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2009 HOST FOR THE EVENING: CHRIS BARRIE





The European Pensions Awards, now in their second year, were hosted by actor and comedian Chris Barrie. Chris is best known for his performance as the marvellously annoying leisure centre manager Gordon Brittas in The Brittas Empire. He also played the deeply sad Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf, the man who only made love to a woman once in his entire life (and this was only after she had been hit on the head by a winch).

Chris appeared with Angelina Jolie as Hilary the butler in the Tomb Raider movies. He also fronted Chris Barrie's Massive Engines for Discovery, in which he explored the development of trains, diggers, airships and various other industrial wonders. In a similar vein, he popped up as team captain in BBC2's Petrol Heads, with Richard Hammond and Neil Morrisey.

Originally an impressionist, Chris's career began as a cornerstone of the pioneering Spitting Image team. He performed the voices for Ronald Reagan, Prince Charles, David Coleman, Paul Daniels, Barry Norman and John Cole.

As well as speaking after dinner, Chris is a seasoned awards host. Unable to curb his managerial enthusiasm, he often appears in the guise of a close relative of Brittas. He has also been known to pose audiences awkward health and safety questions, like 'what would you do if a tiger were to rampage through your office?'