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 ing 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' and was banned from working with children for 10 years.
Filmography
all 67
Movies 44
TV Shows 23
self 13
Writer 12
Vengeance (2020)
Full Time (2013)
The Factory (2013)
Black Pond (2011)
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News (2009)
Shrink Rap (2007)
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News (2006)
My Family and Other Animals (2005)
Spin by David Shrigley (2005)
The Thick of It (2005)
Help (2005)
London (2004)
The Worst Week of My Life (2004)
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures (2003)
Boohbah (2003)
The Big Tease (1999)
People Like Us (1999)
Kiss Me Kate (1998)
The Preventers (1996)
Have I Got News for You (1990)
Hollywood Dog (1990)
Miss Piggy's Hollywood (1989)
Call from Space (1989)
Chelmsford 123 (1988)
The McGuffin (1986)
Silas Marner (1985)
Soft Targets (1982)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
Bergerac (1981)
The Queen Special (1981)
The Gaffer (1981)
Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
The Muppet Show (1976)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-04-14 (76 years old)
Birth Place
London, United Kingdom
Height
Father
Michael Langham
Mother
Helen Burns
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Residences
Cranbrook, United Kingdom
Also Known As
Christopher Langham
Awards
British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance, Writers Guild of America Award, Emmy Award
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