Chris McHallem

Actor

Place of birth: London, England

Biography

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 (27)

• Breakfast on Pluto (2005, ★ 7.2)
• Becoming Jane (2007, ★ 7.3)
• Vikings (2013, ★ 8.1)
• Normal People (2020, ★ 8.1)
• The Hardacres (2024, ★ 7.9)
• Cooper & Fry (2025, ★ 7.9)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007, ★ 6.8)
• Frank (2014, ★ 6.9)
• Loving Miss Hatto (2012, ★ 7.2)
• Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012, ★ 7.2)
• Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
• Modern Love (2019, ★ 7.3)
• Murphy's Law (2001, ★ 7.7)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, ★ 6.6)
• Hardware (1990, ★ 5.9)
• Edward II (1991, ★ 6.2)
• House of Boys (2009, ★ 6.1)
• The Cellar (2022, ★ 6.5)
• A Merry Scottish Christmas (2023, ★ 6.2)
• Forever in My Heart (2019, ★ 6.7)
• The Green Knight (2021, ★ 6.6)
• Life of Crime (2013, ★ 6.4)
• Sherlock & Daughter (2025, ★ 6.7)
• St. Ives (1998, ★ 5.4)
• Sweetness in the Belly (2019, ★ 6.3)
• Resistance (2019, ★ 6.2)
• When Brendan Met Trudy (2000, ★ 4)