Christopher Fairbank (born October 4, 1953) is an English film, stage and television actor. His experience in theatre, film, television, radio drama as well as voice-over work in radio and TV commercials, documentary narration, cartoon voices, looping, ADR and re-voicing work is both extensive and varied. Christopher Fairbank portrayed Ezekiel in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Biography[]
Born on October 4, 1953, Christopher Fairbank left RADA in April 1974 and had worked as an actor. As his CV shows, his experience in theatre, film, television, radio drama as well as voiceover work in radio and TV commercials, documentary narration, cartoon voices, looping, ADR and re-voicing work is both extensive and varied. Over the years Chris has gained a reputation for being one of the most versatile actors of his generation.
After making his debut in Z Cars, Christopher Fairbank had appeared in nearly 100 British television series, TV movies and feature films. His motion pictures included Agatha, Plenty, Batman, Hamlet, Alien 3 and Goal!, with TV series including Five Daughters, Law & Order: UK, The Line of Beauty, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Inspector Morse, Lovejoy, Prime Suspect 3, Spender, The Bill, Noah's Castle and The Old Curiosity Shop. Fairbank had also lent his voice to such animated films as Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Flushed Away and the video games Rule of Rose, Killzone: Liberation, Medieval II: Total War, Heavenly Sword, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Fable and Killzone 2.
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Trivia[]
- Fairbank lent his voice to the 2006 film Flushed Away, which also featured Bill Nighy.
- Fairbank appeared in the 2013 film Jack the Giant Slayer, which also featured Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, and Angus Barnett.
- Fairbank appeared in the 2014 film Hercules, which also featured Ian McShane.
- Fairbank appeared in the 2022 Disney+ series Star Wars: Andor, which also starred Stellan Skarsgård and Anton Lesser.
- Fairbank appeared in the 2023 film The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall, produced by John DeLuca, and starred Javier Bardem.