Christopher Fairbank
ActingChristopher 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.
Known For
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Broker
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Ezekiel
The Fifth Element
Mactilburgh
The Little Mermaid
Hawkins
Batman
Nic
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Broker
Hercules
Gryza
Jack the Giant Slayer
Uncle
Iron Mask
Grey
Flushed Away
Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
Filmography — Acting
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Broker
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Ezekiel
The Fifth Element
Mactilburgh
The Little Mermaid
Hawkins
Batman
Nic
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Broker
Hercules
Gryza
Jack the Giant Slayer
Uncle
Iron Mask
Grey
Flushed Away
Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
Alien³
Murphy
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Additional Voice (voice)
Papillon
Jean Castili
Goal!
Foghorn
Scoop
Elderly Man
London Fields
Darts Player
Below
Pappy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Man Filling in Ditch
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Potter
Lady Macbeth
Boris Lester
Hamlet
Player Queen
Goal III: Taking on the World
Foghorn
Plenty
Spencer
100 Nights of Hero
Beaked Brother Charles
Agatha
Luland
White Hunter, Black Heart
Tom Harrison
Hands of a Murderer
Jeremy Stubb
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
The Awakening
Porter
All My Friends Hate Me
Norman
The Bunker
Sgt. Heydrich
Hanna's War
Ruven
Little Deaths
X
The Fight
Frank Dunn
Black Plague
Steward
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
Physician
Walk Like a Panther
Leslie Beck
Brimstone & Treacle
Drunk
Lennon Naked
Freddie Lennon
Murder with Mirrors
Sergeant Lake
Royce
Kupchak
Cargo
Ralph
Almost Heaven
Teapot Ted
Venus Peter
Blind Man
A Pinch of Snuff
DS Edgar Wield
Orthodox
Joseph Goldberg
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Jerry Crowe
Cry Wolf
Sergeant
Writers Retreat
Nigel
Death of Zygielbojm
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
Deus
Orthodox
Goldberg
Games Without Frontiers
Billy
Back with the Boys Again
Himself