Chris Langham
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-04-14
- Died:
- 2026-06-24
- Place of birth:
- London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Vengeance
The Darkest Universe
Full Time
The Factory
Black Pond
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Shrink Rap
My Family and Other Animals
Spin by David Shrigley
John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction
The Thick of It
Help
London
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
The Worst Week of My Life
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
I Love Muppets
The Emperor's New Clothes
Room to Rent
The Big Tease
People Like Us
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Kiss Me Kate
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park
The Preventers
Look at the State We're In!
The Good Sex Guide
Carry On Columbus
Murder Most Horrid
Bottom
Bejewelled
Have I Got News for You
The Jim Henson Hour
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Teams from Hell
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Chelmsford 123
The McGuffin
Private Enterprise
Silas Marner
Happy Families
Alas Smith and Jones
The Comic Strip Presents...
Soft Targets
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Of Muppets & Men
The Gaffer
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Life of Brian
Phoelix
Cold Harbour
The Story of Pantomime
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Muppet Show
The Secret Policeman's Ball