Chris Langham
Acting • Born 1949-04-14
Biography
Christopher Langham is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC Four sitcom The Thick of It, and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost entirely an unseen character. Langham subsequently created several spoof adverts in the same vein. He also played similar unseen interviewers in an episode of the television series Happy Families and in the film The Big Tease. He is also known for his roles in the television series Not the Nine O'Clock News, Help, Kiss Me Kate, and as the gatehouse guard in Chelmsford 123. In 2006, he won BAFTA awards for The Thick of It and Help. On 2 August 2007, Langham was found guilty of fifteen charges of downloading and possessing level 5 child sexual abuse images and videos. Langham was jailed for ten months, reduced to six months on appeal. He was made to sign the sex offenders' register and was banned from working with children for 10 years.
Filmography
56 credits
The Big Tease
Movie • 1999
BBC Interviewer
Of Muppets & Men
Movie • 1981
Self
Black Pond
Movie • 2011
Tom Thompson
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Movie • 1989
Self
Full Time
Movie • 2013
Vinnie
Private Enterprise
Movie • 1986
Nigel
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Movie • 2009
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie • 1982
Self - Various Roles
The McGuffin
Movie • 1986
Detective
Life of Brian
Movie • 1979
Alfonso / Giggling Guard
Carry On Columbus
Movie • 1992
Hubba
Cold Harbour
Movie • 1978
Tim
My Family and Other Animals
Movie • 2005
Theodore Stephanides
Bejewelled
Movie • 1991
Cop
The Darkest Universe
Movie • 2016
Alan
The Preventers
Movie • 1996
Dr. Keelover
Soft Targets
Movie • 1982
Drinkwater
Silas Marner
Movie • 1985
Keating
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume One
Movie • 2006
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
Movie • 2003
George Orwell
Vengeance
Movie • 2020
Danny
The Factory
Movie • 2013
Doctor
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie • 2001
Maurice
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Movie • 1976
Police Driver
John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction
Movie • 2005
John Wyndham
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Movie • 2004
Jack
I Love Muppets
Movie • 2002
Self
The Story of Pantomime
Movie • 1976
Self
Phoelix
Movie • 1979
Spin by David Shrigley
Movie • 2005
Self as Narrator
Room to Rent
Movie • 2001
Mr. Paul
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park
Movie
Thénardier
Teams from Hell
Movie • 1989
Kiss Me Kate
TV • 1998
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Harry
Alas Smith and Jones
TV • 1984
People Like Us
TV • 1999
Roy Mallard
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV • 1976
Self
Not the Nine O'Clock News
TV • 1979
The Thick of It
TV • 2005
Hugh Abbot
The Gaffer
TV • 1981
Spencer Moffatt
The Jim Henson Hour
TV • 1989
Help
TV • 2005
Peter
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star
The Worst Week of My Life
TV • 2004
Barry Turner
London
TV • 2004
Ned Ward
Happy Families
TV • 1985
Reporter
Shrink Rap
TV • 2007
Self
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Nigel
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
TV • 1988
Himself
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self - Host
Bottom
TV • 1991
Tight-Mouthed Larry
Chelmsford 123
TV • 1988
Roman Guard
The Good Sex Guide
TV • 1993
Self
Look at the State We're In!
TV • 1995
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