Chris Langham

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.

Known For

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Muppet Show

The Thick of It

Life of Brian

Murder Most Horrid

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

All Movies (33)

• Vengeance2020 · as Danny
• The Darkest Universe2016 · as Alan
• Full Time2013 · as Vinnie
• The Factory2013 · as Doctor
• Black Pond2011 · as Tom Thompson
• Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News2009 · as Various Roles (archive footage)
• My Family and Other Animals2005 · as Theodore Stephanides
• Spin by David Shrigley2005 · as Self as Narrator
• John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction2005 · as John Wyndham
• The Legend of the Tamworth Two2004 · as Jack
• The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One2003
• George Orwell: A Life In Pictures2003 · as George Orwell
• I Love Muppets2002 · as Self
• The Emperor's New Clothes2001 · as Maurice
• Room to Rent2001 · as Mr. Paul
• The Big Tease1999 · as BBC Interviewer
• The Preventers1996 · as Dr. Keelover
• Carry On Columbus1992 · as Hubba
• Bejewelled1991 · as Cop
• The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball1989 · as Self
• Teams from Hell1989
• The McGuffin1986 · as Detective
• Private Enterprise1986 · as Nigel
• Silas Marner1985 · as Keating
• Soft Targets1982 · as Drinkwater
• The Secret Policeman's Other Ball1982 · as Self - Various Roles
• Of Muppets & Men1981 · as Self
• Life of Brian1979 · as Alfonso / Giggling Guard
• Phoelix1979
• Cold Harbour1978 · as Tim
• The Story of Pantomime1976 · as Self
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again1976 · as Police Driver
• Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park— · as Thénardier

All TV Shows (25)

• Shrink Rap2007 · as Self
• The Thick of It2005 · as Hugh Abbot
• Help2005 · as Peter
• London2004 · as Ned Ward
• The Worst Week of My Life2004 · as Barry Turner
• People Like Us1999 · as Roy Mallard
• Gimme Gimme Gimme1999 · as Narrator
• Kiss Me Kate1998
• Look at the State We're In!1995 · as Writer
• The Good Sex Guide1993 · as Self
• Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Harry
• Bottom1991 · as Tight-Mouthed Larry
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self - Host
• The Jim Henson Hour1989 · as Officer
• The Jim Henson Hour1989 · as Exerciser
• Whose Line Is It Anyway?1988 · as Himself
• Chelmsford 1231988 · as Roman Guard
• Happy Families1985 · as Reporter
• Alas Smith and Jones1984
• The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Nigel
• The Gaffer1981 · as Spencer Moffatt
• Not the Nine O'Clock News1979
• The Muppet Show1976 · as Self - Special Guest Star
• The Secret Policeman's Ball1976 · as Self