Chris Barrie

Chris Barrie
Barrie in 2009
Born
Christopher Jonathan Brown

(1960-03-28) 28 March 1960 (age 64)
Hanover, West Germany
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • impressionist
Years active1982–present
Known forRed Dwarf
The Brittas Empire
Spouses
Monica De Meo
(m. 1987; div. 1990)
Alecks Barrie
(m. 1997)
Children2

Chris Barrie (born Christopher Jonathan Brown, 28 March 1960) is a British actor and comedian. He worked as a vocal impressionist on the ITV sketch show Spitting Image (1984–1996) and as Lara Croft's butler Hillary in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003). Barrie starred as Arnold Rimmer in 13 series of the sci-fi space comedy Red Dwarf between 1988 and 2020, and as Gordon Brittas in seven series of the BBC leisure centre sitcom The Brittas Empire (1991–1997).