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). The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ... The Office is a British television comedy series, created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and first aired in the UK on BBC Two on July 9, 2001. ... Ralph Ineson is an English actor best known for playing the character of Chris Finch on the BBC television program The Office, about which he said he enjoyed making him a complete tosser. He has a rich Yorkshire accent, and has also starred as Donald Bamford in the sitcom Goodnight... Slough (pronounced ) is a town and unitary authority (Borough of Slough) in Berkshire, England. ... Information Gender Male Age 39 Occupation General Manager Portrayed by Ricky Gervais Created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant David Brent is a fictional white-collar office middle-manager and one of the principal characters from BBC television comedy The Office, played by co-writer and director Ricky Gervais. ... Gareth Keenan after cycling to Wernam-Hogg in The Office. ...

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. For the larger local government district, see Chichester (district). ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Leeds United Football Club is the only professional association football club in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire. ...

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. Equivelant 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."