- Oliver Chris
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Born 2 November 1978
Tunbridge Wells, EnglandYears active 2000–present Oliver Chris (born 2 November 1978) is an English actor from Tunbridge Wells.
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Early life
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 attended the 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.[1]
Career
He has appeared in several comedy series, including The Office, Green Wing, According to Bex, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd and Rescue Me. He appeared as the character Boyce in both the first and second series of Green Wing.[2]
In 2004, he 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 hits.
He has also orated 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 he played the role of Captain Leonard in Sharpe's Challenge, starring Sean Bean, while 2007 has seen him in the TV comedy Bonkers, written by Sally Wainwright as well as a drunken Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew at the Wilton's Music Hall.[3][4] He later appeared in Peter Hall's production of The Portrait of a Lady. He then made his West End debut in late 2008 in Lisa Kron's comedy, Well.[5] In 2010 he appeared alongside Judi Dench in Hall's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.[6]
He was also cast in Ben Miller's feature-length debut comedy film, Huge, which premiered in June 2010.[7] He also has an upcoming guest role in Silent Witness.
Personal life
Chris has been in a relationship with fellow actor Rachael Stirling since 2007.[8]
Filmography
Film and television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Lorna Doone Charley Doone TV film 2001 The Office Ricky Howard 6 episodes 2002 The Gathering Brett 2002 Rescue Me Luke Chatwin Series regular 2002 The Real Jane Austen Tom Lefroy 2003 The Other Boleyn Girl Henry Percy TV film 2003 Casualty Tim Lasky 1 episode: "The Point of No Return" 2003 Sweet Medicine Geoff Episode 1.8 2003 Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster Percy Bysshe Shelley TV film 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Director in Gallery 2004–2006 Green Wing Boyce 18 episodes 2005 Nathan Barley Max Herbert Series regular 2005 According to Bex Ryan Series regular 2006 The IT Crowd Daniel Carey 1 episode: 'Fifty-Fifty' 2006 Sharpe's Challenge Leonard TV film 2006 Tripping Over Sam 4 episodes 2006 Corpse Kevin Brown Short film 2007 Bonkers Marcus Lewis Series regular 2008 Fairy Tales Vukoosin Ergovich TV mini-series, 1 episode: 'Rapunzel' 2008 Hotel Babylon David Duncan Episode 3.1 2009 FM Matt Kyle 1 episode: 'Blinded by the Light' 2010 Huge Darren Post-production 2011 Silent Witness Dr. James Sabiston 2 episodes 2011 One Man, Two Guvnors Stanley Stubbers References
- ^ Jonathan Sale (10 November 2005). "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Oliver Chris, actor". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-oliver-chris-actor-514598.html. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Perry, Harriet (20 July 2008). "My hols: Oliver Chris". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article4356981.ece. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ Entertainment.timesOnline.co.uk
- ^ Wiltons.org.uk
- ^ Close-up: Oliver Chris The Independent. 28 December 2008
- ^ A Midsummer Night's Dream Theatre Mania. 16 February 2010
- ^ Ben Miller is Huge at EIFF Edinburgh International Film Festival. 16 June 2010
- ^ Groskop, Viv (17 February 2010), Rachael Stirling is a rising stage star – and she's in love with her ass, London Evening Standard, http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23806855-rachael-stirling-is-a-rising-stage-star-and-shes-in-love-with-her-ass.do, retrieved 12 June 2011.
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Categories:- 1978 births
- English actors
- English television actors
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- Alumni of the Central School of Speech and Drama
- Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
- Living people
- People from Tunbridge Wells
- People educated at Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
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