Craig Fairbrass
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Craig Fairbrass is an English
actor
. He is known for his distinctive Cockney accent.
, London
. He made his acting debut in an episode of the television series Shelley
in 1980. This was followed by appearances in series such as Emmerdale
, Three Up Two Down and London's Burning
. He has also appeared in such films as For Queen and Country
with Denzel Washington
, and Cliffhanger
with Sylvester Stallone
.
He is well known in Britain for his appearance and portrayal of Dan Sullivan in the BBC
soap
, EastEnders
from 1999 to 2001. He went onto appear in several other television series such as Dream Team
where he played Terry Rose. In January 2007, Fairbrass starred in White Noise: The Light
as Henry Caine. The film is a sequel to the Michael Keaton
film White Noise
. In February 2007 he appeared as the renegade Jaffa Arkad in the episode "Talion" in the final season of Stargate SG-1
.
Most recently he starred in the film Rise of the Footsoldier
. He voiced "Gaz" in the videogame Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
(2007), "Ghost" in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
(2009) and Sgt. Wallcroft in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
. In March 2008 he appeared in the US television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He stars also in the vampire film Dead Cert and played alongside Billy Murray
in this as well as 'Freight' and 'Just For The Record,' Fairbrass also worked alongside Billy Murray in Eastenders, Rise of the Footsoldier, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Fairbrass' most recent role was mercenary Cole opposite Danny Dyer and Jaime Murray in Mark McQueen's freerunning zombie movie Devil's Playground.
Fairbrass is married to Elke Kellick, a former Page 3 model, and they have two sons, Jack and Luke.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is known for his distinctive Cockney accent.
Life and career
Fairbrass was born in StepneyStepney
Stepney is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London's East End that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He made his acting debut in an episode of the television series Shelley
Shelley (TV series)
Shelley is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1992, with occasional hiatuses. Hywel Bennett starred as James Shelley, a sardonic, 28-year-old, anti-establishment postgraduate and career income tax dodger...
in 1980. This was followed by appearances in series such as Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
, Three Up Two Down and London's Burning
London's Burning
London's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and...
. He has also appeared in such films as For Queen and Country
For Queen and Country
For Queen and Country is a 1989 crime drama film produced by Working Title Films and Zenith, starring Denzel Washington. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London.-Plot synopsis:Reuben , although...
with Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
, and Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger (film)
Cliffhanger is a 1993 American action film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. Stallone plays a mountain climber, who becomes embroiled in a failed heist set in a U.S. Treasury plane flying through the Rocky Mountains...
with Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...
.
He is well known in Britain for his appearance and portrayal of Dan Sullivan in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
soap
Soap
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, EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
from 1999 to 2001. He went onto appear in several other television series such as Dream Team
Dream Team (TV series)
Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....
where he played Terry Rose. In January 2007, Fairbrass starred in White Noise: The Light
White Noise: The Light
White Noise: The Light, also marketed as White Noise 2, is a 2007 horror thriller film, directed by Patrick Lussier and written by Matt Venne. The sequel stars Nathan Fillion and Katee Sackhoff in the lead roles. It is a stand-alone sequel to the 2005 film White Noise, directed by Geoffrey Sax...
as Henry Caine. The film is a sequel to the Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas , better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor known for his early comedic roles, most notably his performance as the title character of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice . Keaton is also famous for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton's...
film White Noise
White Noise (film)
White Noise is a 2005 supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena , where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on audio recordings...
. In February 2007 he appeared as the renegade Jaffa Arkad in the episode "Talion" in the final season of Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
.
Most recently he starred in the film Rise of the Footsoldier
Rise of the Footsoldier
Rise of the Footsoldier is a 2007 English crime film released on 7 September, 2007. It is the third film from BAFTA award winning director Julian Gilbey...
. He voiced "Gaz" in the videogame Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and...
(2007), "Ghost" in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on...
(2009) and Sgt. Wallcroft in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software having assisted in development...
. In March 2008 he appeared in the US television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He stars also in the vampire film Dead Cert and played alongside Billy Murray
Billy Murray (actor)
Billy Murray is an English actor, best known for playing Don Beech in The Bill from 1995 to 2004, Johnny Allen in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2005 to 2006, Captain John Price in the video games Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare...
in this as well as 'Freight' and 'Just For The Record,' Fairbrass also worked alongside Billy Murray in Eastenders, Rise of the Footsoldier, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Fairbrass' most recent role was mercenary Cole opposite Danny Dyer and Jaime Murray in Mark McQueen's freerunning zombie movie Devil's Playground.
