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Oliver Chris
Homepage
https://www.knighthallagency.com/client/oliver-chris/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1978-11-07,Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

9

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster
2003-12-07

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

4.7

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021-12-19

5.9

Miss Marx
2020-09-17

5.2

White Widow
2023-11-20

The Real Jane Austen

8.5

The Real Jane Austen
2002-12-30

Is This a Joke?

0

Is This a Joke?
2011-12-31

6.974

Living
2022-11-04

What's Love Got to Do with It?

6.046

What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023-01-26

5.563

The Gathering
2003-02-23

The Scandalous Lady W

6.585

The Scandalous Lady W
2015-08-17

The Magic Faraway Tree

6.295

The Magic Faraway Tree
2026-03-26

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

6.3

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors
2011-09-15

The Other Boleyn Girl

7.176

The Other Boleyn Girl
2003-03-28

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

8.7

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
2017-04-06

King Charles III

6.355

King Charles III
2017-05-10

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

6.226

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004-11-10

National Theatre Live: Young Marx

8.2

National Theatre Live: Young Marx
2017-12-07

5.75

Lorna Doone
2001-03-11

Man of the Hour

6

Man of the Hour
2018-08-16

The Queen and I

6.3

The Queen and I
2018-12-24

Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord

0

Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord
2011-03-29

5.6

Huge
2010-06-18

The Little Stranger

5.671

The Little Stranger
2018-08-30

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

7.583

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2019-06-03

7.013

Emma.
2020-02-13

6.581

Dolittle
2020-01-02

6.292

Shoshana
2024-01-25

6.214

The Choral
2025-11-07

Green Wing Special

10

Green Wing Special
2007-01-04

8

Sharpe
1993-05-05

7.9

Green Wing
2004-09-03

7.833

The Office
2001-07-09

According to Bex

6.5

According to Bex
2005-01-07

8

Rescue Me
2002-03-03

0

Bonkers
2007-02-01

7.395

Rivals
2024-10-18

7.4

Bluestone 42
2013-03-05

6.8

Breathless
2013-10-10

7.717

Foundation
2021-09-23

A Very British Scandal

6.7

A Very British Scandal
2021-12-26

8.163

The IT Crowd
2006-02-03

7.161

Motherland
2017-11-07

8.2

The Crown
2016-11-04

7.7

Lorna Doone
2000-12-24

Phineas and Ferb

7.892

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

6.375

Maternal
2023-01-16

7.547

Trying
2020-05-01

7.47

My Lady Jane
2024-06-27

0

Tripping Over
2006-10-25

7

The Musketeers
2014-01-19

7.297

Miss Scarlet
2020-03-31

7.31

Nathan Barley
2005-02-11

0

Fairy Tales
2008-01-10

Milo Murphy's Law

7.4

Milo Murphy's Law
2016-10-03

6.5

FM
2009-02-25