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Chris Barrie

Full / Real Name: Christopher Jonathan Barrie
Born: 28 March 1960 (64 years old)
Gender: Male

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Chris Barrie is a German-born English actor best known as a vocal impressionist (notably in the ITV sketch show Spitting Image) and for his television roles as Gordon Brittas in The Brittas Empire and as Arnold Rimmer in the cult BBC2 comedy Red Dwarf.

Barrie is a seasoned television actor, with leading roles in the following series:

Spitting Image
The Brittas Empire
Get Fit With Brittas
A Prince Among Men
Red Dwarf

He also presented a series of documentaries about fast cars for the Discovery Channel called Massive Engines, Massive Machines and Massive Speed.

He has had recurring roles in the following TV shows:

Carrott's Lib
Pushing Up Daisies
Coming Next
The Legends Of Treasure Island

He has also made numerous guest appearances in the following television shows:

The Young Ones
The Lenny Henry Show
Happy Famiies
Alas Smith & Jones
Lenny Henry Tonite
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Blackadder The Third
The New Statesman
Grace & Favour
Jackanory
Ben Elton: The Man From Auntie

He has appeared in the television mini-series Zastrozzi: A Romance and When Evil Calls.

Barry's television credits also include a number of made-for-TV movies:

Spitting Image: Down and Out in the White House (1986)
Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show (1987)
Comic Relief (1991)
White Goods (1994)
Can't Smeg Won't Smeg (1998)

Film

Barry has appeared in the following feature films:

Testimony (1988)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Back in Business (2007)

He has also appeared in the following direct-to-video releases:

Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups (1994)
Red Dwarf: Smeg Outs (1995)
Motoring Wheel Nuts (1995)
Red Dwarf: Identity Within (2005)

Barry also lent his voice to the 2003 video game Simon the Sorcerer.


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