Chris Barrie

AKA: Christopher Barrie
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1960-03-28

Hannover, Germany

Biography

Christopher Jonathan Brown, known professionally as Chris Barrie (born 28 March 1960), is a British actor and impressionist. He is best known for his roles as Arnold Rimmer in the science-fiction comedy, Red Dwarf, and as Gordon Brittas in the sitcom, The Brittas Empire. He's also known for his role as Hillary in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and its sequel Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life.

Crew Roles

Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V
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Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI
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Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV
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Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII
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Launching Red Dwarf
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Red Dwarf A–Z
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Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III
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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {57}

Rimmer

1998-02-14 0

Can't Smeg Won't Smeg

20th century television chef Ainsley Harriott beams himself aboard the space vessel Starbug in order to test the crew's culinary skills. ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Rimmer

1994-01-01 8

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups

Kryten presents a collection of bloopers from series 4 to 6 of Red Dwarf. ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction, Documentary

Hillary

2001-06-15 5.907

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Hillary

2003-07-21 5.755

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able to guide its holder to the mythical Pandora's Box ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Tom Marks

2007-02-09 4.667

Back in Business

After decades of domination by America and Russia there is a new competitor in the space race... Great Britain. The British Space Agency has designed an impressive new space buggy that all the big cou ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Comedy

Self

2004-02-16 6.5

Red Dwarf: Built to Last - Series IV

A documentary about the fourth series of Red Dwarf (1991). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2004-11-08 0

Red Dwarf: Heavy Science - Series V

A documentary about the fifth series of Red Dwarf (1992). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2005-02-21 7

Red Dwarf: The Starbuggers - Series VI

A documentary about the sixth series of Red Dwarf (1993). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2005-11-07 5

Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII

A documentary about the seventh series of Red Dwarf (1997). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2003-02-10 8.5

Red Dwarf A–Z

A compilation of clips and interviews, originally broadcast on BBC2's Red Dwarf Night, celebrating the show's 10th anniversary in 1998, and subsequently included on the DVD release of Red Dwarf series ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Carnival Thin Man

1988-11-01 4.5

Testimony

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Self / Rimmer (archive footage)

2002-11-02 8

Launching Red Dwarf

A documentary about the making of the first series of "Red Dwarf" (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Rimmer

2009-04-12 6

Red Dwarf: Back to Earth

Hurled through a portal, the Red Dwarf crew discover they’re just characters in a TV series. Can they track down their creators and discover how long they have left to live? ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie, Science Fiction

Ben Gunn (voice)

1993-09-10 8

The Legends of Treasure Island

Genre :Animation, Family

Mr. Gordon Brittas

1996-12-24 0

Surviving Christmas

Gordon Brittas takes his staff for a military-style team-building exercise in Wales. While dealing with the rigors of the wild, they are relentlessly pursued by would-be assassins. Mr. Brittas' well-i ...
Genre :Comedy

Arnold Rimmer

1991-12-28 4

Amnesty International's Big 30

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Rimmer

1995-01-01 8

Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs

A video release containing toxic waste from the first three series of space comedy Red Dwarf. Witness the cast, and a number of guest stars, forget lines, reach for misplaced props, or accidentally fa ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction, Documentary

Captain Smollett

1997-07-14 0

Treasure Island

Jim Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the riches awaiting on Treasure Island. An animated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, featured the main characters as animals. ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Family

1993-04-11 6

The Old Man of Lochnagar

Prince Charles tells a group of children the story of the Old Man of Lochnager, based on the book he wrote. ...
Genre :Romance, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, TV Movie

Self

2009-04-12 0

Red Dwarf: The Making of Back to Earth

A documentary about the making of the Red Dwarf mini-series 'Back to Earth'. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2016-11-14 0

Red Dwarf: Behind the Scenes - Series XI

A documentary about the making of the eleventh series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
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Self

2017-11-20 0

Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII

A documentary of the making of the twelfth series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
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Sir Marmaduke / Vic / Bertie / Roger / Spike / Bertie / more

1995-10-30 8

Chris Barrie's Motoring Wheel Nuts

Who has the shiniest bumpers in Frogmorton? Why do some people require a vehicle that looks like it was designed for rounding up wild animals in Colorado in order to drive 300 yards to the solarium? I ...
Genre :Comedy

1994-01-01 0

Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by Prince Charles. ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Music

Mickie Scott

1994-01-01 5.5

White Goods

Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot, their friendship comes under tremendous strain as th ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Himself

2007-11-12 6.3

Red Dwarf: The Beginning - Series I

A documentary about the first series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2007-11-12 6.5

