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Chris Langham
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Christopher Langham (1949-2026) was 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 200…
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Christopher Langham (1949-2026) was 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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Chris Langham's Filmography
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Vengeance
as Danny
The Darkest Universe
as Alan
No Poster
Full Time
as Vinnie
The Factory
as Doctor
Black Pond
as Tom Thompson
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
as Various Roles (archive footage)
My Family and Other Animals
as Theodore Stephanides
Spin by David Shrigley
as Self as Narrator
John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction
as John Wyndham
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Jack
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
as George Orwell
I Love Muppets
as Self
The Emperor's New Clothes
as Maurice
Room to Rent
as Mr. Paul
The Big Tease
as BBC Interviewer
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park
as Thénardier
The Preventers
as Dr. Keelover
Carry On Columbus
as Hubba
Bejewelled
as Cop
Teams from Hell
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
The McGuffin
as Detective
Private Enterprise
as Nigel
Silas Marner
as Keating
Soft Targets
as Drinkwater
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
Of Muppets & Men
as Self
Life of Brian
as Alfonso / Giggling Guard
Phoelix
No Poster
Cold Harbour
as Tim
The Story of Pantomime
as Self
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
as Police Driver