Christopher Biggins

Career timeline

1. 1948 · Born

   Born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

2. 1969 · Screen debut

   ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV)

3. 1975 · Breakthrough

   The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Movie)

4. 2024 · Latest release

   Laughter Class (TV)

Career in numbers

1 1960s

24 1970s

9 1980s

10 1990s

17 2000s

6 2010s

1 2020s

• Comedy29
• Drama19
• Crime8
• Family7
• Mystery6
• Documentary5

Highest-rated title Porridge 1974 8.2 Most popular title The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 7.4

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Christopher Biggins in our catalogue.

Dick Clement

5 titles together

Michael Armstrong

5 titles together

Eric Deacon

2 titles together

Mo Gaffney

2 titles together

Bob Baker

2 titles together

Herbert Wise

2 titles together

David McCallum

2 titles together

Christopher Ryan

2 titles together

Richard O'Brien

2 titles together

1. 2024 Laughter Class TV
2. 2017 Who Shot Simon Cowell? as Party Guest Movie
3. 2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Christopher Biggins 5.3 Movie
4. 2013 Plebs as Zeno 7.3 TV
5. 2012 Run For Your Wife as Bobby Franklin Movie
6. 2010 Celebrity Pressure Cooker TV
7. 2010 Mongrels as God 7.8 TV
8. 2009 Celebrity Shock List 2009 TV
9. 2009 As Seen on TV TV
10. 2009 Psychoville as Christopher Biggins 6.9 TV
11. 2008 Rocky Horror Tribute Show as Narrator Movie
12. 2007 Are You Smarter Than a Ten Year Old? TV
13. 2005 The F Word 6.2 TV
14. 2004 The Phoenix and the Carpet as Mr. Tonks Movie
15. 2004 Hell's Kitchen TV
16. 2004 I'm Famous and Frightened! TV
17. 2003 Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher as Lukewarm Movie
18. 2001 Cold Fish as Roland Movie
19. 2001 Great Comedy Moments as Podge (archive footage) Movie
20. 2001 tv-ssfbm ehkl Surreal Film TV
21. 2001 tvSSFBM EHKL as Quiz Master / Lop Ears/ Various Movie
22. 2001 Blow Dry as President of the British Hair Federation 5.9 Movie
23. 2001 Victoria Died in 1901 and is Still Alive Today as Queen Victoria TV
24. 2000 Circus as Arnie 5.0 Movie
25. 1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as The Baker 6.2 Movie
26. 1999 Bad Girls as Christopher Biggins 7.6 TV
27. 1998 Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh Movie
28. 1997 Operation Good Guys TV
29. 1997 The Phoenix and the Carpet as Mr Tonks TV
30. 1997 Caught in the Act as Alfonso Movie
31. 1996 Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout as Christopher Biggins Movie
32. 1994 Decadence as The Entourage Movie
33. 1993 Sooty & Co. TV
34. 1990 Cluedo as Reverend Green TV
35. 1983 Dramarama as Arnold TV
36. 1982 The Critic as Interpreter Movie
37. 1982 On Safari TV
38. 1982 Brendon Chase as Reverend Whiting TV
39. 1981 Dark Towers TV
40. 1981 Masada as Albinus 7.1 TV
41. 1981 The Best of the Adventures as Robin (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie
42. 1980 Watch this Space TV
43. 1980 High Rise Donkey as Uncredited Movie
44. 1979 Minder as Harold 7.2 TV
45. 1979 Shoestring as Mal Kenrick TV
46. 1979 The Tempest as Stephano, a drunken mariner 5.8 Movie
47. 1979 Murder at the Wedding as Clive TV
48. 1979 Kidnapped as Prince Charlie TV
49. 1978 Adventures of a Plumber's Mate as Robin 4.2 Movie
50. 1978 This Is Love as Father Christmas Movie
51. 1977 A Christmas Carol as Topper 6.7 Movie
52. 1976 It Could Happen to You as Apothecary Movie
53. 1976 Romeo and Juliet as Servant to Capulet Movie
54. 1976 The Duchess of Duke Street as Nelson TV
55. 1976 Rentaghost as Adam Painting TV
56. 1975 Porridge: No Way Out as Lukewarm Movie
57. 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show as The Transylvanians 7.4 Movie
58. 1975 Eskimo Nell as Jeremy Longhorn 4.0 Movie
59. 1974 Porridge as Lukewarm 8.2 TV
60. 1974 The Fortunes of Nigel as Sir Ewes Haldimund TV
61. 1973 Armchair 30 as Flub TV
62. 1973 Seven of One as Sir Laurence TV
63. 1973 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Student 7.6 TV
64. 1973 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? as Podge 7.7 TV
65. 1973 The Sex Thief as Porky Prescott Movie
66. 1972 Ben Spray as Man #2 Movie
67. 1971 Upstairs, Downstairs as Mr. Donaldson 7.6 TV
68. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Second Man TV

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