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Chris Langham
Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn April 14, 1949 (75 years)
Christopher Langham is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC Four sitcom The Thick of It, and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost entirely an unseen character.
Langham subsequently created several spoof adverts in the same vein. He also played similar unseen interviewers in an episode of the television series Happy Families and in the film The Big Tease. He is also known for his roles in the television series Not the Nine O'Clock News, Help, Kiss Me Kate, and as the gatehouse guard in Chelmsford 123. In 2006, he won BAFTA awards for The Thick of It and Help.
On 2 August 2007, Langham was found guilty of fifteen charges of downloading and possessing level 5 child sexual abuse images and videos. Langham was jailed for ten months, reduced to six months on appeal. He was made to sign the sex offenders' register and was banned from working with children for 10 years.
Langham subsequently created several spoof adverts in the same vein. He also played similar unseen interviewers in an episode of the television series Happy Families and in the film The Big Tease. He is also known for his roles in the television series Not the Nine O'Clock News, Help, Kiss Me Kate, and as the gatehouse guard in Chelmsford 123. In 2006, he won BAFTA awards for The Thick of It and Help.
On 2 August 2007, Langham was found guilty of fifteen charges of downloading and possessing level 5 child sexual abuse images and videos. Langham was jailed for ten months, reduced to six months on appeal. He was made to sign the sex offenders' register and was banned from working with children for 10 years.
Filmography
| 2020 | |
| 2016 | The Darkest Universe · as Alan |
| 2013 | Full Time · as Vinnie |
| 2012 | Acceptance · as Danny |
| 2011 | Black Pond · as Tom Thompson |
| 2007 | The Secret Life of Brian · as Giggling Guard |
| 2005 | My Family and Other Animals · as Theodore Stephanides |
| 2005 | The Thick of It (TV Series) · as Hugh Abbot |
| 2005 | Help (2005) (TV Series) · as Peter |
| 2004 | Peter Ackroyd's London (TV Series) · as Ned Ward |
| 2004 | The Legend of the Tamworth Two · as Jack |
| 2004 | The Worst Week of My Life (TV Series) · as Barry Turner |
| 2003 | Absolute Power (TV Series) · as Peter Walsh |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers (TV Series) · as George Hackett |
| 2003 | George Orwell: A Life in Pictures · as George Orwell |
| 2003 | Boohbah (TV Series) · as Voice |
| 2003 | Monkey Dust (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 2001 | The Emperor's New Clothes · as Maurice |
| 2000 | Room to Rent · as Mr. Paul |
| 2000 | The Wright Stuff (TV Series) · as Guest Panelist |
| 1999 | The Big Tease · as Bbc Interviewer |
| 1999 | People Like Us (TV Series) · as Roy Mallard |
| 1999 | Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1998 | Kiss Me Kate (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Bremner, Bird and Fortune (TV Series) · as Frank |
| 1995 | Is It Legal? (TV Series) · as Mr. Etherington |
| 1993 | The Good Sex Guide (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1992 | Carry on Columbus · as Hubba |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1991 | Bottom (TV Series) · as Tight-Mouthed Larry |
| 1991 | Bejewelled · as Cop |
| 1990 | Spatz (TV Series) · as Marvin The Magnificent |
| 1989 | Making Out (TV Series) · as Hotel Porter |
| 1988 | Chelmsford 123 (TV Series) · as Roman Guard |
| 1987 | The Jim Henson Hour (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Married... with Children (TV Series) · as Airport Security |
| 1985 | Silas Marner · as Keating |
| 1985 | Happy Families (TV Series) · as Reporter |
| 1985 | Saturday Live (TV Series) · as Rudy Weiss |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Detective |
| 1984 | Alas Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... (TV Series) · as Nigel |
| 1982 | Soft Targets · as Drinkwater |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Devas |
| 1981 | The Gaffer (TV Series) · as Spencer Moffatt |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian · as Alfonso / Giggling Guard |
| 1976 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again · as Police Driver |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Drinkwater |
| 1969 | Q... (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Tim |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Cast |