Chris Finch

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Chris Finch ("Finchy") is a character in the BBC comedy show, The Office. He is played by Ralph Ineson.

Finch is a travelling sales rep 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!"). Only Gareth Keenan shares Brent's admiration for Chris Finch, although it must be said that Finchy is inexplicably successful with the ladies, at least judging by his lewd anecdotes.

Chris Finch is also very competitive and a very bad loser. We see him 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, and, according to David Brent, has an IQ of 142.