Chris Langham
Born April 14, 1949 (Age: 77)
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London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
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as Various Roles (archive footage)
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Age: 60
Spin by David Shrigley
2005
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as Self as Narrator
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Age: 56
John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction
2005
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as John Wyndham
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Age: 56
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
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as Jack
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Age: 54
I Love Muppets
2002
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as Self
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Age: 52
No Image
The Preventers
1996
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as Dr. Keelover
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Age: 47
Carry On Columbus
1992
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as Hubba
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Age: 43
Bejewelled
1991
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as Cop
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Age: 41
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
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as Self
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Age: 39
Teams from Hell
1989
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as
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Age: 39
Private Enterprise
1986
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as Nigel
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Age: 36
Silas Marner
1985
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as Keating
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Age: 36
Of Muppets & Men
1981
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as Self
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Age: 32
Life of Brian
1979
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as Alfonso / Giggling Guard
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Age: 30
No Image
Cold Harbour
1978
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as Tim
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Age: 29
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
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as Police Driver
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Age: 27