Chris Walker

Chris Walker is an English actor, known for his roles as Matthew Mullen in the BBC drama Playing the Field and Rob Hollins in the BBC soap opera Doctors. For the portrayal of Rob, Walker has been nominated for various awards, and in 2010, he won the award for Best On-Screen Partnership at the British Soap Awards, alongside Jan Pearson who plays his on-screen wife, Karen Hollins.

The King Is Alive (2000)

Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristian Levring
CAST:  Romane Bohringer  •  David Calder  •  David Bradley  •  Brion James

Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kristian Levring
CAST:  Romane Bohringer  •  David Calder  •  David Bradley  •  Brion James

When Saturday Comes (1996)

Mind blowing

Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Giese
CAST:  Sean Bean  •  Emily Lloyd  •  Craig Kelly  •  Pete Postlethwaite

Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas - he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard drinking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Giese
CAST:  Sean Bean  •  Emily Lloyd  •  Craig Kelly  •  Pete Postlethwaite

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Marsh
CAST:  Warren Clarke  •  Paddy Considine  •  James Fox  •  Jim Carter

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Marsh
CAST:  Warren Clarke  •  Paddy Considine  •  James Fox  •  Jim Carter

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Andrew Garfield  •  David Morrissey  •  John Henshaw  •  Anthony Flanagan

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Jarrold
CAST:  Andrew Garfield  •  David Morrissey  •  John Henshaw  •  Anthony Flanagan

Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)

True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page
CAST:  Jon Voight  •  Jason Robards  •  Sammi Davis  •  Annette Crosbie

True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page
CAST:  Jon Voight  •  Jason Robards  •  Sammi Davis  •  Annette Crosbie

Swing (1999)

When Martin Luxford (Hugo Speer) leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Mead
CAST:  Hugo Speer  •  Lisa Stansfield  •  Alexei Sayle  •  Rita Tushingham

When Martin Luxford (Hugo Speer) leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Mead
CAST:  Hugo Speer  •  Lisa Stansfield  •  Alexei Sayle  •  Rita Tushingham

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)

Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anand Tucker
CAST:  David Morrissey  •  Jim Carter  •  Sean Bean  •  Lisa Howard

Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anand Tucker
CAST:  David Morrissey  •  Jim Carter  •  Sean Bean  •  Lisa Howard

The Fix (1997)

The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jailed and banned from football for life for conspiring to fix the results of matches. Prominent among those jailed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Greengrass
CAST:  Steve Coogan  •  Jason Isaacs  •  Maggie O'Neill  •  Michael Elphick

The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jailed and banned from football for life for conspiring to fix the results of matches. Prominent among those jailed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Greengrass
CAST:  Steve Coogan  •  Jason Isaacs  •  Maggie O'Neill  •  Michael Elphick

Funny Man (1994)

When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realize that the game is far from over. One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man, a demonic jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Sprackling
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Ingrid Lacey  •  Tim James  •  Benny Young

When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realize that the game is far from over. One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man, a demonic jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Sprackling
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Ingrid Lacey  •  Tim James  •  Benny Young

The Fourth Protocol (1987)

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mackenzie
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Pierce Brosnan  •  Ned Beatty  •  Joanna Cassidy

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mackenzie
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Pierce Brosnan  •  Ned Beatty  •  Joanna Cassidy

The Last Witness (2018)

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szkopiak
CAST:  Alex Pettyfer  •  Robert Więckiewicz  •  Talulah Riley  •  Michael Gambon

An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of 22,000 Polish officers during World War II, a secret kept hidden for far too many years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szkopiak
CAST:  Alex Pettyfer  •  Robert Więckiewicz  •  Talulah Riley  •  Michael Gambon

Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era (1994)

A mockumentary, rockumentary featuring the spoof radio DJ's from Harry Enfield's sketch shows. Telling of their rise to fame, their influence on music history and fall from grace in a parody of real life radio presenters.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Harry Enfield  •  Paul Whitehouse  •  Alan Freeman  •  Tony Blackburn

A mockumentary, rockumentary featuring the spoof radio DJ's from Harry Enfield's sketch shows. Telling of their rise to fame, their influence on music history and fall from grace in a parody of real life radio presenters.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Harry Enfield  •  Paul Whitehouse  •  Alan Freeman  •  Tony Blackburn

A Breed of Heroes (1994)

In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humour and the weird rituals of the officers' mess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diarmuid Lawrence
CAST:  Samuel West  •  Nicholas Farrell  •  Patrick Drury  •  Robert Bathurst

In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humour and the weird rituals of the officers' mess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diarmuid Lawrence
CAST:  Samuel West  •  Nicholas Farrell  •  Patrick Drury  •  Robert Bathurst

James Ellis: An Actor's Life (2007)

Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Gillespie
CAST:  James Ellis  •  Kenneth Branagh  •  Brid Brennan  •  Bill Bryden

Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Gillespie
CAST:  James Ellis  •  Kenneth Branagh  •  Brid Brennan  •  Bill Bryden

Defrosting the Fridge (1989)

The Lowesthorpe Trawlers an English, American football team, hire American coach Hunter McCall and persuade local firm Salty Sea Fish Foods to be their sponsors, in an attempt to improve their game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandy Johnson
CAST:  Joe Don Baker  •  Phyllis Logan  •  William Armstrong  •  Maggie O'Neill

The Lowesthorpe Trawlers an English, American football team, hire American coach Hunter McCall and persuade local firm Salty Sea Fish Foods to be their sponsors, in an attempt to improve their game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandy Johnson
CAST:  Joe Don Baker  •  Phyllis Logan  •  William Armstrong  •  Maggie O'Neill