Chris McHallem

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

• EastEnders (1985)
• Heartbeat (1992)
• Sherlock & Daughter (2025)
• Normal People (2020)
• The Green Knight (2021)
• Modern Love (2019)
• Murphy's Law (2001)
• Cooper & Fry (2025)
• The Hardacres (2024)
• Becoming Jane (2007)
• Hardware (1990)
• Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
• Frank (2014)
• The Cellar (2022)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
• Edward II (1991)
• Sweetness in the Belly (2019)
• House of Boys (2009)
• A Merry Scottish Christmas (2023)
• When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
• The Love Child (1988)
• Black Velvet Band (1997)
• St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000)
• Loving Miss Hatto (2012)
• In for the Kill (2019)