Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank

Known for
Acting
Born
October 4, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
Hertfordshire, England, UK

Biography

Christopher E. Fairbank (born 4 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known in the UK for playing Moxey in the comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Fairbank has appeared in Coronation Street, Batman, Doctor Who, and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. He has a recurring role in the Guardians of the Galaxy films as The Broker, and in two guest stints in 2024 and 2026, portrayed Eddie Knight in EastEnders. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Fairbank, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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Cry Wolf

Cry Wolf

Movie · as Sergeant

2026
Pierre poster

Pierre

TV · as Sean Lambert · 3 eps

2025
100 Nights of Hero poster

100 Nights of Hero

Movie · as Beaked Brother Charles

2024
Scoop poster

Scoop

Movie · as Elderly Man

2024
Constellation poster

Constellation

TV · as Yura · 1 ep

2024
Truelove poster

Truelove

TV · as Trevor · 1 ep

2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 poster

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Movie · as Broker

2023
The Little Mermaid poster

The Little Mermaid

Movie · as Hawkins

2022
All My Friends Hate Me poster

All My Friends Hate Me

Movie · as Norman

2022
Sherwood poster

Sherwood

TV · as Bill Raggett · 1 ep

2022
Andor poster

Andor

TV · as Ulaf · 3 eps

2022
The Essex Serpent poster

The Essex Serpent

TV · as Cracknell · 2 eps

2021
Death of Zygielbojm poster

Death of Zygielbojm

Movie · as Woolf

2021
The Show poster

The Show

Movie · as Patsy Bleaker

2020
Deus Otiosus: The Idle God poster

Deus Otiosus: The Idle God

Movie · as Deus

2019
Iron Mask poster

Iron Mask

Movie · as Grey

2019
The Fight poster

The Fight

Movie · as Frank Dunn

2019
Hatton Garden poster

Hatton Garden

TV · as Billy Lincoln · 2 eps

2018
Walk Like a Panther poster

Walk Like a Panther

Movie · as Leslie Beck

2018
London Fields poster

London Fields

Movie · as Darts Player

2018
The Woman in White poster

The Woman in White

TV · as Mr Brown · 2 eps

2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators poster

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

TV · as Don Bergius · 1 ep

2017
Papillon poster

Papillon

Movie · as Jean Castili

2017
Taboo poster

Taboo

TV · as Ibbotson · 3 eps

2016
Lady Macbeth poster

Lady Macbeth

Movie · as Boris Lester

2016
Sunday For Sammy 2016

Sunday For Sammy 2016

Movie

2016
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

TV · as Yundt · 1 ep

2015
Orthodox poster

Orthodox

Movie · as Joseph Goldberg

2015
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse poster

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

Movie · as Potter

2015
Writers Retreat poster

Writers Retreat

Movie · as Nigel

2015
Dickensian poster

Dickensian

TV · as Silas Wegg · 20 eps

2015
Wolf Hall poster

Wolf Hall

TV · as Walter Cromwell · 2 eps

2014
Hercules poster

Hercules

Movie · as Gryza

2014
Guardians of the Galaxy poster

Guardians of the Galaxy

Movie · as The Broker

2014
Outlander poster

Outlander

TV · as Aaron Beardsley · 1 ep

2014
Jamaica Inn poster

Jamaica Inn

TV · as Harry · 3 eps

2014
Grantchester poster

Grantchester

TV · as Eli Roper · 1 ep

2013
Back with the Boys Again poster

Back with the Boys Again

Movie · as Himself

2013
Jack the Giant Slayer poster

Jack the Giant Slayer

Movie · as Uncle

2013
Father Brown poster

Father Brown

TV · as Herman Jolly · 1 ep

2013
Family Tree poster

Family Tree

TV · as Neville St. Aubrey · 1 ep

2012
Orthodox poster

Orthodox

Movie · as Goldberg

2011
Little Deaths poster

Little Deaths

Movie · as X

2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Movie · as Ezekiel

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Robert Naresby · 1 ep

2011
Hidden poster

Hidden

TV · as George Venn · 4 eps

2011
Kidnap and Ransom poster

Kidnap and Ransom

TV · as Chris Taylor · 3 eps

2010
Lennon Naked poster

Lennon Naked

Movie · as Freddie Lennon

2010
Five Daughters poster

Five Daughters

TV · as DCI John Quinton · 3 eps

2010
Borgen poster

Borgen

TV · as Vassily Andrejev · 1 ep

2009
Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK

TV · as Jeff McFaden · 1 ep

2008
Goal III: Taking on the World poster

Goal III: Taking on the World

Movie · as Foghorn

2008
Mindflesh poster

Mindflesh

Movie · as Verdain

2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles poster

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

TV · as Groby · 4 eps

2008
Never Better poster

Never Better

TV · as Doug · 6 eps

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Black Knight (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Ashes to Ashes poster

Ashes to Ashes

TV · as David Bonds · 1 ep

2008
Inspector George Gently poster

Inspector George Gently

TV · as Billy Mallam · 1 ep

2008
Wallander poster

Wallander

TV · as Sten Norlander · 1 ep

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2007
Five Days poster

Five Days

TV · as DS Curling · 2 eps

2007
Rough Diamond

Rough Diamond

TV · as Barry · 1 ep

2006
Cargo poster

Cargo

Movie · as Ralph

2006
Flushed Away poster

Flushed Away

Movie · as Thimblenose Ted / Cockroach / Passerby (voice)

2006
Almost Heaven poster

Almost Heaven

Movie · as Teapot Ted

2006
The Line of Beauty poster

The Line of Beauty

TV · as Barry Groom · 3 eps

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

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Movie · as Additional Voice (voice)

2005
Goal! poster

Goal!

