Chris Langham
Actor
- Born
- April 14, 1949 · London, England, UK
- Died
- June 24, 2026 (age 77)
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.
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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.
Known for
Life of Brian
August 17, 1979
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
September 16, 1976
Carry On Columbus
October 2, 1992
The Emperor's New Clothes
August 11, 2001
My Family and Other Animals
December 27, 2005
The Big Tease
November 26, 1999
Black Pond
November 11, 2011
Silas Marner
December 30, 1985
I Love Muppets
March 31, 2002
The Darkest Universe
November 4, 2016
Room to Rent
June 22, 2001
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
March 1, 1982
Acting33
- 2020Vengeance as Danny
- 2016The Darkest Universe as Alan
- 2013Full Time as Vinnie
- 2013The Factory as Doctor
- 2011Black Pond as Tom Thompson
- 2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2005My Family and Other Animals as Theodore Stephanides
- 2005Spin by David Shrigley as Self as Narrator
- 2005John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction as John Wyndham
- 2004