
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.
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The titles people know Chris from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as Danny
as Alan
as Vinnie

as Doctor
as Tom Thompson

as Various Roles (archive footage)
as Theodore Stephanides

as John Wyndham
as Hugh Abbot · 6 episodes

as Peter · 6 episodes
as Ned Ward · 3 episodes

as Jack
as Barry Turner · 1 episode
as BBC Interviewer
as Roy Mallard · 12 episodes
as Narrator · 1 episode

20 episodes

as Thénardier

as Dr. Keelover
as Writer · 1 episode
as Hubba
as Officer · 1 episode


as Roman Guard · 2 episodes

as Detective

as Nigel
as Keating

as Reporter · 1 episode
13 episodes
27 episodes
as Alfonso / Giggling Guard

as Tim
as Police Driver
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