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Craig John Fairbrass (born 15 January 1964) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Delmar in Cliffhanger, as Dan Sullivan in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and as Pat Tate in the Rise of the Footsoldier film series.

Craig Fairbrass
Born	Craig John Fairbrass (1964-01-15) 15 January 1964 (age 58) Mile End, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–present
Agent	United Agents
Spouse	Elke Kellick ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	2
Website	craigfairbrass.com

Early life

Fairbrass was born in Mile End Hospital and grew up in East London, the son of Maureen and Jack Fairbrass. His father worked as a docker stevedore, while his mother was employed as a seamstress. After being expelled from Eaglesfield Boys Comprehensive in Woolwich at 15, Fairbrass successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre.[1] He then worked as a roofer's labourer for the following years, while acquiring an agent.

Career

1979–1990: Beginnings

After a few years of walk-on roles in Emmerdale, Three Up Two Down, and Shelley, Fairbrass made his first real TV appearance as an actor in the 1984 BBC television series Big Deal as Nev in the episode "Fighting chance" followed by another BBC role in Tucker's Luck. He made his feature film acting debut as D.I Challoner in the 1989 Working title thriller For Queen and Country opposite Academy Award winner Denzel Washington. Film and television appearances quickly followed, including the Ray Winstone film Tank Malling, and the Channel 4 Film, The Final Frame playing Suggs's right-hand man, Franklin. He also landed a regular role as Gary 'Technique' Pagnall in the ITV drama series London's Burning in 1990. That same year Fairbrass was cast opposite Helen Mirren as Detective Inspector Frank Burkin in the Bafta/Emmy Award-winning original Prime Suspect 1 and 2.[2]

1991–2006: EastEnders and Hollywood

In 1991, he travelled to Los Angeles and secured his first Hollywood acting role in the 1992 action blockbuster Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone. This led to roles in independent films with lead roles in Beyond Bedlam (1994) with Elizabeth Hurley, Galaxis (1995) with Brigitte Nielsen, Proteus, Killing Time, and Darklands.

In 1999, Fairbrass landed the regular role of Dan Sullivan in EastEnders. He left the show in August 2001. He then took the lead role of Ray Betson in the Channel Five crime drama The Great Dome Robbery.[3]

Fairbrass returned to the U.S., starring in the Chris Klein comedy, The Long Weekend, and as Henry Caine opposite Nathan Fillion in White Noise 2. In February 2007, he appeared as the renegade Jaffa, Arkad, in the episode "Talion" in the final season of Stargate SG-1, as a guest lead in The Sarah Connor Chronicles opposite Lena Headey, and as guest lead Devon Burke, a rogue MI5 agent in David Mamet's hit show The Unit.

2007–present: Rise of the Footsoldier

In 2007, he starred in the feature film Rise of the Footsoldier as real life gangster Pat Tate, and opposite Jason Statham in The Bank Job. The following year he joined Til Schweiger in the game-based action film Far Cry (2008). Fairbrass provided additional voices in the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), then again as one of the most iconic characters in the game's history as Ghost in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and as various characters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. In 2011, Fairbrass took the co-lead in the crime thriller St Georges Day, other lead roles included Vikingdom 3D, House of the Rising Sun, opposite Dave Bautista, Hijacked, and Get Lucky and Let me Survive. In 2012, Fairbrass took his first lead role in a US action thriller The Outsider, which starred Jason Patric, James Caan and Shannon Elizabeth. In Bula Quo!, he co-starred alongside Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi. In 2014 he took the lead in the psychological thriller, Breakdown, alongside James Cosmo, Bruce Payne, Emmett Scanlan, Olivia Grant. In 2015, he played the lead role of Jack Cregan in the revenge thriller London Heist alongsoide Steven Berkoff, which he also co-wrote.[4] The film was produced by his own son, Luke Fairbrass. Craig Fairbrass went on to win the Best Actor Award at the 2016 Marbella International Film Festival for the role.[5][6]

In 2017, Fairbrass reprised his role of Pat Tate in Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Years, a prequel to the 2007 original and proved to be Fairbrass's most powerful performance to date, winning him the best actor award at the 2018 National Film Awards in London.[7]

In 2020, Fairbrass played Eddie Franks in the critically acclaimed, London crime thriller Villain. He reprised his role of Pat Tate in the fifth installment of Rise of the Footsoldier Origins, directed by Nick Nevern.

In 2022, Fairbrass starred in Steve McCall's A Violent Man.[8] Fairbrass' performance was praised by Leslie Felperin, writing for The Guardian, but the film itself was negatively reviewed, earning 2/5 stars.

