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Oliver Chris

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Oliver Chris
All Jason and Nikki want is a baby, but it's the one thing they just can't have. So, they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball family, and chaotic lives will the adoption panel think they're ready to be parents?
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Trying (2020–2023)
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Oliver was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. After studying there since 1997, he graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2000 and he soon appeared in the BBC big-budget adaptation of the classic novel Lorna Doone (2000). He followed this with another BBC Show, The Office (2001), where he appeared as "Ricky Howard" for the first series. Oliver was most recently seen starring in the Channel Four comedy series Green Wing (2004), Nathan Barley (2005) and The IT Crowd (2006). He also made an appearance in the highly anticipated Sharpe's Challenge (2006).

Oliver most notably played Nick Medhurst, the ATO for the British army unit Bluestone 42 (2013) in the BBC Three comedy of the same name, Chris played Nick from 2013-15, and appeared in all 3 seasons. It followed his attempts at getting with the patrol base padre Mary while also showing the reality of fighting a war in these times, while also having a heap of fun and banter and comradeship with his unit.
BornNovember 7, 1978
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Oliver Chris in King Charles III (2017)
Oliver Chris in Bluestone 42 (2013)
Oliver Chris in The Scandalous Lady W (2015)
Oliver Chris in King Charles III (2017)
Oliver Chris, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Charlotte Riley in King Charles III (2017)
Oliver Chris, James Corden, and Jemima Rooper in National Theatre Live: One Man, Two Guvnors (2011)
Oliver Chris, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, and Karl Theobald in Green Wing (2004)
Oliver Chris, Michelle Gomez, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, and Julian Rhind-Tutt in Green Wing (2004)
Oliver Chris, Jack Davenport, and Tom Rosenthal in Breathless (2013)
Oliver Chris in King Charles III (2017)
Oliver Chris, Jack Davenport, Shaun Dingwall, Iain Glen, Ronny Jhutti, Natasha Little, Joanna Page, Sarah Parish, Catherine Steadman, and Zoe Boyle in Breathless (2013)
Oliver Chris, Jack Davenport, Natasha Little, and Zoe Boyle in Breathless (2013)

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King Charles III (2017)
King Charles III
6.3
TV Movie
  • William
  • 2017
Bluestone 42 (2013)
Bluestone 42
7.9
TV Series
  • Nick
Lucy Punch, Paul Ready, Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, and Philippa Dunne in Motherland (2016)
Motherland
7.9
TV Series
  • Paul
Green Wing (2004)
Green Wing
8.4
TV Series
  • Boyce

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  • After the Harvest II
    • Completed
  • Parminder Nagra, Lara Pulver, and Lisa McGrillis in Maternal (2023)
    Maternal
  • Lucy Punch, Paul Ready, Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, and Philippa Dunne in Motherland (2016)
    Motherland
  • Stuart Martin and Kate Phillips in Miss Scarlet & the Duke (2020)
    Miss Scarlet & the Duke
  • Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2016)
    The Crown
  • Emma Thompson, Shabana Azmi, Shazad Latif, Lily James, Asim Chaudhry, and Sajal Ali in What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022)
    What's Love Got to Do with It?
  • Rafe Spall and Esther Smith in Trying (2020)
    Trying
  • Bill Nighy in Living (2022)
    Living
  • Paul Bettany and Claire Foy in A Very British Scandal (2021)
    A Very British Scandal
  • Romola Garai in Miss Marx (2020)
    Miss Marx
  • Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Emma. (2020)
    Emma.
  • Robert Downey Jr., Emma Thompson, Marion Cotillard, Octavia Spencer, John Cena, Selena Gomez, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, and Tom Holland in Dolittle (2020)
    Dolittle
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019)
    A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Nathalie Emmanuel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and Nikesh Patel in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)
    Endeavour
  • Samantha Bond and David Walliams in The Queen and I (2018)
    The Queen and I

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    • November 7, 1978
    • Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
  • Other works
    Narrated the "Alex Rider" series of audio-books by Anthony Horowitz.

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    In both The Office (2001) and Green Wing (2004), his character has a (short) affair with a colleague, played both times by Sally Bretton.
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    On not liking magazines he said: "I might buy a magazine if it had Kylie on the cover, but it would have to be for a very long train journey."

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