Christopher Fairbank
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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.
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Credits
The Fifth Element (1997)
as Mactilburgh
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
as Broker
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as Ezekiel
The Little Mermaid (2023)
as Hawkins
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
as The Broker
Flushed Away (2006)
as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
Batman (1989)
as Nic
Hercules (2014)
as Gryza
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
as Uncle
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Additional Voice (voice)
Alien³ (1992)
as Murphy
Papillon (2017)
as Jean Castili
Iron Mask (2019)
as Grey
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
as Potter
London Fields (2018)
as Darts Player
Goal! (2005)
as Foghorn
Scoop (2024)
as Elderly Man
Lady Macbeth (2016)
as Boris Lester
Below (2002)
as Pappy
Goal III: Taking on the World (2008)
as Foghorn
100 Nights of Hero (2025)
as Beaked Brother Charles
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
as Tom Harrison
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
as Self
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Man Filling in Ditch
The Awakening (1980)
as Porter
Hamlet (1990)
as Player Queen
All My Friends Hate Me (2022)
as Norman
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)
as Physician
Hanna's War (1988)
as Ruven
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
as DS Edgar Wield
Hands of a Murderer (1990)
as Jeremy Stubb
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
as Sergeant Lake
Lennon Naked (2010)
as Freddie Lennon
Black Plague (2002)
as Steward
Agatha (1979)
as Luland
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
as Leslie Beck
Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
as Drunk
The Bunker (2001)
as Sgt. Heydrich
How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)
as Jerry Crowe
Little Deaths (2011)
as X
Plenty (1985)
as Spencer
Royce (1994)
as Kupchak
Orthodox (2012)
as Goldberg
The Fight (2019)
as Frank Dunn
Cargo (2006)
as Ralph
Sunday For Sammy 2016 (2016)
Actor
Death of Zygielbojm (2021)
as Woolf
Back with the Boys Again (2013)
as Himself
Games Without Frontiers (1980)
as Billy
Orthodox (2015)
as Joseph Goldberg
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God (2020)
as Deus
Almost Heaven (2006)
as Teapot Ted
Venus Peter (1989)
as Blind Man
Cry Wolf (—)
as Sergeant
Writers Retreat (2015)
as Nigel