Chris Lang

Chris Lang

Chris Lang is a writer, actor, and producer for British television.

He has written for British television shows including 'Alas Smith and Jones, The Bill, Casualty, Soldier Soldier, The Knock, Reach for the Moon, The Glass, Sirens, Unconditional Love, P.O.W., Amnesia, Lawless, Torn and The Palace. He served as an Assistant Producer on Sirens, Lawless, and Amnesia and as an executive producer on Torn. He has also written two episodes of Primeval.

As an actor, he has appeared in such British television shows as Shadow of the Noose, KYTV, Paul Merton, The Series, Drop the Dead Donkey, Outside Edge, A Dance to the Music of Time, Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, and All Along the Watchtower, as well as the American television show Melrose Place. In his youth, he was also part of Hugh Grant's comedy revue called The Jockeys of Norfolk.

He is also a voice actor for films (such as A Monkey's Tale), video games (such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), and cartoons. His voice work in animated children's television series includes the voice of Pigling Bland in The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, and voices for almost all of the characters (except for Kipper) in Kipper the Dog.

With his brother Nick Lang, Chris Lang was a drummer in the unsigned new wave rock band The Acidicx, later becoming a member of The Housemartins (for whom he also played drums) alongside school friends Quentin Cook (AKA Norman Cook - Fatboy Slim) and Paul Heaton. He left the band in 1984 to be replaced by Hugh Whitaker; former drummer with The Gargoyles.

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