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Chris Lang
Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 1, 1961 (64 years)
Chris Lang is a British screenwriter, producer, and actor. Lang has written many British television series but is best known as the writer, creator, and executive producer of Unforgotten.
Chris Lang was educated at Reigate Grammar School and then at RADA, where he won the Royal Academy award for "A Series of Outstanding Performances in the Vanbrugh Theatre". He graduated in 1983
In his youth, Lang formed a comedy revue called The Jockeys of Norfolk with Andy Taylor and Hugh Grant.
He worked as an actor on such British television series as Shadow of the Noose, Drop the Dead Donkey, Outside Edge, A Dance to the Music of Time, and All Along the Watchtower. He stopped acting in the mid nineties in order to fully concentrate on his writing career
Lang began his screenwriting career on The Bill, for which he wrote many episodes, and for which he won a Writer's Guild award. He went on to write episodes for shows including Casualty, Soldier Soldier, The Knock, POW, Primeval, Hustle, and The Tunnel for Sky Atlantic
In 2001, he wrote and created his first original drama series The Glass, which starred John Thaw and Sarah Lancashire. Other original work has included Sirens, Unconditional Love, Amnesia (which was nominated for an Edgar Award), Lawless, and The Reckoning
The first series of Unforgotten, starring Nicola Walker, Trevor Eve, Sir Tom Courtenay, and Sanjeev Bhaskar, was broadcast in autumn 2015. Courtenay later won the 2016 BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role. The second series aired in January 2017 to an audience of 7.29 million, with the Daily Telegraph describing the series as "the detective drama of the decade". In November 2017 Mark Bonnar won the 2017 Best Actor BAFTA Scotland for his portrayal of Colin Osborne in the series. The third series aired in July 2018 and received universal critical acclaim. The last episode was watched by over 7.5 million viewers, making it the most watched episode of all three series.
Chris Lang was educated at Reigate Grammar School and then at RADA, where he won the Royal Academy award for "A Series of Outstanding Performances in the Vanbrugh Theatre". He graduated in 1983
In his youth, Lang formed a comedy revue called The Jockeys of Norfolk with Andy Taylor and Hugh Grant.
He worked as an actor on such British television series as Shadow of the Noose, Drop the Dead Donkey, Outside Edge, A Dance to the Music of Time, and All Along the Watchtower. He stopped acting in the mid nineties in order to fully concentrate on his writing career
Lang began his screenwriting career on The Bill, for which he wrote many episodes, and for which he won a Writer's Guild award. He went on to write episodes for shows including Casualty, Soldier Soldier, The Knock, POW, Primeval, Hustle, and The Tunnel for Sky Atlantic
In 2001, he wrote and created his first original drama series The Glass, which starred John Thaw and Sarah Lancashire. Other original work has included Sirens, Unconditional Love, Amnesia (which was nominated for an Edgar Award), Lawless, and The Reckoning
The first series of Unforgotten, starring Nicola Walker, Trevor Eve, Sir Tom Courtenay, and Sanjeev Bhaskar, was broadcast in autumn 2015. Courtenay later won the 2016 BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role. The second series aired in January 2017 to an audience of 7.29 million, with the Daily Telegraph describing the series as "the detective drama of the decade". In November 2017 Mark Bonnar won the 2017 Best Actor BAFTA Scotland for his portrayal of Colin Osborne in the series. The third series aired in July 2018 and received universal critical acclaim. The last episode was watched by over 7.5 million viewers, making it the most watched episode of all three series.
Chris Lang Filmography
| 2025 | I, Jack Wright (TV Series) |
| 2022 | The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (TV Series) |
| 2022 | |
| 2018 | Unschuldig (2019) (TV Series) |
| 2018 | The Hook Up Plan (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Innocent (2018) (TV Series) |
| 2016 | Dark Heart (TV Series) |
| 2015 | Unforgotten (TV Series) |
| 2014 | Undeniable (TV Series) |
| 2013 | The Tunnel (TV Series) |
| 2012 | A Mother's Son (TV Series) |
| 2011 | The Reckoning (TV Series) |
| 2008 | The Palace (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Torn (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Primeval (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Robin Hood (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Vital Signs (TV Series) |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Hustle (TV Series) |
| 2003 | P.O.W. (TV Series) |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Sirens (TV Series) |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | The Glass (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Wing and a Prayer (TV Series) |
| 1994 | The Knock (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Hale & Pace (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Alas Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 2025 | I, Jack Wright (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Hook Up Plan (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Innocent (2018) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Dark Heart (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Unforgotten (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Undeniable (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | A Mother's Son (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | The Reckoning (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | The Little House (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Torn (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | |
| 2002 | Sirens (TV Series) · as Associate Producer |
| 2002 | Sirens · as Associate Producer |
| 2015 | Unforgotten (TV Series) · as Floor Manager |
| 2009 | HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends · as Tiger |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | Captain Sabertooth · as Tully And Benjamin |
| 1999 | A Monkey's Tale · as Additional Voices |
| 1999 | All Along the Watchtower (TV Series) · as Flight Lieutenant Simon Harrison |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time (TV Series) · as Chips Lovell |
| 1997 | Kipper (TV Series) · as Kipper's Friends (voice) |
| 1997 | Kipper: Puppy Love · as Tiger |
| 1996 | Percy the Park Keeper (TV Series) · as Badger |
| 1994 | Harry Enfield and Chums (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1994 | Outside Edge (TV Series) · as Alex Harrington |
| 1993 | Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (TV Series) · as Pigling Bland (voice) |
| 1991 | Paul Merton: The Series (TV Series) · as Christopher Lang |
| 1990 | Drop The Dead Donkey (TV Series) · as Peregrine |
| 1989 | KYTV (TV Series) · as Pop Star |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose (TV Series) · as Lord Russell |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Frederickson |
| 1985 | All in Good Faith (TV Series) · as Driver |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2019 | Hugh Grant: A Life on Screen · as Self |
| 2017 | Unforgotten: Sins of the Past · as Self |
| 2017 | Unforgotten: Domestic Turmoil · as Self - Writer & Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Unforgotten: Building the Series · as Self |
| 2017 | Unforgotten: Flashes of the Past · as Self |
| 2015 | What Is Unforgotten? · as Self - Writer & Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Unforgotten Takes Us Back to the 70s · as Self - Director |
| 2022 | Poikani Joel (TV Series) · as Original Story |
| 2018 | The Reckoning (FR) (TV Series) · as Story |
| 2018 | Piégés · as Creator: The Reckoning |
| 2017 | Quand je serai grande, je te tuerai (TV Series) · as Creator: Undeniable |
| 2016 | Entre deux mères · as Original Story |
| 2015 | Tu es mon fils · as Original Story |