Chris Langham

Known for ActingBorn 1949-04-14 (age 77)London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

London

Soft Targets

The Jim Henson Hour

George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

Call from Space

People Like Us

The Worst Week of My Life

The Thick of It

Bottom

Phoelix

The Muppet Show

Kiss Me Kate

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

Life of Brian

The Comic Strip Presents...

Of Muppets & Men

Happy Families

Have I Got News for You

Not the Nine O'Clock News

Shrink Rap

Alas Smith and Jones

Chelmsford 123

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

The Gaffer

The Preventers

Tales from the Poop Deck

The Muppets Go to the Movies

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Muppet Treasures

Murder Most Horrid

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One

My Family and Other Animals

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

I Love Muppets

The McGuffin

Black Pond

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Room to Rent

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

The Darkest Universe

The Big Tease

Silas Marner

Help