Christopher Patrick Chung (born 13 July 1988) is an Australian actor, singer and personal trainer. He is best known for playing Roddy Ho in the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, which earned him a nomination for the 2025 British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also stars in the 2026 TV adaptation of My Brilliant Career on Netflix.
Early life and education Christopher Patrick Chung was born on 13 July 1988 to an Irish mother from Limerick and a Malaysian Chinese father. His parents met at a party while studying in London in the 1970s. Chung grew up in Mornington and Mount Eliza, suburbs of Melbourne located on the Mornington Peninsula.
He attended Padua College, graduating in 2006. At his school, there were only a handful of children of Chinese heritage.
Chung was part of the local amateur dramatic group, auditioned for musical competitions including Australian Idol and The X Factor, and attended workshops at St Martin's Youth Theatre. Through St. Martin’s, he was invited to the Ward Acting Studio in New York for a six-month intensive course. At the time, he was working in retail after having dropped out of college.
Chung also completed an acting course in Philadelphia, before moving to London, UK in 2012.
Career In 2011, Chung appeared in one episode of the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Six months after moving to London, he was cast in his first UK television role as Archie Wong in BBC’s Waterloo Road. He also performed on stage, playing Kurt in Heathers: The Musical at West End theatre and Paris in Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe.
After theatres closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chung briefly contemplated taking a break from acting. Shortly after, he was cast in his breakout role as Roddy Ho in the British spy drama series Slow Horses on Apple TV+ (2022–present).
In 2024, Chung starred in Steve McQueen's wartime drama film Blitz. In 2025, he was cast as Cassio in Doctor Who season 2, with Ncuti Gatwa playing the doctor.
He plays leading role Harry Beecham, opposite Philippa Northeast's Sybylla, in the Netflix historical drama series My Brilliant Career (2026), based on Miles Franklin's 1901 novel of the same name. Filmed in South Australia, the series premiered on 13 August 2026. Beecham's role was not written as a Chinese Australian, but the series creator, Liz Doran, wanted to explore the complex history of early Chinese settlers in Australia.
Recognition and awards For his role in Slow Horses, Chung was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 2025 BAFTAs, and became the third male actor of East Asian descent to be nominated.
Personal life Chung met Scottish actress Frances Mayli McCann in 2014 while auditioning for a Miss Saigon remake. The couple got engaged in 2016 and were married—first in a traditional Chinese ceremony in Melbourne in 2020, and then in a western-style wedding in Glasgow, Scotland in 2021. They live in London.
Endorsements and other ventures Chung works as a personal trainer at the Fred’s Gym in North Hampstead, London. In an interview with The Observer, he said that he’s “hesitant to give up the profession because it keeps him grounded.”
Filmography
Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Australian Idol Contestant Season 4, Top 100 2009 Memoirs of an Alien Kindel BBC pilot, never aired 2011 Neighbours Clay Lambert 1 episode 2013–2014 Waterloo Road Archie Wong Season 9, 12 episodes 2020 Doctors Choi Minjun 1 episode 2022–present Slow Horses Roddy Ho 30 episodes 2025 Doctor Who Cassio 1 episode2026 Dragon Striker Additional voices 1 episode My Brilliant Career Harry Beecham 6 episodes
Film Year Title Role Notes 2008 Six Men's Health Alex2010 I'll Meet You in New York Male Short film Paranoia Chan 2014 Night Bus Chris 2019 Secret Santa Glen Short film 2022 Bus Girl Mr Beau Short film 2023 Gods of Their Own Religion C2 2024 Blitz Fred Sandwich Man Short filmPost-production
Theatre Year Title Role Theatre 2001 The King & I Prince Chulalongkorn Panorama Theatre Group 2004 Fame Lead vocalist Panorama Theatre Group 2005 Grease Roger Panorama Theatre Group 2009 Seasons of Excellence Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde VCE 2011 I Wish You a Boat/Almost Home Various Ward Studio Company (Philadelphia) 2018 Heathers: The Musical Kurt Kelly The Other Palace & Theatre Royal Haymarket Romeo and Juliet Paris Globe Theatre TV commercials Year Title Role Notes 2009 It's Your Future Initiative Spokesman Producer Australian Government 2010–2011 Sky Movies HD Geek Director Fredrik Bond
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