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Oliver Chris

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
55

Gender
Male

Birthday
November 7, 1978 (47 years old)

Place of Birth
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK

Oliver Chris

Biography

Oliver Graham Chris is an English actor. He has appeared in television series, TV films, and on the stage. His work has included theatrical productions in London's West End and New York City's Broadway.

Chris was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 7 November 1978. 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 graduated from the Royal 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.

Chris has appeared in several comedy series, including The Office, Green Wing, According to Bex, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd, Rescue Me and Bluestone 42.

In 2004, Chris 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 views.

Chris has also narrated 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, Chris played the role of Captain Leonard in Sharpe's Challenge, starring Sean Bean, while 2007 saw him in the TV comedy Bonkers, written by Sally Wainwright as well as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew at the Wilton's Music Hall. In 2006, he also appeared as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. He later appeared in Peter Hall's production of The Portrait of a Lady. He made his West End debut in late 2008 in Lisa Kron's comedy, Well. In 2010, he appeared alongside Judi Dench in Hall's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.

Chris was cast in Ben Miller's feature-length debut comedy film Huge, which premiered in June 2010. In 2011, saw him appear in two episodes of Silent Witness, whilst also playing one of the leading roles in the National Theatre production of One Man, Two Guvnors alongside James Corden. He appeared in three series of the BBC Three comedy Bluestone 42, about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. He also played Dr Richard Truscott in the ITV medical drama series Breathless, set in the 1960s, which ran for one series from October 2013.

From 2014 to 2016, Chris played Prince William in the play King Charles III, appearing in the West End and on Broadway. In May 2017, he appeared in the same role in the BBC Two film adaptation.

Known For

Acting

2026The Magic Faraway Treeas Mr Watzisname
2025The Choralas Major Dobson
2024Rivalsas James Vereker
2024My Lady Janeas Narrator (voice)
2024Shoshanaas Ralph Cairns
2023White Widowas Andrew
2023What's Love Got to Do with It?as James
2023Maternalas Guy Cavendish
2022Livingas Hart
2021A Very British Scandalas George Emslie
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmasas The Beast
2021Foundationas Director Sef Sermak
2020Miss Marxas Freddy
2020Tryingas Freddy
2020Miss Scarletas Basil Sinclaire
2020Emma.as John Knightley
2020Dolittleas Sir Gareth
2019National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dreamas Theseus / Oberon
2018The Queen and Ias Prince Charles
2018The Little Strangeras Tony Morley
2018Man of the Houras Hector
2017National Theatre Live: Young Marxas Engels
2017Motherlandas Paul
2017King Charles IIIas William
2017National Theatre Live: Twelfth Nightas Orsino
2016The Crownas James Colthurst
2016Milo Murphy's Lawas Additional Voices (voice)
2015The Scandalous Lady Was Viscount Deerhurst
2014The Musketeersas Duke of Beaufort
2013Breathlessas Richard Truscott
2013Bluestone 42as Nick
2011Is This a Joke?as Driving Me Nuts
2011National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnorsas Stanley Stubbers
2011Sean Lock: Rogue Landlordas
2010Hugeas Darren
2009FMas Matt Kyle
2008Fairy Talesas Vukoosin Ergovich
2007Phineas and Ferbas Mr. Macabre (voice)
2007Bonkersas
2007Green Wing Specialas Boyce
2006Tripping Overas Sam
2006The IT Crowdas Daniel Carey
2005Nathan Barleyas Max Herbert
2005According to Bexas
2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reasonas Director in Gallery
2004Green Wingas Boyce
2003Frankenstein: Birth of a Monsteras Percy Bysshe Shelley
2003The Other Boleyn Girlas Henry Percy
2003The Gatheringas Brett
2002The Real Jane Austenas Tom Lefroy
2002Rescue Meas Luke Chatwin
2001The Officeas Ricky Howard
2001Lorna Dooneas Charley Doone
2000Lorna Dooneas Charley Doone
1993Sharpeas Leonard

Production

2022National Theatre Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again...Writer