Christopher Fairbank
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-10-04
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.
Also Known For
The Fifth Element
May 02, 1997
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Sep 15, 2005
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Feb 03, 2007
Death of Zygielbojm
Nov 05, 2021
The Bunker
Sep 14, 2001
Alien³
May 22, 1992
Below
Aug 11, 2002
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
Sep 16, 2020
Cargo
Feb 14, 2006
The Awakening
Jul 09, 1980
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
May 03, 2023
Brimstone & Treacle
Oct 01, 1982
The Little Mermaid
May 18, 2023
Flushed Away
Oct 22, 2006
Almost Heaven
Jan 01, 2006
Black Plague
Dec 01, 2002
Orthodox
Jan 10, 2012
Goal!
Sep 29, 2005
Orthodox
Nov 11, 2015
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Dec 01, 1980
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Feb 26, 1982
Hercules
Jul 23, 2014
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Feb 24, 2015
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jul 30, 2014
Royce
Aug 31, 1994
Little Deaths
Feb 25, 2011
Lennon Naked
Nov 21, 2010
Back with the Boys Again
Dec 01, 2013
Scoop
Mar 27, 2024
Plenty
Sep 20, 1985
Games Without Frontiers
May 09, 1980
Hanna's War
Apr 14, 1988
Writers Retreat
Oct 16, 2015
Hamlet
Dec 19, 1990
Lady Macbeth
Dec 12, 2016
Iron Mask
Aug 16, 2019
Cry Wolf
Jack the Giant Slayer
Feb 27, 2013
Batman
Jun 21, 1989
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Nov 22, 2005
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
May 15, 2011
Agatha
Feb 09, 1979
The Fight
Mar 15, 2019
White Hunter, Black Heart
May 16, 1990
Walk Like a Panther
Mar 09, 2018
A Pinch of Snuff
Apr 09, 1994
Papillon
Sep 07, 2017
Hands of a Murderer
May 16, 1990
Goal III: Taking on the World
Jun 22, 2009
Venus Peter
Mar 05, 1989
London Fields
Sep 20, 2018
Murder with Mirrors
Feb 20, 1985
All My Friends Hate Me
Mar 11, 2022
Sunday For Sammy 2016
Feb 01, 2016
100 Nights of Hero
Dec 05, 2025
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Jan 24, 1999
Midsomer Murders
Mar 23, 1997
Bergerac
Oct 18, 1981
The Bill
Oct 16, 1984
Z-Cars
Jan 02, 1962
Silent Witness
Feb 21, 1996
Spooks
May 13, 2002
Space Precinct
Oct 03, 1994
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Nov 11, 1983
Lovejoy
Jan 10, 1986
Law & Order: UK
Feb 23, 2009
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Sep 14, 2008
Crocodile Shoes
Nov 10, 1994
Spender
Jan 08, 1991
Drama Connections
Sep 06, 2005
New Tricks
Jan 01, 2004
Never Better
Jan 10, 2008
Comic Relief
Feb 05, 1988
Wokenwell
May 18, 1997
This Is Jinsy
Mar 01, 2010
Vera
May 01, 2011
Doctor Who
Mar 26, 2005
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Feb 08, 1987
In a Land of Plenty
Jan 10, 2001
Rockliffe's Babies
Jan 09, 1987
In Deep
Feb 19, 2001
Stay Lucky
Dec 08, 1989
Casualty
Sep 06, 1986
The Line of Beauty
May 17, 2006
South Of The Border
Oct 25, 1988
Dickensian
Dec 26, 2015
The Rotters' Club
Jan 26, 2005
Outlander
Aug 09, 2014
Invasion: Earth
May 08, 1998
Sherwood
Jun 13, 2022
Finney
Nov 17, 1994
Five Daughters
Apr 25, 2010
Hatton Garden
May 20, 2019
Andor
Sep 21, 2022
Jamaica Inn
Apr 21, 2014
Constellation
Feb 21, 2024
Prime Suspect
Apr 07, 1991
Merlin
Sep 20, 2008
Ashes to Ashes
Feb 07, 2008
Wolf Hall
Jan 21, 2015
In the Beginning
Nov 12, 2000
The Professionals
Dec 30, 1977
Taboo
Jan 07, 2017
Borgen
Sep 26, 2010
Father Brown
Jan 14, 2013
Truelove
Jan 03, 2024
Family Tree
May 12, 2013
True Tilda
Mar 16, 1997
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dec 09, 1979
