Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank

Acting
Born Oct 04, 1953
From Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
7.9
2023

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Broker

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
6.6
2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Ezekiel

The Fifth Element
7.6
1997

The Fifth Element

Mactilburgh

The Little Mermaid
6.3
2023

The Little Mermaid

Hawkins

Batman
7.2
1989

Batman

Nic

Guardians of the Galaxy
7.9
2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Broker

Hercules
5.8
2014

Hercules

Gryza

Jack the Giant Slayer
5.9
2013

Jack the Giant Slayer

Uncle

Iron Mask
6.1
2019

Iron Mask

Grey

Flushed Away
6.3
2006

Flushed Away

Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)

Alien³
6.4
1992

Alien³

Murphy

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
7.1
2005

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Additional Voice (voice)

Papillon
7.3
2017

Papillon

Jean Castili

Goal!
6.8
2005

Goal!

Foghorn

Scoop
6.3
2024

Scoop

Elderly Man

London Fields
5.1
2018

London Fields

Darts Player

Below
6.0
2002

Below

Pappy

Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.4
1980

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Man Filling in Ditch

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
5.4
2015

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

Potter

Lady Macbeth
6.6
2016

Lady Macbeth

Boris Lester

Hamlet
6.6
1990

Hamlet

Player Queen

Goal III: Taking on the World
4.0
2009

Goal III: Taking on the World

Foghorn

Plenty
5.7
1985

Plenty

Spencer

100 Nights of Hero
5.8
2025

100 Nights of Hero

Beaked Brother Charles

Agatha
6.1
1979

Agatha

Luland

White Hunter, Black Heart
6.4
1990

White Hunter, Black Heart

Tom Harrison

Hands of a Murderer
6.5
1990

Hands of a Murderer

Jeremy Stubb

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Self

The Awakening
5.5
1980

The Awakening

Porter

All My Friends Hate Me
5.9
2022

All My Friends Hate Me

Norman

The Bunker
5.6
2001

The Bunker

Sgt. Heydrich

Hanna's War
4.7
1988

Hanna's War

Ruven

Little Deaths
4.4
2011

Little Deaths

X

The Fight
5.7
2019

The Fight

Frank Dunn

Black Plague
5.2
2002

Black Plague

Steward

A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets
4.8
2005

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

Physician

Walk Like a Panther
6.2
2018

Walk Like a Panther

Leslie Beck

Brimstone & Treacle
5.8
1982

Brimstone & Treacle

Drunk

Lennon Naked
5.3
2010

Lennon Naked

Freddie Lennon

Murder with Mirrors
6.5
1985

Murder with Mirrors

Sergeant Lake

Royce
5.0
1994

Royce

Kupchak

Cargo
4.6
2006

Cargo

Ralph

Almost Heaven
5.5
2006

Almost Heaven

Teapot Ted

Venus Peter
5.0
1989

Venus Peter

Blind Man

A Pinch of Snuff
1994

A Pinch of Snuff

DS Edgar Wield

Orthodox
4.4
2015

Orthodox

Joseph Goldberg

How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982

How Many Miles to Babylon?

Jerry Crowe

Cry Wolf

Sergeant

Writers Retreat
5.5
2015

Writers Retreat

Nigel

Death of Zygielbojm
5.8
2021

Death of Zygielbojm

Deus Otiosus: The Idle God
4.5
2020

Deus Otiosus: The Idle God

Deus

Orthodox
2012

Orthodox

Goldberg

Games Without Frontiers
1980

Games Without Frontiers

Billy

Back with the Boys Again
2013

Back with the Boys Again

Himself

2016

Sunday For Sammy 2016