Christopher Fairbank
Acting • Born 1953-10-04
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.
Filmography
113 credits
The Fifth Element
Movie • 1997
Mactilburgh
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Movie • 2005
Additional Voice (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie • 2007
Self
Death of Zygielbojm
Movie • 2021
The Bunker
Movie • 2001
Sgt. Heydrich
Alien³
Movie • 1992
Murphy
Below
Movie • 2002
Pappy
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
Movie • 2020
Deus
Cargo
Movie • 2006
Ralph
The Awakening
Movie • 1980
Porter
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie • 2023
Broker
Brimstone & Treacle
Movie • 1982
Drunk
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 2023
Hawkins
Flushed Away
Movie • 2006
Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
Almost Heaven
Movie • 2006
Teapot Ted
Black Plague
Movie • 2002
Steward
Orthodox
Movie • 2012
Goldberg
Goal!
Movie • 2005
Foghorn
Orthodox
Movie • 2015
Joseph Goldberg
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie • 1980
Man Filling in Ditch
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Movie • 1982
Jerry Crowe
Hercules
Movie • 2014
Gryza
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Movie • 2015
Potter
Guardians of the Galaxy
Movie • 2014
The Broker
Royce
Movie • 1994
Kupchak
Little Deaths
Movie • 2011
X
Lennon Naked
Movie • 2010
Freddie Lennon
Back with the Boys Again
Movie • 2013
Himself
Scoop
Movie • 2024
Elderly Man
Plenty
Movie • 1985
Spencer
Games Without Frontiers
Movie • 1980
Billy
Hanna's War
Movie • 1988
Ruven
Writers Retreat
Movie • 2015
Nigel
Hamlet
Movie • 1990
Player Queen
Lady Macbeth
Movie • 2016
Boris Lester
Iron Mask
Movie • 2019
Grey
Cry Wolf
Movie
Sergeant
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie • 2013
Uncle
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Movie • 2005
Physician
Batman
Movie • 1989
Nic
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie • 2011
Ezekiel
Agatha
Movie • 1979
Luland
The Fight
Movie • 2019
Frank Dunn
White Hunter, Black Heart
Movie • 1990
Tom Harrison
Walk Like a Panther
Movie • 2018
Leslie Beck
A Pinch of Snuff
Movie • 1994
DS Edgar Wield
Papillon
Movie • 2017
Jean Castili
Hands of a Murderer
Movie • 1990
Jeremy Stubb
Goal III: Taking on the World
Movie • 2009
Foghorn
Venus Peter
Movie • 1989
Blind Man
London Fields
Movie • 2018
Darts Player
Murder with Mirrors
Movie • 1985
Sergeant Lake
All My Friends Hate Me
Movie • 2022
Norman
Sunday For Sammy 2016
Movie • 2016
100 Nights of Hero
Movie • 2025
Beaked Brother Charles
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1999
Fumier
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Ronnie Tyler
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Sydney Sterrat
The Bill
TV • 1984
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Chris Palmer
Spooks
TV • 2002
Gordon Blaney
Space Precinct
TV • 1994
Burl Flak
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TV • 1983
Albert Moxey
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Foxy Norris
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
TV • 2008
Groby
Crocodile Shoes
TV • 1994
Spender
TV • 1991
Joe Phelan
Drama Connections
TV • 2005
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Never Better
TV • 2008
Comic Relief
TV • 1988
Wokenwell
TV • 1997
This Is Jinsy
TV • 2010
Vera
TV • 2011
Robert Naresby
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Fenton
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TV • 1987
Horst Berger
In a Land of Plenty
TV • 2001
In Deep
TV • 2001
Harbinson
Stay Lucky
TV • 1989
Casualty
TV • 1986
Gerald Bryant
The Line of Beauty
TV • 2006
Barry Groom
South Of The Border
TV • 1988
Dennis
Dickensian
TV • 2015
Silas Wegg
The Rotters' Club
TV • 2005
Roll-up Reg
Outlander
TV • 2014
Aaron Beardsley
Invasion: Earth
TV • 1998
Wg. Cdr. Friday
Sherwood
TV • 2022
Bill Raggett
Finney
TV • 1994
Bobo Jr.
Five Daughters
TV • 2010
DCI John Quinton
Hatton Garden
TV • 2019
Billy Lincoln
Andor
TV • 2022
Ulaf
Jamaica Inn
TV • 2014
Harry
Constellation
TV • 2024
Yura
Prime Suspect
TV • 1991
Chief Insp. David Lyall
Merlin
TV • 2008
Black Knight (voice)
Ashes to Ashes
TV • 2008
David Bonds
Wolf Hall
TV • 2015
Walter Cromwell
In the Beginning
TV • 2000
Idol Worshipper
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Billy
Taboo
TV • 2017
Ibbotson
Borgen
TV • 2010
Vassily Andrejev
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Herman Jolly
Truelove
TV • 2024
Trevor
Family Tree
TV • 2013
Neville St. Aubrey
True Tilda
TV • 1997
Gavel
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Billy
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Jerry Crowe
The Old Curiosity Shop
TV • 1979
Kit Nubbles
Sapphire & Steel
TV • 1979
Johnny Jack
Rockliffe's Babies
TV • 1987
Dover
Noah's Castle
TV • 1980
Cliff