Christopher Craig
Biography
Christopher Craig is a Scottish actor; his mother was a Londoner and his father was born in Guyana. After training in London his early work focused on Theatre, performing in award winning productions such as Grant Morrison's "Red King Rising" and the premiere of "The Fetishist" by Michel Tournier. It was later in his career when he cleverly improvised with an exploding bag pipe, that 'Abdellatif Kechiche' cast him in "Venus Noire" 2009. Since then, he has worked as the Priest in The Family (2013) with Luc Besson and as Durie in Tommy's Honour (2016), the Scottish BAFTA Winner directed by Jason Connery. He has portrayed Winston Churchill over 5 times, each time different, full of emotion and challenge.
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Man 4 in Car
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Louis XII of France
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Piotr's Hostage
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Priest
After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Winston Churchill
Four American soldiers catastrophically take part in D-Day and commit blunder after blunder.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Barman
In the late 19th century, a brutal land baron slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, the baron's son goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but a visiting pathologist warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Culco Employee #1
Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady businessman behind the fraud.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Scottish Singer
The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of being an artist, once in Europe she is exploited as a sideshow attraction due to her large buttocks and genitalia.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Winston Churchill
Explores the life of General De Gaulle, from the Appeal of June 18, 1940, to his departure from power in 1969. A dive into the military and political career of De Gaulle and an inside portrait of his private life.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Churchill
June 1944. Europe is torn apart by war, and preparations are underway for the Normandy landings. Denis Porte continues his daily work with dedication at a British military base... which is fake. His mission: to move fake soldiers around every day and thus deceive the enemy. In the Porte family, there is a tendency for fathers and sons to die as heroes for France. So there is no question of Porte taking the slightest risk for his mother. Looking after a fake base is the most she will tolerate for her son. But after meeting Sami, an Algerian doctor who dreams of meeting De Gaulle, they decide during a drunken evening to take part. They set off bravely (and with quite a few drinks under their belts). Except that they don't have the right date or the right place. Add to that a hero who doesn't want to expose himself to danger. On D-Day, or almost...
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Durie
In 1866 St Andrews, Scotland, 15-year-old Tommy Morris is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris, now greenskeeper for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, as well as the town's club- and ball-maker. The two-time winner of the first major golf tournament, The Open Championship, which he founded in 1860, Old Tom also established golf's standard of 18 holes per round. But young Tommy is beginning to chafe at his father's dictates, especially in the rapidly changing world they live in. Tommy soon outshines his father, winning The Open three consecutive times.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Derek
When downtrodden carer Carl finds his cantankerous bed-ridden Uncle Derek dead, he’s finally free! He announces the death via a text but when Derek turns out to be playing another practical joke and in fact alive, and family arrive to pay their “respects”, Carl wrestles with whether to reveal the truth or…to make Derek dead again.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Doctor
Ushi Hirosaki has to marry according to Japanese tradition before her 30th birthday. Because time is running out, her family decides she has to marry a huge sumo wrestler. A rather unfortunate combination, so Ushi wants to look for a nicer candidate herself. She travels halfway around the world to find her dream husband. Along the way she does valiant efforts, for example to learn table manners and to lose her Japanese accent.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Henry Baker
When a broke young couple rent a room in an elderly couples London house it becomes apparent no one is what they really seem.