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Chris Langham

Chris Langham

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 14, 1949 (76)
Birthplace London, England, UK
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 alm ... ost 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.

Known For

Filmography

Vengeance

Vengeance

2020

as Danny

The Darkest Universe

The Darkest Universe

2016

as Alan

Full Time

Full Time

2013

as Vinnie

The Factory

The Factory

2013

as Doctor

Black Pond

Black Pond

2011

as Tom Thompson

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

2009

as Various Roles (archive footage)

My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals

2005

as Theodore Stephanides

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001

as Maurice

The Big Tease

The Big Tease

1999

as BBC Interviewer

The Preventers

The Preventers

1996

as Dr. Keelover

Carry On Columbus

Carry On Columbus

1992

as Hubba

Bejewelled

Bejewelled

1991

as Cop

Private Enterprise

Private Enterprise

1986

as Nigel

The McGuffin

The McGuffin

1986

as Detective

Silas Marner

Silas Marner

1985

as Keating

Soft Targets

Soft Targets

1982

as Drinkwater

Life of Brian

Life of Brian

1979

as Alfonso / Giggling Guard

Cold Harbour

Cold Harbour

1978

as Tim

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

as Police Driver

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

People Like Us

as Roy Mallard

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

The Gaffer

as Spencer Moffatt

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jan 09, 1981

The Thick of It

as Hugh Abbot

Episodes: 6

First Aired: May 19, 2005

Help

as Peter

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 27, 2005

London

as Ned Ward

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 07, 2004

Murder Most Horrid

as Harry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1991

The Worst Week of My Life

as Barry Turner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 2004

Happy Families

as Reporter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 17, 1985

Bergerac

as Devas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 1981

The Comic Strip Presents...

as Nigel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 02, 1982

Bottom

as Tight-Mouthed Larry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1991

Not the Nine O'Clock News

Episodes: 27

First Aired: Oct 16, 1979

Kiss Me Kate

Episodes: 20

First Aired: May 04, 1998

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Apr 01, 1976

Alas Smith and Jones

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 31, 1984

The Jim Henson Hour

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Apr 14, 1989

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1976

Shrink Rap

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 2007

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as Himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1988

Have I Got News for You

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1990

Have I Got News for You

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1990

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