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Oliver Chris

Biography

Oliver Chris

Actor Writer

Born
November 7, 1978
Age
48 years old
Place of birth
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Years active
1993 – present
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59

Credits

30

Movies

29

TV series

34

Years active

7.0

Avg. rating

0

Awards won

The life and career of Oliver Chris

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Career timeline

  1. 1978 · Born

    Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK

  2. 1993 · Screen debut

    Sharpe (TV)

  3. 2006 · Breakthrough

    The IT Crowd (TV)

  4. 2022 · Writing debut

    National Theatre Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again (Movie)

  5. 2026 · Latest release

    The Magic Faraway Tree (Movie)

Career in numbers

Titles per decade
Most frequent genres
  • Drama33
  • Comedy27
  • Romance9
  • Family4
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy4
  • Thriller4
Highest-rated title The Crown 2016 8.2 Most popular title Phineas and Ferb 2007 7.9

Known for

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Oliver Chris in our catalogue.

Filmography

  1. 2026 The Magic Faraway Tree as Mr Watzisname Movie
  2. 2025 The Choral as Major Dobson Movie
  3. 2024 Rivals as James Vereker TV
  4. 2024 My Lady Jane as Narrator (voice) TV
  5. 2024 Shoshana as Ralph Cairns Movie
  6. 2023 White Widow as Andrew Movie
  7. 2023 What's Love Got to Do with It? as James Movie
  8. 2023 Maternal as Guy Cavendish TV
  9. 2022 Living as Hart Movie
  10. 2021 A Very British Scandal as George Emslie TV
  11. 2021 Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as The Beast Movie
  12. 2021 Foundation as Director Sef Sermak TV
  13. 2020 Miss Marx as Freddy Movie
  14. 2020 Trying as Freddy TV
  15. 2020 Miss Scarlet as Basil Sinclaire TV
  16. 2020 Emma. as John Knightley Movie
  17. 2020 Dolittle as Sir Gareth Movie
  18. 2019 National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus / Oberon Movie
  19. 2018 The Queen and I as Prince Charles Movie
  20. 2018 The Little Stranger as Tony Morley Movie
  21. 2018 Man of the Hour as Hector Movie
  22. 2017 National Theatre Live: Young Marx as Engels Movie
  23. 2017 Motherland as Paul TV
  24. 2017 King Charles III as William Movie
  25. 2017 National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night as Orsino Movie
  26. 2016 The Crown as James Colthurst TV
  27. 2016 Milo Murphy's Law as Additional Voices (voice) TV
  28. 2015 The Scandalous Lady W as Viscount Deerhurst Movie
  29. 2014 The Musketeers as Duke of Beaufort TV
  30. 2013 Breathless as Richard Truscott TV
  31. 2013 Bluestone 42 as Nick TV
  32. 2011 Is This a Joke? as Driving Me Nuts Movie
  33. 2011 National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors as Stanley Stubbers Movie
  34. 2011 Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord Movie
  35. 2010 Huge as Darren Movie
  36. 2009 FM as Matt Kyle TV
  37. 2008 Fairy Tales as Vukoosin Ergovich TV
  38. 2007 Phineas and Ferb as Mr. Macabre (voice) TV
  39. 2007 Bonkers as Marcus Lewis TV
  40. 2007 Green Wing Special as Boyce Movie
  41. 2006 Tripping Over as Sam TV
  42. 2006 The IT Crowd as Daniel Carey TV
  43. 2006 Hotel Babylon as David Duncan TV
  44. 2005 Nathan Barley as Max Herbert TV
  45. 2005 According to Bex TV
  46. 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Director in Gallery Movie
  47. 2004 Green Wing as Boyce TV
  48. 2003 Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster as Percy Bysshe Shelley Movie
  49. 2003 Sweet Medicine as Geoff Sweet TV
  50. 2003 The Other Boleyn Girl as Henry Percy Movie
  51. 2003 The Gathering as Brett Movie
  52. 2002 The Real Jane Austen as Tom Lefroy Movie
  53. 2002 Rescue Me as Luke Chatwin TV
  54. 2001 The Office as Ricky Howard TV
  55. 2001 Lorna Doone as Charley Doone Movie
  56. 2000 Lorna Doone as Charley Doone TV
  57. 1996 Silent Witness as Dr James Sabiston TV
  58. 1993 Sharpe as Leonard TV
  1. 2022 National Theatre Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again Movie

Quick facts

How old is Oliver Chris?

Oliver Chris is 48 years old, born on November 7, 1978.

Where was Oliver Chris born?

Oliver Chris was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK.

What was Oliver Chris’s first screen role?

The earliest title in our catalogue featuring Oliver Chris is Sharpe (1993).

How many movies and series has Oliver Chris made?

Our catalogue lists 59 titles for Oliver Chris: 30 movies and 29 TV series.

What is Oliver Chris’s highest-rated title?

Among titles with enough votes, The Crown has the highest audience rating, with 8.2/10 on TMDB.

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