Oliver Chris
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1978-11-07 (age 47)
- Place of birth
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Biography
Oliver Graham Chris is an English actor. He has appeared in television series, TV films, and on the stage. His work has included theatrical productions in London's West End and New York City's Broadway.
Chris was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 7 November 1978. He passed his eleven-plus exam and attended Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys before moving to the Michael Hall Steiner School in his fourth year. He later graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2005, he completed an evening class at Birkbeck College and was subsequently accepted for a degree course in history, politics and philosophy.
Chris has appeared in several comedy series, including The Office, Green Wing, According to Bex, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd, Rescue Me and Bluestone 42.
In 2004, Chris re-wrote the lyrics to the Beatles' "Let It Be" to a song about the England football player Wayne Rooney and recorded it in collaboration with the actor Stephen Campbell Moore and a number of other actors and journalists. The song was reprised and re-recorded, with rewritten lyrics, for the 2006 Fifa World Cup and became a hit on YouTube, with 200,000 views.
Chris has also narrated most of the Alex Rider series of audiobooks by Anthony Horowitz, although Dan Stevens replaced him as reader for Snakehead, Crocodile Tears and Scorpia Rising.
Known For
TV Shows (26)
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Mr. Macabre (voice)
The Crown
2016
as James Colthurst
Foundation
2021
as Director Sef Sermak
Rivals
2024
as James Vereker
The IT Crowd
2006
as Daniel Carey
Milo Murphy's Law
2016
as Additional Voices (voice)
Trying
2020
as Freddy
The Musketeers
2014
as Duke of Beaufort
Sharpe
1993
as Leonard
Miss Scarlet
2020
as Basil Sinclaire
The Office
2001
as Ricky Howard
My Lady Jane
2024
as Narrator (voice)
Motherland
2017
as Paul
Bluestone 42
2013
as Nick
Green Wing
2004
as Boyce
Nathan Barley
2005
as Max Herbert
A Very British Scandal
2021
as George Emslie
Fairy Tales
2008
as Vukoosin Ergovich
Bonkers
2007
Lorna Doone
2000
as Charley Doone
Rescue Me
2002
as Luke Chatwin
Breathless
2013
as Richard Truscott
FM
2009
as Matt Kyle
Tripping Over
2006
as Sam
Maternal
2023
as Guy Cavendish
According to Bex
2005
Movies (29)
Dolittle
2020
as Sir Gareth
The Choral
2025
as Major Dobson
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Mr Watzisname
Emma.
2020
as John Knightley
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Director in Gallery
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Henry Percy
The Little Stranger
2018
as Tony Morley
The Scandalous Lady W
2015
as Viscount Deerhurst
Huge
2010
as Darren
Living
2022
as Hart
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023
as James
King Charles III
2017
as William
The Gathering
2003
as Brett
Lorna Doone
2001
as Charley Doone
The Queen and I
2018
as Prince Charles
Green Wing Special
2007
as Boyce
Miss Marx
2020
as Freddy
Shoshana
2024
as Ralph Cairns
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
2017
as Orsino
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
as The Beast
National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2019
as Theseus / Oberon
The Real Jane Austen
2002
as Tom Lefroy
National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
2011
as Stanley Stubbers
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
2003
as Percy Bysshe Shelley
White Widow
2023
as Andrew
Man of the Hour
2018
as Hector
Is This a Joke?
2011
as Driving Me Nuts
National Theatre Live: Young Marx
2017
as Engels
Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord
2011
About Oliver Chris
Oliver Graham Chris is an English actor. He has appeared in television series, TV films, and on the stage. His work has included theatrical productions in London's West End and New York City's Broadway. Chris was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 7 November 1978. He passed his eleven-plus exam and attended Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys before moving to the Michael Hall Steiner School in his fourth year. He later graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2005, he completed an evening class at Birkbeck Colle… With 55 credits spanning from 1993 to 2026, Oliver Chris has appeared in 29 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Oliver Chris Movies
- Dolittle (2020) — as Sir Gareth
- The Choral (2025) — as Major Dobson
- The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) — as Mr Watzisname
- Emma. (2020) — as John Knightley
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) — as Director in Gallery
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