Oliver Chris

Oliver Graham Chris is an English actor He has appeared in television series TV films and on the stage His work has included theatrical productions in Londons West End and New York Citys Broadway Chris was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent on 7 November 1978 He passed his elevenplus exam and attended Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys before moving to the Michael Hall Steiner School in his fourth year He later graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama In 2005 he completed an evening class at Birkbeck College and was subsequently accepted for a degree course in history politics and philosophy Chris has appeared in several comedy series including The Office Green Wing According to Bex Nathan Barley The IT Crowd Rescue Me and Bluestone 42 In 2004 Chris rewrote the lyrics to the Beatles Let It Be to a song about the England football player Wayne Rooney and recorded it in collaboration with the actor Stephen Campbell Moore and a number of other actors and journalists The song was reprised and rerecorded with rewritten lyrics for the 2006 Fifa World Cup and became a hit on YouTube with 200000 views Chris has also narrated most of the Alex Rider series of audiobooks by Anthony Horowitz although Dan Stevens replaced him as reader for Snakehead Crocodile Tears and Scorpia Rising In early 2006 Chris played the role of Captain Leonard in Sharpes Challenge starring Sean Bean while 2007 saw him in the TV comedy Bonkers written by Sally Wainwright as well as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew at the Wiltons Music Hall In 2006 he also appeared as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester He later appeared in Peter Halls production of The Portrait of a Lady He made his West End debut in late 2008 in Lisa Krons comedy Well In 2010 he appeared alongside Judi Dench in Halls production of A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Rose Theatre Kingston Chris was cast in Ben Millers featurelength debut comedy film Huge which premiered in June 2010 In 2011 saw him appear in two episodes of Silent Witness whilst also playing one of the leading roles in the National Theatre production of One Man Two Guvnors alongside James Corden He appeared in three series of the BBC Three comedy Bluestone 42 about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan He also played Dr Richard Truscott in the ITV medical drama series Breathless set in the 1960s which ran for one series from October 2013 From 2014 to 2016 Chris played Prince William in the play King Charles III appearing in the West End and on Broadway In May 2017 he appeared in the same role in the BBC Two film adaptation