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.
Known for
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
Hercules (2014)
as Gryza
Batman (1989)
as Nic
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
as Uncle
Flushed Away (2006)
as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)
Alien³ (1992)
as Murphy
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
as Additional Voice (voice)
Iron Mask (2019)
as Grey
Papillon (2017)
as Jean Castili
Goal! (2005)
as Foghorn
100 Nights of Hero (2025)
as Beaked Brother Charles
Below (2002)
as Pappy
London Fields (2018)
as Darts Player
Lady Macbeth (2016)
as Boris Lester
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
as Tom Harrison
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Man Filling in Ditch
Goal III: Taking on the World (2009)
as Foghorn
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
as Potter
Orthodox (2012)
as Goldberg
Hamlet (1990)
as Player Queen
Scoop (2024)
as Elderly Man
Black Plague (2002)
as Steward
Little Deaths (2011)
as X
Plenty (1985)
as Spencer
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
as Sergeant Lake
Hands of a Murderer (1990)
as Jeremy Stubb
The Awakening (1980)
as Porter
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
as DS Edgar Wield
Games Without Frontiers (1980)
as Billy
Lennon Naked (2010)
as Freddie Lennon
Royce (1994)
as Kupchak
Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
as Drunk
The Bunker (2001)
as Sgt. Heydrich
Hanna's War (1988)
as Ruven
Agatha (1979)
as Luland
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
as Leslie Beck
Almost Heaven (2006)
as Teapot Ted
Cargo (2006)
as Ralph
All My Friends Hate Me (2022)
as Norman
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
as Self
Back with the Boys Again (2013)
as Himself
How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)
as Jerry Crowe
Orthodox (2015)
as Joseph Goldberg
The Fight (2019)
as Frank Dunn
Writers Retreat (2015)
as Nigel
A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets (2005)
as Physician
Cry Wolf (—)
as Sergeant
Death of Zygielbojm (2021)
Actor
Sunday For Sammy 2016 (2016)
Actor
Venus Peter (1989)
as Blind Man
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God (2020)
as Deus