Movie · as Foghorn

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

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

Movie · as Physician

2005
Drama Connections

Drama Connections

TV · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Fenton · 1 ep

2005
The Rotters' Club poster

The Rotters' Club

TV · as Roll-up Reg · 1 ep

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Tommy Gerrard · 1 ep

2004
Doc Martin poster

Doc Martin

TV · as Malcolm Rayner · 1 ep

2002
Below poster

Below

Movie · as Pappy

2002
Black Plague poster

Black Plague

Movie · as Steward

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Gordon Blaney · 1 ep

2002
Paradise Heights poster

Paradise Heights

TV · as John Askins · 1 ep

2001
The Bunker poster

The Bunker

Movie · as Sgt. Heydrich

2001
In a Land of Plenty poster

In a Land of Plenty

TV · as Bob · 3 eps

2001
In Deep poster

In Deep

TV · as Harbinson · 2 eps

2000
In the Beginning poster

In the Beginning

TV · as Idol Worshipper · 2 eps

1999
The Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Scarlet Pimpernel

TV · as Fumier · 6 eps

1998
Invasion: Earth poster

Invasion: Earth

TV · as Wg. Cdr. Friday · 6 eps

1998
City Central poster

City Central

TV · as Mark Dixon · 1 ep

1997
The Fifth Element poster

The Fifth Element

Movie · as Mactilburgh

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Ronnie Tyler · 1 ep

1997
Wokenwell poster

Wokenwell

TV · as Stew Saunter · 1 ep

1997
True Tilda

True Tilda

TV · as Gavel · 6 eps

1997
Underworld poster

Underworld

TV · as Haynesie · 6 eps

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Chris Palmer · 2 eps

1996
Into the Fire

Into the Fire

TV · as Joyce · 3 eps

1994
Royce poster

Royce

Movie · as Kupchak

1994
A Pinch of Snuff poster

A Pinch of Snuff

Movie · as DS Edgar Wield

1994
Space Precinct poster

Space Precinct

TV · as Burl Flak · 1 ep

1994
Finney poster

Finney

TV · as Bobo Jr. · 6 eps

1994
A Pinch of Snuff

A Pinch of Snuff

TV · as Sgt Wield · 3 eps

1994
Crocodile Shoes poster

Crocodile Shoes

TV · as Alan Clarke · 9 eps

1992
Alien³ poster

Alien³

Movie · as Murphy

1992
Framed poster

Framed

TV · as Sydney Jefferson · 1 ep

1991
Spender poster

Spender

TV · as Joe Phelan · 1 ep

1991
Prime Suspect poster

Prime Suspect

TV · as Chief Insp. David Lyall, Chief Inspector David Lyall

1991
Tropical Heat poster

Tropical Heat

TV · as Patrick · 1 ep

1990
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Player Queen

1990
White Hunter, Black Heart poster

White Hunter, Black Heart

Movie · as Tom Harrison

1990
Hands of a Murderer poster

Hands of a Murderer

Movie · as Jeremy Stubb

1989
Batman poster

Batman

Movie · as Nic

1989
Venus Peter poster

Venus Peter

Movie · as Blind Man

1989
Stay Lucky poster

Stay Lucky

TV · as Leech · 1 ep

1988
Hanna's War poster

Hanna's War

Movie · as Ruven

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV

1988
South of the Border poster

South of the Border

TV · as Dennis · 1 ep

1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles poster

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

TV · as Horst Berger · 2 eps

1987
Rockliffe's Babies poster

Rockliffe's Babies

TV · as Dover · 1 ep

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Foxy Norris · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Gerald Bryant · 1 ep

1986
London's Burning poster

London's Burning

TV · as Tony · 1 ep

1985
Plenty poster

Plenty

Movie · as Spencer

1985
Murder with Mirrors poster

Murder with Mirrors

Movie · as Sergeant Lake

1985
EastEnders poster

EastEnders

TV · as Eddie Knight · 3 eps

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · as Charles · 1 ep

1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet poster

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

TV · as Albert Moxey · 38 eps

1982
Brimstone & Treacle poster

Brimstone & Treacle

Movie · as Drunk

1982
How Many Miles to Babylon? poster

How Many Miles to Babylon?

Movie · as Jerry Crowe

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Sydney Sterrat · 1 ep

1981
Going Out poster

Going Out

TV · as First Policenan · 1 ep

1980
The Awakening poster

The Awakening

Movie · as Porter

1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy poster

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Movie · as Man Filling in Ditch

1980
Games Without Frontiers poster

Games Without Frontiers

Movie · as Billy

1980
Noah's Castle poster

Noah's Castle

TV · as Cliff · 7 eps

1980
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn

TV · as Tom Corder · 3 eps

1979
Agatha poster

Agatha

Movie · as Luland

1979
The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop

TV · as Kit Nubbles · 7 eps

1979
Sapphire & Steel poster

Sapphire & Steel

TV · as Johnny Jack · 4 eps

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Billy · 1 ep

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Billy, Jerry Crowe · 1 ep

1962
Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars

TV · as Man at Bus Stop · 1 ep

1960
Coronation Street poster

Coronation Street

TV · as Ginger · 2 eps