Red Dwarf: It's Cold Outside - Series II

A documentary about the second series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2003-11-03 7.7

Red Dwarf: All Change - Series III

A documentary about the third series of Red Dwarf (1989). ...
Genre :Documentary

Arnold Rimmer

2020-04-09 6.381

Red Dwarf: The Promised Land

The posse meet three cat clerics who worship Lister as their God. Lister vows to help them as they're being hunted by Rodon, the ruthless feral cat leader who has vowed to wipe out all cats who worshi ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Self

1986-04-25 6

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty's first four Secret Policeman's Ball shows, the UK's alternative comedy scene (and a few of the old ...
Genre :Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2006-07-25 0

Best Ever Spitting Image

A documentary about Spitting Image (1984) and the impact it had, including clips of the most memorable moments and contributions from many of the cast, crew and some of celebrities portrayed on the sh ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Blitzen (voice)

2013-11-05 5.233

Saving Santa

A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice. ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy, Family

Self

2012-11-09 0

Red Dwarf: We're Smegged - Series X

A documentary about the making of the tenth series of Red Dwarf (1988). ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

2006-03-27 4

Red Dwarf: The Tank - Series VIII

A documentary about the eighth series of Red Dwarf (1999). ...
Genre :Documentary

Lionel Poulter

1997-03-23 7.5

Midsomer Murders

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gordon Brittas

1991-01-03 6.488

The Brittas Empire

The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New T ...
Genre :Comedy

Arnold Rimmer

1988-02-15 8.049

Red Dwarf

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf. ...
Genre :Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

1984-02-26 7.12

Spitting Image

Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independe ...
Genre :Comedy

2006-02-12 0

Petrolheads

Petrolheads is a BBC panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show pitted motoring wits against each other and included car stunts shot on locat ...
Genre :Comedy

Rat (voice)

1982-11-09 7.9

The Young Ones

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time ana ...
Genre :Comedy

Ship's Captain

1982-11-09 7.9

The Young Ones

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time ana ...
Genre :Comedy

Captain Smollett (voice)

1993-09-10 7.5

The Legends of Treasure Island

The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes. The series was loosely based ...
Genre :Family, Animation

Self

1983-09-20 6

Harty

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1990-04-21 5

8:15 from Manchester

8:15 from Manchester was a Saturday morning children's magazine show broadcast on BBC1 when Going Live! was in summer recess. Broadcasting from Manchester, it was presented by Ross King and Charlotte ...
Genre :

Gary Prince

1997-09-15 3

A Prince Among Men

A Prince Among Men is a somewhat unsuccessful British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1997 to 1998 lasting 12 episodes. It starred Chris Barrie as Gary Prince, a former international football star turned ...
Genre :Comedy

1984-11-03 6

Pushing Up Daisies

British sketch show with parodies, impressions, satire, songs and plenty of recurring characters and motifs. ...
Genre :Comedy

1997-07-01 0

Get Fit with Brittas

Genre :Comedy

Himself - Presenter

2009-06-04 0

Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie

Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie is a documentary television series from National Geographic Channel. It is showing the technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries from a Britis ...
Genre :Documentary

Ambassador, a fearsome revolutionary

1983-06-15 8

Blackadder

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War. ...
Genre :Comedy

Waiter

1986-04-13 0

Zastrozzi: A Romance

In a heady tale of revenge and obsession, the outlaw Zastrozzi, assisted by courtesan, Matilda, abducts his half-brother, Verezzi, and torments him into believing his lover, Julia, has been murdered. ...
Genre :Drama

Self

2002-10-20 7.537

Top Gear

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, per ...
Genre :Reality, Talk

The Director

1987-01-07 6.6

Filthy Rich & Catflap

Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2020-08-06 7.2

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years

The definitive overview of the adventures of the legendary Boys from the Dwarf. This three-part series charts the origins, production and legacy of everything associated with the sci-fi comedy. ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self

2002-04-08 5.4

Fifth Gear

Getting viewers up to speed on all the latest automotive information, with new car reviews, second hand bargains and industry tidbits being the focus of this magazine show. ...
Genre :Documentary

Sammy

1985-10-17 6.7

Happy Families

Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985 and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It starred Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Daw ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Arnold Rimmer / Ace Rimmer

1988-02-15 8.049

Red Dwarf

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf. ...
Genre :Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Self

2006-12-04 0

Chris Barrie's Massive Speed

Chris Barrie's Massive Speed follows on from the series Massive Engines and Massive Machines , both of which were also presented by petrolhead Chris (of Red Dwarf fame). In Massive Speed Chris turns h ...
Genre :Documentary