Christopher Winchester

Christopher Winchester
Born	Liverpool
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, writer, musician, director
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Nikky Winchester

Christopher Winchester is a British/New Zealand^[1] actor, writer, comedian, musician, and director, currently living in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.

Biography

He was born in Liverpool, England^[2] and educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[3]

Winchester is known for his portrayal of Sawtooth Sam in international techno-bluegrass franchise Rednex,^[4] and for his musical comedy videos Who the 'ell is Tauriel? and Dwarf On A Pig, performed with his "folk mock" group The Esgaroth Three.

In addition to work in short films and TV, Winchester acted as an extra in Lake-town and Dale in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

References

^ Care, Adam (12 December 2014). "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Watch Cambridge graduate's musical spoof YouTube movie". Cambridge News.
^ Lawson, Ruth (12 January 2014). "North East family star in viral Hobbit spoof video". Sunday Sun.
^ Scott, Charlie (14 January 2014). "VIDEO: Cambridge University graduate takes on Middle Earth - comedy music video aimed at Hobbit fans' Desolation of Smaug complaints goes viral" Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Cambridge News
^ "Good Morning Episode dated 10 July 2013" IMDb.^{[unreliable source?]}