Christopher Biggins

Personal Info

Birthday

December 16, 1948

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Biggins

Christopher Biggins

Biography

He was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of William and Pamela Biggins. He was brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, attended St Probus school where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups. His first lead stage role was at the age of 17 in a Stage '65 production of Molière's Le Médecin malgré lui, leading to work with a local repertory theatre company.

Known For

Minder

BBC Play of the Month

Upstairs, Downstairs

I, Claudius

Porridge

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Bad Girls

Kidnapped

Filmography

2025
Sane Inside Insanity
as Self
2021
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
as Self
Our Cilla: The One and Only
as Self
2020
Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments
as Self
2018
When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
as Self
2017
Who Shot Simon Cowell?
as Party Guest
The Paul O'Grady Story
as Self
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Christopher Biggins
2015
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015
as Self
Our Cilla
as Self
2014
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
as Self
2012
Run For Your Wife
as Bobby Franklin
2010
Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Late Night with the Loose Women
as Self
What has 'The Romans' ever done for us?
as Self
2008
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as Narrator
2003
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Lukewarm
2001
Cold Fish
as Roland
tvSSFBM EHKL
as Quiz Master / Lop Ears/ Various
Blow Dry
as President of the British Hair Federation
2000
Circus
as Arnie
1999
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as The Baker
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as Self
1997
Caught in the Act
as Alfonso
1996
An Evening with Lily Savage
as Self - Audience Member
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Christopher Biggins
1994
Decadence
as The Entourage
1990
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
as Self
1982
The Critic
as Interpreter
1980
High Rise Donkey
as Uncredited
1979
The Tempest
as Stephano, a drunken mariner
1978
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
as Robin
This Is Love
as Father Christmas
1977
A Christmas Carol
as Topper
1976
It Could Happen to You
as Apothecary
Romeo and Juliet
as Servant to Capulet
1975
Porridge: No Way Out
as Lukewarm
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as The Transylvanians
Eskimo Nell
as Jeremy Longhorn
1973
The Sex Thief
as Porky Prescott
1972
Ben Spray
as Man #2