Craig Fairbrass | |
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Birthplace: | London, England, UK |
Birthdate: | 15 January 1964 |
Films appeared in: | Cliffhanger The Unit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare trilogy Hijacked The Outsider (2014 film) |
Role: | Delmar (Cliffhanger) Gaz/Simon "Ghost" Riley/Wallcroft (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare trilogy) Devon Burke (The Unit) Bruce Leib (Hijacked) Lex Walker (The Outsider) |
Craig Fairbrass (born January 15, 1964) was born in Mile End, East London. He made his acting debut in the feature film For Queen and Country opposite Denzel Washington. He also appeared in an episode of the BBC television series "Big Deal" in the episode Fighting Chance in 1980. This was followed by appearances in series such as "London's Burning" and as Detective Frank Burkin in "Prime Suspect 1" and "2". He has also appeared in Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone and The Bank Job with Jason Statham.
Fairbrass appeared as Dan Sullivan in "EastEnders" from 1999 to 2001. He also took the lead role of Ray Betson in the Channel Four crime drama The Great Dome Robbery. Soon afterwards Fairbrass returned to the US, and he starred as Henry Caine in White Noise 2: The Light. In February 2007, he appeared in the final season of "Stargate SG-1". Guest star roles followed in "The Unit" (with Dennis Haysbert and Robert Patrick) and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (with Lena Headey).
In 2007, he starred in the feature film Rise of the Footsoldier. He also voiced "Gaz" in the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Ghost in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009, with Glenn Morshower and Lance Henriksen) and Sgt. Wallcroft in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Other recent film credits include: St Georges Day, Vikingdom 3D, House Of The Rising Sun (with Danny Trejo), Hijacked and Get Lucky.
In 2012 Fairbrass took his first lead role in the US action thriller The Outsider , and in 2014, he appeared in the thriller Breakdown which he appears alongside James Cosmo, Bruce Payne, Emmett Scanlan, Olivia Grant and Tamer Hassan; he also took the lead role of Jack London in the revenge thriller Gunned Down.
Fairbrass is married to Elke Kellick, a former Page Three model, and they have two sons together.