While he enjoys the roles in films revolving around knife crime, criminal gangs, and violence, he stated in a 2020 interview for Villain

Every time I meet on these films I always talk about 'Can we turn the violence down? Can we stay away from certain things where we don't want to glorify?' I'm very wary of the violence that is in the films. It's like playing Call of Duty, people come up to me, other people say to me 'How do you feel that you're in games where you're voicing characters in games that could be the instigation for someone to go out and commit murder?' I am just an actor. In the end of the day, it's all make believe. Some people take it a step further. [9]

Personal life

Fairbrass is married to Elke Kellick, a former Page Three model. They have two sons.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Scum	Extra	Uncredited
1984	Real Life	Boyfriend
1988	Soursweet	Driver
	For Queen and Country	Challoner
1989	Tank Malling	Jackie
1993	Cliffhanger	Delmar
1994	Beyond Bedlam	Terry Hamilton
1995	Galaxis	Tarquin
	Proteus	Alex, DEA Agent
1996	Darklands	Frazer Truick
1998	Killing Time	Det. Robert Bryant
1999	Weak at Denise	Roy
2002	The Great Dome Robbery	Ray Betson
2004	Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo - Moro: Un'altra storia	Brigatista
2005	The Long Weekend	Frank Silver
2007	White Noise: The Light	Henry Caine
	Rise of the Footsoldier	Pat Tate
2008	The Bank Job	Nick Barton
	Far Cry	Jason Parker
2009	31 North 62 East	Major Paul Davidson
2010	The Shouting Men	Tony
	Just for the Record	Malcolm 'Mental Fists' Wickes
	Devil's Playground	Cole
	Dead Cert	Freddy 'Dead Cert' Frankham
	Freight	Jed
2011	House of the Rising Sun	Charlie Blackstone
2012	Deranged	Anthony
	Hijacked	Bruce Leib
	St George's Day	Ray Collishaw
2013	Get Lucky	Sebastian
	Bula Quo!	Simon
	Vikingdom	Sven
	Let Me Survive	Sean
	Saving Santa	Mercenary	Voice
2014	The Outsider	Lex Walker	Also writer
	The Hooligan Factory	Mickey
2015	Rise of the Footsoldier 2: Reign of the General	Pat Tate	Flashback
2016	Breakdown	Alfie Jennings	Also executive producer
2017	London Heist	Jack Cregan	Also executive producer and writer
	Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story	Pat Tate	Also executive producer
2019	Avengement	Lincoln Burgess
	Rise of the Footsoldier: Marbella	Pat Tate
	Muscle	Trevor Richards
2020	Villain	Eddie Franks
2021	Rise of the Footsoldier Origins	Pat Tate
2022	A Violent Man	Steve Mackelson
	The Sun Also Rises	Lee	In production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Shelley	Darth	Episode: "May the Best Man Win"
1984	Big Deal	Nev	Episode: "Fighting Chance"
1985	Who, Sir? Me, Sir?	Lifeguard	Episode: #1.2
1985	Tucker's Luck	Dino	Episode: #3.9
1986	Emmerdale	Gypsy Man	8 episodes
1987	No Place Like Home	Macho	Episode: "The Marathon"
1987	Three Up, Two Down	Man On The Beach	Episode: "Come Sail with Me"
1990	The Final Frame	Franklin	Television film
1990–1991	London's Burning	Gary 'Technique' Pagnall	7 episodes
1991	Prime Suspect	D.I. Frank Burkin	Television miniseries
1992	The Return of Shelley	Darth	Episode: "Accountants & Zulus"
1992	Prime Suspect 2	DI Frank Burkin	Television miniseries
1998	Duck Patrol	Hero	8 episodes
1998	The Bill	Steve André	Episode: "All for One"
1999	Soldier of Fortune, Inc.	John Harkin	Episode: "Figure Eight"
1999	An Unsuitable Job for a Woman	Jason	Episode: "Living on Risk"
1999–2001	EastEnders	Dan Sullivan	137 episodes
2004	The Courtroom	Steven Smith	Episode: "Twice Bitten"
2006	Dream Team	Terry Rose	Episode: "War of the Roses"
2007	Stargate SG-1	Arkad	Episode: "Talion"
2007	The Unit	Devon Burke	Episode: "Side Angle Side"
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Fake Sarkissian	Episode: "What He Beheld"
2012	Métal Hurlant Chronicles	Timarek	Episode: "Three on a Match"
2022	One Piece	Chef Zeff

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Gaz, Wallcroft, additional voices
2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Lt. Simon "Ghost" Riley
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Swift
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Wallcroft, additional voices
2012	Infex	Doyle
2016	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered	Gaz, Wallcroft, additional voices
2016	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	Tee, additional voices
2018	Battlefield V	George Mason
TBA	Squadron 42	Vat Tagaca

References

External links

• Official website
• Craig Fairbrass at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Craig Fairbrass

Craig Fairbrass (* 15. Januar 1964 in Mile End, London, England)[1] ist ein englischer Schauspieler und Sprecher.

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- [en] Craig Fairbrass

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[es] Craig Fairbrass

Craig Fairbrass es un actor inglés, más conocido por haber interpretado a Dan Sullivan en la serie EastEnders.y

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[ru] Фэйрбрасс, Крейг

Крейг Фэйрбрасс (англ. Craig Fairbrass) — британский актёр, сценарист и продюсер[1], известный по ролям в боевиках, а также по озвучиванию персонажей в играх серии Call of Duty.

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