Chris Langham
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990
Series
The Comic Strip Presents...
Nigel
1982
Series
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Series
The Thick of It
Hugh Abbot
2005
Series
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Himself
1988
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Harry
1991
Film
Life of Brian
Alfonso / Giggling Guard
1979
Series
The Jim Henson Hour
Officer
1989
Series
The Jim Henson Hour
Exerciser
1989
Series
Alas Smith and Jones
1984
Series
Bottom
Tight-Mouthed Larry
1991
Series
The Worst Week of My Life
Barry Turner
2004
Series
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976
Series
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
Series
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Narrator
1999
Series
People Like Us
Roy Mallard
1999
Series
Shrink Rap
Self
2007
Film
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Police Driver
1976
Series
Chelmsford 123
Roman Guard
1988
Look at the State We're In!
Writer
1995
Series
Happy Families
Reporter
1985
Series
Help
Peter
2005
Series
The Gaffer
Spencer Moffatt
1981
The Good Sex Guide
Self
1993
Series
Kiss Me Kate
1998
London
Ned Ward
2004
Film
My Family and Other Animals
Theodore Stephanides
2005
Film
The Emperor's New Clothes
Maurice
2001
Film
The Story of Pantomime
Self
1976
Film
The Darkest Universe
Alan
2016
Film
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
1982
Film
The Big Tease
BBC Interviewer
1999
Film
Bejewelled
Cop
1991
Film
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
1989
Film
Carry On Columbus
Hubba
1992
Film
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Various Roles (archive footage)
2009
Film
Room to Rent
Mr. Paul
2001
Film
Silas Marner
Keating
1985
Film
The Preventers
Dr. Keelover
1996
Film
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Jack
2004
Film
The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News Volume One
2003
Film
Black Pond
Tom Thompson
2011
Film
Teams from Hell
1989
Film
Private Enterprise
Nigel
1986
Film
Of Muppets & Men
Self
1981
Film
Spin by David Shrigley
Self as Narrator
2005
Film
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
George Orwell
2003
Film
Vengeance
Danny
2020
Film
Soft Targets
Drinkwater
1982
Film
John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction
John Wyndham
2005
Film
I Love Muppets
Self
2002
Film
The McGuffin
Detective
1986
Film
Les Misérables: In Concert at Hylands Park
Thénardier
1997
Film
Phoelix
1979
Cold Harbour
Tim
1978
Film
The Factory
Doctor
2013
Full Time
Vinnie
2013