Fairbrass is married to Elke Kellick, a former Page 3 model, and they have two sons, Jack and Luke.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Vikingdom | ||
| 2011 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software having assisted in development... |
Sgt. Wallcroft | |
| 2010 | The Devil's Playground The Devil's Playground (2010 film) Devil's Playground is a British horror film directed by Mark McQueen and starring Craig Fairbrass. Intandem Films has the worldwide rights to the film, which is being produced by Freddie Hutton-Mills and Bart Ruspoli.-Plot:... |
Cole | |
| Dead Cert | Freddy 'Dead Cert' Frankham | ||
| 2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles and the Microsoft Windows operating system. Officially announced on February 11, 2009, the game was released worldwide on... |
Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley | |
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | False Sarkissian | |
| Far Cry Far Cry (film) Far Cry is a German film adapted from the video game of the same name. The film is directed by Uwe Boll and stars Til Schweiger.- Plot :Jack Carver, a former member of Germany's Special Forces, takes journalist Valerie Cardinal to visit her Uncle Max on an island, where he works in a military... |
Parker | ||
| The Bank Job The Bank Job The Bank Job is a 2008 British crime film written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, directed by Roger Donaldson, and starring Jason Statham, based on the 1971 Baker Street robbery in central London, from which the money and valuables stolen were never recovered... |
Nick Barton | ||
| 2007 | Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich... |
Arkad | |
| Rise of the Footsoldier Rise of the Footsoldier Rise of the Footsoldier is a 2007 English crime film released on 7 September, 2007. It is the third film from BAFTA award winning director Julian Gilbey... |
Pat Tate | ||
| White Noise: The Light White Noise: The Light White Noise: The Light, also marketed as White Noise 2, is a 2007 horror thriller film, directed by Patrick Lussier and written by Matt Venne. The sequel stars Nathan Fillion and Katee Sackhoff in the lead roles. It is a stand-alone sequel to the 2005 film White Noise, directed by Geoffrey Sax... |
Henry Caine | ||
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a 2007 first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America, Australia, and... |
Gaz/Sgt. Wallcroft | ||
| 2005 | Dream Team Dream Team (TV series) Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club.... (TV) |
Vivien White (2006) | |
| Hard Sell Short | Danny Bleak | ||
| The Long Weekend The Long Weekend The Long Weekend is a 2005 Canadian film starring Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr as two brothers, Cooper and Ed Waxman . It also stars Paul Campbell, Chandra West, and Cobie Smulders.-Plot:... |
Frank Silver | ||
| 2002 | The Great Dome Robbery | Ray Betson | |
| 2001 | Weak at Denise | Roy | |
| 1999 | EastEnders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... (TV) |
Dan Sullivan (1999–2001) | |
| 1998 | Killing Time | Det. Robert Bryant | |
| Duck Patrol Duck Patrol Duck Patrol is a British television comedy series that originally aired in 1998. Produced by LWT for the ITV network, it centered around a river police station by the River Thames.... (TV) |
Chief Ducky Boy | ||
| 1996 | Darklands Darklands (film) Darklands is a British horror film written and directed by Julian Richards, starring Craig Fairbrass, Jon Finch, Rowena King and released in 1997.... |
Frazer Truick | |
| Proteus Proteus In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea", whose name suggests the "first" , as protogonos is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς)... |
Alex, DEA Agent | ||
| 1995 | Galaxis | Lord Tarkin | |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger Cliffhanger (film) Cliffhanger is a 1993 American action film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. Stallone plays a mountain climber, who becomes embroiled in a failed heist set in a U.S. Treasury plane flying through the Rocky Mountains... |
Delmar | |
| Beyond Bedlam | Terry Hamilton | ||
| 1992 | Prime Suspect 2 | DI Frank Burkin | |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | DI Frank Burkin | |
| 1990 | The Final Frame (TV) | Franklin | |
| 1989 | Tank Malling | Jackie | |
| 1988 | London's Burning London's Burning London's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and... |
Gary 'Technique' Pagnall (1990–1991) | |
| 1989 | For Queen and Country For Queen and Country For Queen and Country is a 1989 crime drama film produced by Working Title Films and Zenith, starring Denzel Washington. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London.-Plot synopsis:Reuben , although... |
Challoner | |
| 1987 | Three Up Two Down | Man On Beach | |
| 1986 | Emmerdale Emmerdale Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972... (TV) |
Gypsy (1986) | |
| 1980 | Shelley Shelley (TV series) Shelley is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1992, with occasional hiatuses. Hywel Bennett starred as James Shelley, a sardonic, 28-year-old, anti-establishment postgraduate and career income tax dodger... |
Darth |