Person
Chris Addison
Actor · Director · Writer· Didsbury, Manchester, England, UK
Chris Addison is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He is known for his lecture-style comedy shows, two of which he later adapted for BBC Radio 4. In addition to stand-up, in television he plays Ollie in the BBC 2 television satire The Thick of It and Toby in its spin-off film In the Loop, and he co-created and starred in the BBC 2 sitcom Lab Rats. In radio he hosts the weekly comedy news satire show 7 Day Sunday on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
In the Loop
Toby Wright · 2009
The Look of Love
Tony Power · 2013
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Simon Howler · 2025
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romansposter
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Seb · 2014
Doctor Who
2005
Skins
2007
The Thick of It
Olly Reeder · 2005
Filmography
14 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues | Simon Howler | Film |
| 2019 | The Hustle | Director | Film |
| 2014 | Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven | Seb | Film |
| 2013 | The Look of Love | Tony Power | Film |
| 2011 | Chris Addison: Live | Himself | Film |
| 2011 | Chris Addison: Live | Writer | Film |
| 2009 | In the Loop | Toby Wright | Film |
| 2008 | What the Dickens? | Team Captain | TV |
| 2008 | Lab Rats | Dr. Alex Beenyman | TV |
| 2008 | Lab Rats | Writer | TV |
| 2007 | 100 Greatest Stand-Ups | Himself | Film |
| 2007 | The Rise of the Nutters | Oliver Reeder | Film |
| 2005 | The Thick of It | Olly Reeder | TV |
| 2002 | Harry Hill's TV Burp | Writer | TV |
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