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Christopher Malcolm Born August 19, 1946
Aberdeen, Scotland, United KingdomOther names Chris Malcolm Occupation Actor, director and producer Years active 1968-Present Website http://www.christophermalcolm.co.uk/ Christopher Malcolm (born 19 August 1946) is a Scottish television and film actor, director and producer. He first achieved fame for his role as Brad Majors in the original stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.
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Biography
Early life and education
Malcolm was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and was brought up in Canada after his family emigrated to British Columbia, Canada in the late 1940s. He attended the University of British Columbia where he worked and studied theatre.
Career
After university, he returned to the United Kingdom and began his professional career with the Royal Shakespeare Company (1966–68). He appeared in over 10 productions and worked with numerous directors including Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn and John Barton.
Throughout the 1970s he worked continuously in theatre and film, appearing in many Royal Court productions including the award winning and ground breaking musical The Rocky Horror Show creating the role of Brad Majors. He appeared in films like Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Reds, Ragtime and Highlander.
In 1978 Malcolm began his producing career with the musical Pal Joey, which successfully transferred to the West End in 1980 and was nominated for best Musical Revival in the Laurence Olivier Awards. He followed this success with the Best Comedy award in 1981 for Nell Dunn’s hit comedy Steaming, which went on to play 2 years at the Comedy Theatre and enjoy productions around the world. Other productions in London include Frankie and Johnny starring Julie Walters, as well as When I Was A Young Girl I Used To Scream And Shout and five Steven Berkoff plays including Decadence, Greek and Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis starred Tim Roth, and was also filmed for the BBC.
In 1990 Christopher co-produced a new production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Piccadilly Theatre, in partnership with Howard Panter of the Ambassador Theatre Group. This Olivier nominated production went on to huge success throughout the UK, enjoying 4 nationwide tours over the next 10 years as well as many productions throughout the world. Christopher oversaw these productions on behalf of The Rocky Horror Company Ltd. a company formed by the producers and the play's author Richard O’Brien to look after this much loved musical. The show finally reached Broadway in 2000 in a Tony Award nominated production co-produced with Jordan Roth Productions at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
Other British productions throughout this time include The Pajama Game, Footloose the Musical, A Slip of the Tongue starring John Malkovich at the Shaftesbury Theatre and the award winning Single Spies written by Alan Bennett which had a very successful year at the Queen's Theatre. Currently Malcolm is co-producing the world premiere of Flashdance The Musical which premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal and is touring the United Kingdom until May 2009. Other current tours include the first UK tour of Our House.
Christopher has maintained his interest in the acting side of the business, appearing in the huge TV success of the nineties Absolutely Fabulous as Saffy’s father Justin and recently was seen in the BBC2 film Daphne as Daphne du Maurier’s publisher Nelson Doubleday.
Personal life
Christopher currently lives in Bath, Somerset with his partner Judy. They have 3 children Morgan, Marlon and Nell.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1969 The Desperados Gregg Strange Report Sloane One TV episode 1970 Figures in a Landscape Helicopter observer 1971 Welcome to the Club Pvt. Henry Hoe 1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie Sean The Protectors Malloy One TV episode 1974 Disneyland Jock Three TV episodes 1975 Thriller Hank One TV episode The Spiral Staircase Policeman 1976 Second Verdict Mullaly One TV episode 1977 Raffles Barney Maguire One TV episode 1978 Force 10 from Navarone Rogers 1979 The Great Riviera Bank Robbery Serge 1980 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Zev (Rogue 2) Oppenheimer Steve Nelson (mini) TV series Play for Today Matt One TV episode 1981 The Dogs of War Baker Ragtime Police captain #2 Reds C.L.P. Party Member Shock Treatment Vance Parker (as Chris Malcolm) 1982 We'll Meet Again MSgt. Joe 'Mac' McGraw TV series (All Episodes) Beau Geste Hank (mini) TV series 1983 Only Fools and Horses Chief of security/Mad axeman One TV episode 1984 Lassiter Quaid 1984–1990 The Comic Strip Presents... Cafe Owner/Brother-in-law Two TV episodes 1985 King David Doeg Rustlers' Rhapsody Jud Spies Like Us Jumpmaster 1986 Highlander Kirk Matunas Labyrinth Father Whoops Apocalypse Gallagher 1987 The Moneymen Samson TV Pulaski Tony One TV episode 1992-2003 Absolutely Fabulous Justin Ten TV episodes spanning between 1992 to 2003 1994 Lovejoy Texas Greenberg TV episode 1996 Over Here Murphy TV 2007 Daphne Nelson Doubleday TV External links
Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- Scottish film actors
- Scottish stage actors
- Scottish television actors
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