolving a...

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Jack the Giant Slayer
Jack the Giant Slayer

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway betw...

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A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets

In 1609, William Shakespeare published a collection of 154 sonnets, creating what is arguably the gr...

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Batman
Batman

Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fight...

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or i...

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Agatha
Agatha

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly dis...

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The Fight
The Fight

Tina lives in a quiet seaside town but her life is anything but quiet - her mother is threatening to...

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White Hunter, Black Heart
White Hunter, Black Heart

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hun...

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Walk Like a Panther
Walk Like a Panther

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub i...

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A Pinch of Snuff
A Pinch of Snuff

Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Cal...

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Papillon
Papillon

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and ...

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Hands of a Murderer
Hands of a Murderer

Sherlock Holmes must track down his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, after the villain kidnaps Holmes' b...

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Goal III: Taking on the World
Goal III: Taking on the World

Mexican footballer Santiago Muñez, along with his best friends and England national team players Cha...

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Venus Peter
Venus Peter

Produced for Scottish television, Venus Peter was financed by the Orkney Islands Council. The title ...

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London Fields
London Fields

Clairvoyant femme fatale, Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death ...

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Murder with Mirrors
Murder with Mirrors

When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to l...

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All My Friends Hate Me
All My Friends Hate Me

A college reunion goes awry when Pete suspects his friends may be out to get him... As their weekend...

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Sunday For Sammy 2016
Sunday For Sammy 2016

Sunday For Sammy 2016, a feast of North East talent in a spectacular show held in memory of Sammy Jo...

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100 Nights of Hero
100 Nights of Hero

When a charming house guest arrives at a remote castle, the delicate dynamic between a neglectful hu...

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