Chris Langham
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1949-04-14 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Christopher Langham
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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (23)
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self / Self - Host
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Nigel
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1988
as Himself
The Thick of It
2005
as Hugh Abbot
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Harry
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Bottom
1991
as Tight-Mouthed Larry
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as Officer / Exerciser
Alas Smith and Jones
1984
Shrink Rap
2007
as Self
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999
as Narrator
People Like Us
1999
as Roy Mallard
Chelmsford 123
1988
as Roman Guard
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as Writer
The Worst Week of My Life
2004
as Barry Turner
Happy Families
1985
as Reporter
London
2004
as Ned Ward
Kiss Me Kate
1998
The Gaffer
1981
as Spencer Moffatt
Help
2005
as Peter
The Good Sex Guide
1993
as Self
Movies (33)
Life of Brian
1979
as Alfonso / Giggling Guard
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Police Driver
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001
as Maurice
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
Carry On Columbus
1992
as Hubba
My Family and Other Animals
2005
as Theodore Stephanides
Silas Marner
1985
as Keating
The Big Tease
1999
as BBC Interviewer
Bejewelled
1991
as Cop
Soft Targets
1982
as Drinkwater
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
I Love Muppets
2002
as Self
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
as Jack
Vengeance
2020
as Danny
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003
Room to Rent
2001
as Mr. Paul
Phoelix
1979
The McGuffin
1986
as Detective
Black Pond
2011
as Tom Thompson
Of Muppets & Men
1981
as Self
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Private Enterprise
1986
as Nigel
Full Time
2013
as Vinnie
Cold Harbour
1978
as Tim
The Preventers
1996
as Dr. Keelover
The Darkest Universe
2016
as Alan
The Factory
2013
as Doctor
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003
as George Orwell
The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self
Teams from Hell
1989
John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction
2005
as John Wyndham
Spin by David Shrigley
2005
as Self as Narrator
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park
as Thénardier
About Chris Langham
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 f… With 56 credits spanning from 1976 to 2020, Chris Langham has appeared in 33 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Chris Langham Movies
- Life of Brian (1979) — as Alfonso / Giggling Guard
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) — as Police Driver
- The Emperor's New Clothes (2001) — as Maurice
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982) — as Self - Various Roles
- Carry On Columbus (1992) — as Hubba
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