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Oliver Chris

Oliver Chris

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1978-11-02

Birth Place

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

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A Very British Scandal

2021

6.9

TV
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According to Bex

2005

5.0

TV
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

2021

6.5

Movie
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Bluestone 42

2013

7.7

TV
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Bonkers

2007

0.0

TV
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Breathless

2013

6.8

TV
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004

6.2

Movie
Dolittle

Dolittle

2020

6.6

Movie
Emma.

Emma.

2020

7.0

Movie
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Fairy Tales

2008

0.0

TV
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Foundation

2021

7.8

TV
Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

2003

8.7

Movie
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Green Wing

2004

8.0

TV
Huge

Huge

2010

5.6

Movie
Is This a Joke?

Is This a Joke?

2011

0.0

Movie
King Charles III

King Charles III

2017

6.3

Movie
Living

Living

2022

7.0

Movie
Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

2001

5.9

Movie
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Lorna Doone

2000

8.0

TV
Man of the Hour

Man of the Hour

2018

6.2

Movie
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Maternal

2023

7.2

TV
Miss Marx

Miss Marx

2020

6.0

Movie
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Miss Scarlet and the Duke

2020

7.4

TV
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Motherland

2017

7.0

TV
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My Lady Jane

2024

7.5

TV
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Nathan Barley

2005

7.2

TV
National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

2019

7.6

Movie
National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

2011

6.6

Movie
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

2017

8.7

Movie
National Theatre Live: Young Marx

National Theatre Live: Young Marx

2017

8.2

Movie
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Phineas and Ferb

2007

7.9

TV
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Rescue Me

2002

0.0

TV
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Rivals

2024

7.2

TV
Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord

Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord

2011

0.0

Movie
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Sharpe

1993

7.8

TV
Shoshana

Shoshana

2024

6.5

Movie
The Choral

The Choral

0.0

Movie
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The Crown

2016

8.2

TV
The Gathering

The Gathering

2003

5.4

Movie
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The IT Crowd

2006

8.1

TV
The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger

2018

5.7

Movie
The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree

0.0

Movie
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The Musketeers

2014

7.0

TV
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The Office

2001

7.8

TV
The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

2003

7.3

Movie
The Queen and I

The Queen and I

2018

6.4

Movie
The Real Jane Austen

The Real Jane Austen

2002

8.5

Movie
The Scandalous Lady W

The Scandalous Lady W

2015

6.7

Movie
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Tripping Over

2006

0.0

TV
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Trying

2020

7.7

TV
What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023

6.0

Movie
White Widow

White Widow

2023

5.0

Movie