Oliver Chris
Oliver Chris
Born 07/11/1978 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK

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.

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.

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Filmography (Movies)

The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree

Character:Mr Watzisname

Release Date:26/03/2026

The Choral

The Choral

Character:Major Dobson

Release Date:07/11/2025

Shoshana

Shoshana

Character:Ralph Cairns

Release Date:25/01/2024

White Widow

White Widow

Character:Andrew

Release Date:20/11/2023

What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Character:James

Release Date:26/01/2023

Living

Living

Character:Hart

Release Date:04/11/2022

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Character:The Beast

Release Date:19/12/2021

Miss Marx

Miss Marx

Character:Freddy

Release Date:17/09/2020

Emma.

Emma.

Character:John Knightley

Release Date:13/02/2020

Dolittle

Dolittle

Character:Sir Gareth

Release Date:02/01/2020

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

National Theatre Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Character:Theseus / Oberon

Release Date:03/06/2019

The Queen and I

The Queen and I

Character:Prince Charles

Release Date:24/12/2018

The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger

Character:Tony Morley

Release Date:30/08/2018

Man of the Hour

Man of the Hour

Character:Hector

Release Date:16/08/2018

National Theatre Live: Young Marx

National Theatre Live: Young Marx

Character:Engels

Release Date:07/12/2017

King Charles III

King Charles III

Character:William

Release Date:10/05/2017

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

Character:Orsino

Release Date:06/04/2017

The Scandalous Lady W

The Scandalous Lady W

Character:Viscount Deerhurst

Release Date:17/08/2015

Is This a Joke?

Is This a Joke?

Character:Driving Me Nuts

Release Date:31/12/2011

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors

Character:Stanley Stubbers

Release Date:15/09/2011

Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord

Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord

Character:

Release Date:29/03/2011

Huge

Huge

Character:Darren

Release Date:18/06/2010

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Character:Director in Gallery

Release Date:10/11/2004

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster

Character:Percy Bysshe Shelley

Release Date:07/12/2003

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

Character:Henry Percy

Release Date:28/03/2003

The Gathering

The Gathering

Character:Brett

Release Date:23/02/2003

The Real Jane Austen

The Real Jane Austen

Character:Tom Lefroy

Release Date:30/12/2002

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

Character:Charley Doone

Release Date:11/03/2001

Television Appearances

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