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Christopher Fairbank
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 had roles 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 2024 portrayed Eddie Knight in a few episodes of EastEnders.
Fairbank was born in Hertfordshire on 4 October 1953. Fairbank grew up in Essex and lived in a family village shop. He was educated at a boarding school in Canterbury. His father was a freemason, who a week before he died was approached by Duke of Kent at Addenbrokes Hospital, the hospital he was staying in, to award him with his 33rd degree in freemasonry which according to Christopher someone could only achieve if they are the Duke of Kent.
Fairbank's first experience in acting was in primary school when he played Mr. Brown for a stage production of Paddington Bear at Clavering County Primary School, in which he performed his first piece of improvisation after the pupil who was playing Paddington forgot his curtain line. This inspired Fairbank to take part in more local theatre productions.
When he was seventeen years old, he was convicted of possession of marijuana after his mother discovered cannabis in his room and was reported by his father. Fairbank was put on probation for two years, and was moved to Liverpool to live in a hostel. He would later be arrested twice during a visit to the Edinburgh fringe in 1975. Christopher lived in Liverpool for two years before he attended Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated in April 1974.
When he was first starting out, Fairbank had problems with auditioners as they did not like his skin which had been affected by acne. Before his breakout role in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Fairbank had small roles in shows such as Z-Cars and had a recurring role in the 1979 series The Old Curiosity Shop, where he appeared in seven out of nine episodes as Kit Nubbles. He appeared in six episodes of Coronation Street between August and October 1981 as Ginger, a mechanic.
In 1983, Fairbank's manager sent him to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet director Roger Bamford, during his audition he did a Scouse accent and got the part as Albert Arthur Moxey, known better in the show by just his surname, Moxey. He portrayed the character for two series in 1985 and 1986, as well as its two series revival in 2002 and 2004.
The character Moxey is a lovable rogue plasterer from Liverpool who in the first series had a stutter but over the course of the show the condition is cured. His character was a reformed arsonist with mental health problems who at one point absconds from a prison and goes on the run under different aliases. In the finale of the 2004 series he moves to Australia with his partner.
Since then, he has been in many other films such as Batman where he played a mugger named Nic who is interrogated by Batman. In television, he has been in popular shows such as Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Father Brown and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. He has performed as a voice actor in the Aardman films Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Flushed Away.
Christopher Fairbank
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 had roles 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 2024 portrayed Eddie Knight in a few episodes of EastEnders.
Fairbank was born in Hertfordshire on 4 October 1953. Fairbank grew up in Essex and lived in a family village shop. He was educated at a boarding school in Canterbury. His father was a freemason, who a week before he died was approached by Duke of Kent at Addenbrokes Hospital, the hospital he was staying in, to award him with his 33rd degree in freemasonry which according to Christopher someone could only achieve if they are the Duke of Kent.
Fairbank's first experience in acting was in primary school when he played Mr. Brown for a stage production of Paddington Bear at Clavering County Primary School, in which he performed his first piece of improvisation after the pupil who was playing Paddington forgot his curtain line. This inspired Fairbank to take part in more local theatre productions.
When he was seventeen years old, he was convicted of possession of marijuana after his mother discovered cannabis in his room and was reported by his father. Fairbank was put on probation for two years, and was moved to Liverpool to live in a hostel. He would later be arrested twice during a visit to the Edinburgh fringe in 1975. Christopher lived in Liverpool for two years before he attended Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated in April 1974.
When he was first starting out, Fairbank had problems with auditioners as they did not like his skin which had been affected by acne. Before his breakout role in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Fairbank had small roles in shows such as Z-Cars and had a recurring role in the 1979 series The Old Curiosity Shop, where he appeared in seven out of nine episodes as Kit Nubbles. He appeared in six episodes of Coronation Street between August and October 1981 as Ginger, a mechanic.
In 1983, Fairbank's manager sent him to Auf Wiedersehen, Pet director Roger Bamford, during his audition he did a Scouse accent and got the part as Albert Arthur Moxey, known better in the show by just his surname, Moxey. He portrayed the character for two series in 1985 and 1986, as well as its two series revival in 2002 and 2004.
The character Moxey is a lovable rogue plasterer from Liverpool who in the first series had a stutter but over the course of the show the condition is cured. His character was a reformed arsonist with mental health problems who at one point absconds from a prison and goes on the run under different aliases. In the finale of the 2004 series he moves to Australia with his partner.
Since then, he has been in many other films such as Batman where he played a mugger named Nic who is interrogated by Batman. In television, he has been in popular shows such as Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Father Brown and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. He has performed as a voice actor in the Aardman films Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Flushed Away.