Christopher Michael Ellison is a British actor from London. He is best known for his role as DCI Frank Burnside in the ITV police series The Bill and short-lived spin-off series Burnside.

KNOWN FOR

Casualty
1987
Ready, Steady, Cook
2009
The Bill
1984
Minder
1982
Grange Hill
1979
Screen Two
1985
Celebrity Big Brother
2015
The Professionals
1977
Bergerac
1981
Birds of a Feather
1997
The Sweeney
1975
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
73
2021
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
as Basil Payne
2018
Tango One
as Terry James
2018
The Krays: Dead Man Walking
as Albert Donohue
2018
King of Crime
as Edward
2017
We Still Steal the Old Way
as Roy
2017
Ratburger
as Landlord
2016
Mob Handed
as The Father
2016
Bonded by Blood 2
as Trent
2015
Celebrity Big Brother
as Self
2015
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
as Self
2014
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Roy
2014
Jamaica Inn
2013
Great Expectations
as Magwitch
2013
Psychopath Night
as Narrator
2011
Great Fire of London - The Untold Story
as Narrator
2011
Casualty
as Danny Weaver
2010
Basement
as The Professor
2010
Bonded by Blood
as Trent
2009
Ready, Steady, Cook
as Self - Guest
2007
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
as Self
2001
Combat Sheep
as DI Hindle
2001
Judge John Deed
2000
Burnside
as DCI Frank Burnside
1997
Crime Traveller
1997
Birds of a Feather
as Davey Cooper
1996
Ellington
as Ellington
1994
Two Golden Balls
as Vince
1994
The Detectives
as Lomax
1994
Screen One
as Vince
1993
The Bill
as D.I. Burnside
1988
Buster
as George
1988
The Most Dangerous Man in the World
as Ipekci
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Mr. Kirkpatrick
1987
Casualty
as Wayne Davisson
1987
Bread
as Mr. Wilson
1986
Brush Strokes
as Reg
1986
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Drury
1986
Running Scared
as Charlie Elkin
1986
Bread
as DHSS Claimant
1986
Three Up, Two Down
as Det. Sgt. Boxon
1986
Never the Twain
as Bernie Miller
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Tommy
1985
A.D.
as Roman Soldier (uncredited)
1985
A.D.
as Calpurnius
1985
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Albert
1985
Screen Two
as Telecom Engineer
1984
Unfair Exchanges
as Telecom Engineer
1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Rath’s Minder
1984
Black Carrion
as Sergeant Drury
1984
Fresh Fields
as Policeman
1984
The Bill
as Frank Burnside
1984
Chance in a Million
as Mr Hodgkiss
1984
The Lonelyhearts Kid
as Harris
1983
Macbeth
as Captain
1983
The Falklands Factor
as First M.P.
1983
Widows
1983
Widows
as Tony Fisher
1982
Minder
as Charlie
1981
Bergerac
as Corby
1981
The Gentle Touch
1981
Lady Killers
as Detective Inspector Spooner
1981
Strangers
as Terence Wragby
1981
Wolcott
as DI Charlie Bonham
1979
Lady Oscar
as Maximilien de Robespierre
1979
Grange Hill
as Minibus Driver
1978
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Dr. Adam Quint
1978
The Professionals
as Paul Coogan
1977
Blind Man's Bluff
1977
The Professionals
as Biggs, CI5 Agent
1976
Thriller
as Denver
1975
Kill Two Birds
as Denver
1975
The Sweeney
as Phillip Budd
1974
Ransom
as Pete