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Oliver Chris

Oliver Chris

Known for ActingBorn 1978-11-07 (age 47)Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Oliver Graham Chris is an English actor. He has appeared in television series, TV films, and on the stage. His work has included theatrical productions in London's West End and New York City's Broadway. Chris was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 7 November 1978. He passed his eleven-plus exam and attended Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys before moving to the Michael Hall Steiner School in his fourth year. He later graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2005, he completed an evening class at Birkbeck College and was subsequently accepted for a degree course in history, politics and philosophy. Chris has appeared in several comedy series, including The Office, Green Wing, According to Bex, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd, Rescue Me and Bluestone 42. In 2004, Chris re-wrote the lyrics to the Beatles' "Let It Be" to a song about the England football player Wayne Rooney and recorded it in collaboration with the actor Stephen Campbell Moore and a number of other actors and journalists. The song was reprised and re-recorded, with rewritten lyrics, for the 2006 Fifa World Cup and became a hit on YouTube, with 200,000 views. Chris has also narrated most of the Alex Rider series of audiobooks by Anthony Horowitz, although Dan Stevens replaced him as reader for Snakehead, Crocodile Tears and Scorpia Rising. In early 2006, Chris played the role of Captain Leonard in Sharpe's Challenge, starring Sean Bean, while 2007 saw him in the TV comedy Bonkers, written by Sally Wainwright as well as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew at the Wilton's Music Hall. In 2006, he also appeared as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. He later appeared in Peter Hall's production of The Portrait of a Lady. He made his West End debut in late 2008 in Lisa Kron's comedy, Well. In 2010, he appeared alongside Judi Dench in Hall's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Chris was cast in Ben Miller's feature-length debut comedy film Huge, which premiered in June 2010. In 2011, saw him appear in two episodes of Silent Witness, whilst also playing one of the leading roles in the National Theatre production of One Man, Two Guvnors alongside James Corden. He appeared in three series of the BBC Three comedy Bluestone 42, about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. He also played Dr Richard Truscott in the ITV medical drama series Breathless, set in the 1960s, which ran for one series from October 2013. From 2014 to 2016, Chris played Prince William in the play King Charles III, appearing in the West End and on Broadway. In May 2017, he appeared in the same role in the BBC Two film adaptation.Read more

Movies & web series

Green Wing Special10.0
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Green Wing Special

2007 · Movie

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster9.0
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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

2003 · Movie

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night8.7
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National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

2017 · Movie

The Real Jane Austen8.5
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The Real Jane Austen

2002 · Movie

National Theatre Live: Young Marx8.2
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National Theatre Live: Young Marx

2017 · Movie

The Crown8.2
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The Crown

2016 · Series

The IT Crowd8.2
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The IT Crowd

2006 · Series

Rescue Me8.0
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Rescue Me

2002 · Series

Phineas and Ferb7.9
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Phineas and Ferb

2007 · Series

Green Wing7.9
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Green Wing

2004 · Series

Sharpe8.0
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Sharpe

1993 · Series

Foundation7.7
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Foundation

2021 · Series

The Office7.8
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The Office

2001 · Series

Trying7.6
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Trying

2020 · Series

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream7.6
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National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

2019 · Movie

Lorna Doone7.7
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Lorna Doone

2000 · Series

My Lady Jane7.5
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My Lady Jane

2024 · Series

Rivals7.4
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Rivals

2024 · Series

Milo Murphy's Law7.4
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Milo Murphy's Law

2016 · Series

Bluestone 427.4
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Bluestone 42

2013 · Series

Miss Scarlet7.3
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Miss Scarlet

2020 · Series

Motherland7.2
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Motherland

2017 · Series

Nathan Barley7.3
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Nathan Barley

2005 · Series

Emma.7.0
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Emma.

2020 · Movie

Living7.0
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Living

2022 · Movie

The Other Boleyn Girl7.2
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The Other Boleyn Girl

2003 · Movie

The Musketeers7.0
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The Musketeers

2014 · Series

Breathless6.8
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Breathless

2013 · Series

A Very British Scandal6.7
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A Very British Scandal

2021 · Series

Dolittle6.6
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Dolittle

2020 · Movie

The Scandalous Lady W6.6
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The Scandalous Lady W

2015 · Movie

King Charles III6.5
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King Charles III

2017 · Movie

The Magic Faraway Tree6.4
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The Magic Faraway Tree

2026 · Movie

Maternal6.4
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Maternal

2023 · Series

FM6.5
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FM

2009 · Series

The Choral6.3
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The Choral

2025 · Movie

According to Bex
6.5
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According to Bex

2005 · Series

Shoshana6.3
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Shoshana

2024 · Movie

The Queen and I6.3
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The Queen and I

2018 · Movie

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors6.3
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National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

2011 · Movie

What's Love Got to Do with It?6.1
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What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023 · Movie

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason6.2
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004 · Movie

Man of the Hour6.0
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Man of the Hour

2018 · Movie

Miss Marx5.9
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Miss Marx

2020 · Movie

The Little Stranger5.7
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The Little Stranger

2018 · Movie

Lorna Doone5.8
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Lorna Doone

2001 · Movie

Huge5.6
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Huge

2010 · Movie

The Gathering5.6
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The Gathering

2003 · Movie