20 Facts About Craig Fairbrass

Craig John Fairbrass was born on 15 January 1964 and is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter.

Craig Fairbrass has made appearances in For Queen and Country, London's Burning, Cliffhanger, Killing Time, EastEnders, The Great Dome Robbery, The Long Weekend, Rise of the Footsoldier film series, The Bank Job, House of the Rising Sun, St George's Day, Breakdown, The Hooligan Factory, Muscle and Villain.

Craig Fairbrass is the original voice of Gaz and Ghost in the Call of Duty video game series.

Craig John Fairbrass was born at Mile End Hospital in London on 15 January 1964, the son of seamstress Maureen and dock worker Jack Fairbrass.

Craig Fairbrass grew up in Stepney and has a younger sister named Lindsey.

Craig Fairbrass then began searching for a talent agent to represent him, supporting himself financially by working as a roofer in the daytime, and working evenings as a doorman, at what he would later call some of the "less desirable nightspots" in southeast London.

Craig Fairbrass made his feature film acting debut as DC Challoner in the 1988 Working Title thriller For Queen and Country opposite Academy Award winner Denzel Washington.

Craig Fairbrass landed a regular role as Gary 'Technique' Pagnall in the ITV drama series London's Burning in 1990.

In 1999, Craig Fairbrass landed the regular role of Dan Sullivan in EastEnders, leaving the show in August 2001.

Craig Fairbrass then took the lead role of Ray Betson in the Channel Five crime drama The Great Dome Robbery.

Craig Fairbrass returned to the US, starring in the Chris Klein comedy, The Long Weekend, and as Henry Caine opposite Nathan Fillion in White Noise 2.

In 2011, Craig Fairbrass took the co-lead in the crime thriller St George's 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, Craig Fairbrass took his first lead role in a US action thriller The Outsider, which starred Jason Patric, James Caan and Shannon Elizabeth.

Craig Fairbrass went on to win the Best Actor Award at the 2016 Marbella International Film Festival for the role.

In 2017, Craig 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 Craig Fairbrass's most powerful performance to date, winning him the best actor award at the 2018 National Film Awards in London.

In 2020, Craig Fairbrass played Eddie Franks in the London crime thriller Villain.

Craig Fairbrass reprised his role of Pat Tate in the fifth installment of Rise of the Footsoldier Origins, directed by Nick Nevern.

In 2022, Craig Fairbrass starred in Ross McCall's A Violent Man.

Craig Fairbrass provided additional voices in the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, then again as one of the most iconic characters in the game's history as Ghost in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and as various characters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Craig Fairbrass married former Page Three glamour model Elke Kellick in 1987.