Chris Tordoff

Chris Tordoff
Born 1980s
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Nationality Irish
Occupation Actor
Writer
Director
Comedian
Youtuber
Years active 2009–present
Website vipersview.com

Chris Tordoff (born 1980s) is an Irish actor, writer, director, comedian, and YouTuber best known for playing the character Francis "The Viper" Higgins in Hardy Bucks, a TV series that has aired on RTÉ2. He also played Higgins in the 2013 The Hardy Bucks Movie, and Viper's View which was a digital series commissioned by RT.[1]

Early life

Tordoff was born in Leeds, England but moved to Swinford, Co. Mayo, Ireland during his teenage years.[2]

Youtube

Tordoff started making comedy pieces and posting them on YouTube, which gained him widespread fame. His YouTube channel shares the same name as his character in Hardy Bucks, Francis Higgins. He has since appeared on The Republic of Telly on RTÉ and has producing 50 episodes of 'Viper's View', an online satirical news series, for Russian broadcaster RT UK.[3][4] Tordoff was commissioned to start producing Viper's View after RT UK saw his YouTube series entitled 'World News' and asked him to make a similar series for them. Tordoff also does advertisements for bookmakers such as Boyle Sports and Ladbrokes.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Hardy Bucks Movie Francis "The Viper" Higgins Debut
2016 Digs for Pennies Matty Gandon Short

Television

Title Year Role Network Notes Ref(s)
Hardy Bucks 2010–2011
2015
2018–present		 Francis "The Viper" Higgins RTÉ Two 17 episodes, also director and writer [5]
The Republic of Telly 2011–2016 Donnie's Irish cousin
Francis "The Viper" Higgins		 50 episodes [6]

Awards

In October 2016, Chris Tordoff was nominated for an IFTA in the Best Male Performance category for his role as Francis Higgins, losing out to Red Rock's Sean Mahon.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Review: The Hardy Bucks Movie | JOE.ie". JOE.ie. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  2. ↑ "Shnakes and ladders- Hardy Bucks interview with COMPETITION – The Irish World". The Irish World. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  3. ↑ "WATCH: The Viper's World News has been snapped up by a major Russian broadcaster | JOE.ie". JOE.ie. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  4. ↑ http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1675493.ece
  5. ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/from-hollywood-to-london-and-online-hit-with-hardy-bucks-spin-off-viper-s-view-1.3176009
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_7vx-rKGBM
  7. ↑ "Revealed: IFTA Television Awards nominees 2016 – Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-01-16.



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