Chris McHallem
Acting · Writing
Born in 1960, Christopher McHallem is a British actor, writer, musician and director who began his career in 1977 with the punk rock/post-punk band the Transmitters under the pseudonym "Dexter O'Brian". He left the band shortly after its formation to pursue a career in acting and his best known role is arguably that of roadie Rod Norman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1987 to 1990.
Filmography
- Cooper & Fry — Sam Beeley
- Sherlock & Daughter — Tomkins
- The Hardacres — Dr Mason
- The Scavengers — Daideo (voice)
- 2023A Merry Scottish Christmas — Angus Ryan
- 2022The Cellar — John Fetherson (Voice)
- 2021The Green Knight — Lord in Waiting
- Normal People — Lecturer
- 2019Forever in My Heart — Paul
- 2019In for the Kill — Narrator
- Modern Love — Taxi Driver
- Resistance — Albert Saunders
- 2019Sweetness in the Belly — Immigration Officer
- 2014Frank — Paramedic
- Life of Crime — Paul Reid
- Vikings — First Saxon Noble, Noble 2, Ealdorman 2
- 2012Loving Miss Hatto — Detective
- Titanic: Blood and Steel — Committee Member (uncredited)
- 2009House of Boys — Frank's Father
- 2007Becoming Jane — Mr. Curtis
- 2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars — Footman
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars — Footman
- 2005Big Dippers — Writer
- 2005Breakfast on Pluto — Punter
- 2003Girl with a Pearl Earring — Griet's Father
- Murphy's Law — Jarvis
- 2000St. Patrick: The Irish Legend — Auxilius
- 2000When Brendan Met Trudy — Male Choristor
- 1998St. Ives — Gautier
- 1997Black Velvet Band — Shut-Eye, Creator, Story
- Coogan's Run — Great Bear
- 1994Brave — Premier Boelgaxof (archive footage)
- Heartbeat — Larry Dobson
- 1991Edward II — Thug
- 1990Hardware — Premier Boelgaxof
- 1988The Love Child — Barman
- EastEnders — Rod, Rod Norman