Kris Marshall

Kris Marshall
Kris Marshall at the premiere of A Few Best Men in Sydney, Australia, in January 2012
Born	Kristopher Marshall (1973-04-01) 1 April 1973 Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Kristopher "Kris" Marshall (born 1 April 1973)^{[citation needed]} is an English actor. He is best known for playing Nick Harper in My Family, Adam in BT Retail adverts from 2005 until 2011 and Dave in Citizen Khan.

In April 2013, it was announced that Kris would be joining the cast of BBC drama, Death In Paradise as new lead detective, DI Humphrey Goodman.^[1] His character was introduced in the first episode of the third series, which started on 14 January 2014.^[2]

Early life

Marshall was born in Bath, Somerset, and then moved with his family to Hong Kong and Canada. He was educated at Wells Cathedral School. After failing his A levels, he enrolled with Redroofs Theatre School.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Marshall started acting at an early age, making an appearance on the police series The Bill, but it was in 2000 that his major breakthrough role came as Nick Harper in the BBC sitcom My Family. In 2003, he appeared in the popular film Love Actually as Colin Frissell, a disgruntled Englishman who goes to the United States, specifically Milwaukee, Wisconsin to find love.^[3] In 2004, Marshall appeared as DS Luke Stone in the police drama series Murder City. From 2005 to 2011, Marshall appeared in TV and print adverts for the BT Retail as the character "Adam". Esther Hall portrayed his eventual wife "Jane".^[4] He also played Dave in the BBC comedy series Citizen Khan in 2012.

Since his departure from a full-time part in My Family in 2003, he has returned twice. The first time was for one episode in season five in 2004, and the second was for a Comic Relief special in 2005. In an interview, he claimed that playing the part of Nick was awkward as he was a lot older than the character. He finished working on Heist at the end of 2006, which aired in April 2008 on BBC Four. During the summer of 2008, he appeared in the first UK run of Neil LaBute's play Fat Pig at the Trafalgar Studios. In 2011, he became a regular character, Ethan, on the series Traffic Light.

In April 2013, it was announced that Kris would be joining the cast of BBC drama, Death In Paradise as new lead detective, DI Humphrey Goodman.^[1] His character was introduced in the first episode of the third series (starting on 14 January 2014) as the Detective Inspector drafted in to solve the murder of his predecessor, DI Richard Poole (played by Ben Miller).^[5]

Personal life

Marshall lives in Long Barton (near Wells, Somerset) with his wife.^[6]

Marshall suffered head injuries after being hit by a car in Bristol in 2008.^[7] The accident happened in the early hours of 28 April 2008 as Marshall enjoyed a night out with friends in Bristol city centre. He was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary where a scan revealed head injuries.^[8] He made a full recovery and began his performances in the play Fat Pig three weeks later, as scheduled.^[9] Marshall supports Aston Villa and has said that a card from the club helped him through his accident.^[10]

In October 2011, Marshall was charged with failing to provide a breath test, after police stopped his car in the Tesco car park in Wells.^[11] Marshall had failed a breath test at the scene and then refused to provide a second sample at the police station.^[12] He later pleaded guilty, and was disqualified from driving for 6 months.

Filmography

Film, television and radio

Theatre

Awards

• 2002 – British Comedy Awards – Best Newcomer

References

External links

• Kris Marshall at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC Comedy profile