Christopher Fairbank
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.
113 acting credits
Acting · 113
Midsomer Murders
1997
Outlander
2014
Doctor Who
2005
Casualty
1986
Vera
2011
Silent Witness
1996
Father Brown
2013
Andor
2022
Merlin
2008
Spooks
2002
The Professionals
1977
Bergerac
1981
Playhouse
1974
New Tricks
2004
Z-Cars
1962
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
The Bill
1984
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
The Fifth Element
1997
Prime Suspect
1991
Taboo
2017
Law & Order: UK
2009
Lovejoy
1986
The Little Mermaid
2023
Hercules
2014
Batman
1989
Wolf Hall
2015
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
Borgen
2010
Ashes to Ashes
2008
Constellation
2024
Flushed Away
2006
Goal!
2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Sherwood
2022
Alien³
1992
Papillon
2017
Space Precinct
1994
Iron Mask
2019
Dickensian
2015
Sapphire & Steel
1979
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
Spender
1991
South of the Border
1988
The Line of Beauty
2006
In Deep
2001
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
Stay Lucky
1989
Family Tree
2013
Crocodile Shoes
1994
In the Beginning
2000
Jamaica Inn
2014
Rockliffe's Babies
1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
Hatton Garden
2019
Goal III: Taking on the World
2009
Truelove
2024
London Fields
2018
Comic Relief
1988
Five Daughters
2010
Invasion: Earth
1998
Below
2002
The Old Curiosity Shop
1979
Scoop
2024
Hamlet
1990
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
2015
This Is Jinsy
2010
The Rotters' Club
2005
Framed
1992
Lady Macbeth
2016
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
100 Nights of Hero
2025
White Hunter, Black Heart
1990
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
True Tilda
1997
Plenty
1985
Murder with Mirrors
1985
Orthodox
2015
Finney
1994
Cargo
2006
The Awakening
1980
In a Land of Plenty
2001
Hanna's War
1988
Wokenwell
1997
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
2005
Agatha
1979
All My Friends Hate Me
2022
Never Better
2008
Brimstone & Treacle
1982
Royce
1994
The Bunker
2001
Black Plague
2002
The Fight
2019
Lennon Naked
2010
Little Deaths
2011
Almost Heaven
2006
Noah's Castle
1980
Orthodox
2012
Games Without Frontiers
1980
Writers Retreat
2015
Drama Connections
2005
Walk Like a Panther
2018
Back with the Boys Again
2013
Sunday For Sammy 2016
2016
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
Hands of a Murderer
1990
Venus Peter
1989
How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982
Death of Zygielbojm
2021
Cry Wolf
—
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
2020