Actor-Profile

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.

Porsonal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-10-04

Place of birth

Hertfordshire, England, UK

Social Handle

7.6

The Fifth Element

1997-05-02

7.1

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005-09-15

0.0

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007-02-03

5.8

Death of Zygielbojm

2021-11-05

5.6

The Bunker

2001-09-14

6.4

Alien³

1992-05-22

6.0

Below

2002-08-11

4.5

Deus Otiosus: The Idle God

2020-09-16

4.6

Cargo

2006-02-14

5.5

The Awakening

1980-07-09

7.9

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023-05-03

5.8

Brimstone & Treacle

1982-10-01

6.3

The Little Mermaid

2023-05-18

6.3

Flushed Away

2006-10-22

5.5

Almost Heaven

2006-01-01

5.2

Black Plague

2002-12-01

0.0

Orthodox

2012-01-10

6.8

Goal!

2005-09-29

4.4

Orthodox

2015-11-11

7.4

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980-12-01

0.0

How Many Miles to Babylon?

1982-02-26

5.8

Hercules

2014-07-23

5.4

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

2015-02-24

7.9

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014-07-30

5.0

Royce

1994-08-31

4.4

Little Deaths

2011-02-25

5.5

Lennon Naked

2010-11-21

0.0

Back with the Boys Again

2013-12-01

6.3

Scoop

2024-03-27

5.7

Plenty

1985-09-20

0.0

Games Without Frontiers

1980-05-09

4.7

Hanna's War

1988-04-14

5.5

Writers Retreat

2015-10-16

6.6

Hamlet

1990-12-19

6.6

Lady Macbeth

2016-12-12

6.1

Iron Mask

2019-08-16

0.0

Cry Wolf

5.9

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013-02-27

4.8

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

2005-11-22

7.2

Batman

1989-06-21

6.6

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011-05-15

6.1

Agatha

1979-02-09

5.7

The Fight

2019-03-15

6.4

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990-05-16

6.2

Walk Like a Panther

2018-03-09

0.0

A Pinch of Snuff

1994-04-09

7.3

Papillon

2017-09-07

6.5

Hands of a Murderer

1990-05-16

4.0

Goal III: Taking on the World

2009-06-22

5.0

Venus Peter

1989-03-05

5.1

London Fields

2018-09-20

6.5

Murder with Mirrors

1985-02-20

5.9

All My Friends Hate Me

2022-03-11

0.0

Sunday For Sammy 2016

2016-02-01

5.3

100 Nights of Hero

2025-12-05