Chris Finch

Chris Finch (often referred to as "Finchy") is a character in the BBC comedy show, The Office. He is played by Ralph Ineson. Finch is a travelling sales representative for the paper merchant Wernham Hogg, in whose Slough office the show is set, and as such is frequently on the road. Occasionally, he turns up at the office, and when he does, the boss David Brent is ecstatic because, in his opinion, "Finchy" is a wonderfully charismatic wag who is constantly coming up with terribly witty remarks and rapid-fire repartee. To most other people in the office, however, Chris Finch is just a rather obnoxious, arrogant and sexist loudmouth whose jokes are crude and offensive (e.g. "What's the difference between a fox and a dog? About eight pints of lager!"). He is also quite a bully, and most of his jokes are aimed directly at Brent to put him down in the cruellest way imaginable. Only Gareth Keenan shares Brent's admiration for Chris Finch, although it must be said that Finchy is inexplicably successful with the ladies (he once had a one-night stand with a worker, having sex in the middle of the company car park). Chris Finch is also very competitive and a very bad loser. He is seen filled with indignant fury when he and David Brent just miss out on first place at the office quiz night. Finch claims to read a book per week (quiz books), and, according to David Brent, has an IQ of 142. He claims to have thrown a kettle over the roof of a pub in Chichester. He comes from Yorkshire and supports Leeds United F.C. At the end of part two of The Office Christmas Special, Brent finally appears to lose his starry-eyed appreciation for Finch's humour and his tolerance for Finch's bullying treatment of him; following a typically snide and coarse remark from Finch concerning his blind date by calling her "a dog", Brent tells Finch to "fuck off." Visibly defeated, Finch appears to be lost for any sort of comeback once his target actually stands up to him. Finch's U.S. Equivalent is Todd Packer.

Finchyisms

• "So there I am, back of the cab, both of them got their laughing-gear round my old single-barrel pump-action yoghurt rifle."
• "Christ. Give me half an hour with her, and I'd be up to me nuts in guts."
• "What's the difference between a fox and a dog? About eight pints of lager!"
• "So I get there, she's aged 19, Ferrari chassis, fantastic set of shelves, and legs up to her arse. Muchos tequilas later, I'm in a cab with her."
• "One up the bum. No harm done."
• "What's black and slides down Nelson's column? Winnie Mandela."
• "Whilst you're down there, love.........."
• "He says, 'Finchy, you look knackered,' and I'm thinking yeah, and you look like you've had a pot-noodle and a wank, mate."