Christopher Adamson

This article is about the actor. For the footballer, see Chris Adamson.

Christopher Adamson was a British actor.^[1] He often portrayed villains, such as Mean Machine Angel in Judge Dredd and Jimmy Legs in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.^[2][3][4] He attended Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.^[5]

Christopher Adamson
Born	Christopher John Adamson 19 October 1949
Died	17 June 2025
Nationality	British
Other names	Chris Adamson
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–2023

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref
1990	Bullseye!	Death's Head	[4]
1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Soldier	[4]
	Edward II	Thug #3	[2][4]
	Eye Contact	Optician	[2]
1992	Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery	Winchester Warder
1993	The Young Americans	Billy Cohen	[2][4]
	Dirty Weekend	Serial Killer
	The Three Musketeers	Henri	[4]
	The Magician	Radio Operator
1994	Beyond Bedlam	Weasel	[2][4]
	Beg!	Detective Jarvis	[4]
1995	Mad Dogs and Englishmen	Max Quinlan	[3]
	Judge Dredd	Mean Machine Angel	[2][3]
	Cutthroat Island	Dawg's Pirate	[2][3]
	It Might Be You	Shady	[2]
1997	The Fifth Element	Airport Cop	[4]
1998	Les Misérables	Bertin	[4]
	La vuelta de El Coyote	Walker
	Razor Blade Smile	Sethane Blake	[4]
1999	Lighthouse	Leo Rook	[2][4]
	Sacred Flesh	Father Peter	[4]
2001	Goodbye, Mr Steadman	Skating mugger	[2]
2002	The Count of Monte Cristo	Maurice	[4]
2003	The Last Horror Movie	Killer	[2][3]
2004	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason		[4]
2005	Evil Aliens	Llyr Williams/Alien Surgeon	[1][2]
	The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey	Anson
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Jimmy Legs (Dutchman)	[4]
2007	Freakshow Lon	[4]
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Jimmy Legs (Dutchman)	[4]
2008	Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls	Anisley Hartford	[4]
	Mutant Chronicles	Hodge	[4]
2010	F	Janitor	[2]
	The Scared of Death Society	Mr. Russell
2011	The Great Ghost Rescue	Man on a soap box
2014	The Sleeping Room	Fiskin	[5]
2015	Legend	Philip Testa
2017	Leatherface	Dr. Lang	[5]
2023	Bank of Dave	Production manager	[1]

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role	Ref
1994-1999	Murder Most Horrid	Mikey Perugiano/Mr. Beast	[1]
1996	London's Burning	Metson
	The Prince and the Pauper	Sentry
1997	Crime Traveller	Crowley
1997-2001	The Bill	Tam Morris / Bob Forrest
1998	Jonathan Creek	The Stalker	[1]
	Duck Patrol	Silty Moffat Jr.	[1]
2000	Lock, Stock...	Three Feet
2001	'Orrible	Les	[1]
2002	Murder in Mind	Detective Stetford
2011	The Shadow Line	Richards

External links

• Christopher Adamson at IMDb