
Christopher Biggins
Department: Acting
Biography
He was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of William and Pamela Biggins. He was brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, attended St Probus school where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups. His first lead stage role was at the age of 17 in a Stage '65 production of Molière's Le Médecin malgré lui, leading to work with a local repertory theatre company.
Known For

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999

Romeo and Juliet
1976

An Evening with Lily Savage
1996

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
2021

A Christmas Carol
1977

Circus
2000

Eskimo Nell
1975

Run For Your Wife
2012

When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
2018

The Critic
1982

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996

Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999

Porridge: No Way Out
1975

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003

Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
2014

Our Cilla
2015

Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015
2015

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 3
2010

tvSSFBM EHKL
2001

This Is Love
1978

Cold Fish
2001

Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008

It Could Happen to You
1976

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016

The Tempest
1979

The Paul O'Grady Story
2017

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
1978

Blow Dry
2001

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975

The Sex Thief
1973

Decadence
1994

Ant and Dec's 30 Greatest Moments
2020

Caught in the Act
1997

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998

Who Shot Simon Cowell?
2017

Sane Inside Insanity
2025

Late Night with the Loose Women
2009

The Children's Royal Variety Performance
1990

High Rise Donkey
1980

The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004

Ben Spray
1972

What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us?
2009

The Best of the Adventures
1981

The Greatest TV Of The '80s
2023

This Morning
1988

Hell's Kitchen
2004

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973

The One Show
2006

Dramarama
1983

Surprise, Surprise
1984

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002

The Big Questions
2007

Minder
1979

Kidnapped
1979

Operation Good Guys
1997

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973

Celebrity Juice
2008

Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009

I'm Famous and Frightened!
2004

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007

On Safari
1982

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
2008

Are You Smarter Than a Ten Year Old?
2007

Where Are They Now?
1999

Rentaghost
1976

Psychoville
2009

Porridge
1974

Watch this Space
1980

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009

As Seen on TV
2009

tv-ssfbm ehkl Surreal Film
2001

Live from Studio Five
2009

Heads or Tails
2009

Celebrity Shock List 2009
2009

Celebrity Pressure Cooker
2010

The Michael Ball Show
2010

Paul Temple
1969

Dark Towers
1981

Bad Girls
1999

The One Show
2006

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Mongrels
2010

The Savoy
2020

Celebrity Escape to the Country
2023

Going Live!
1987

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

Laughter Class
2024

I'm A Celebrity... The Daily Drop
2020

The Weakest Link
2021

Sooty & Co.
1993

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020

Gone to Pot
2017

8 Out of 10 Cats
2005

Victoria Died in 1901 and is Still Alive Today
2001

Cluedo
1990

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994

Through the Keyhole
2013

Brendon Chase
1982

Catchphrase
2013

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002

I'm a Celebrity... Unpacked
2024

Big Brother's Bit on the Side
2011

Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
2011

Celebrity Big Brother
2001

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Masada
1981

Harry Hill's Tea Time
2016

Poldark
1975

The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997

Plebs
2013

Shoestring
1979

Seven of One
1973

Remembers…
2022

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976