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'''Kris Marshall''' (born April [[1973]]) is an [[England|English]] [[actor]]. He was raised in the [[Cotswolds]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Canada]], and educated at [[Wells Cathedral School]] and, after failing [[Advanced_Level_%28UK%29|A levels]], [[Redroofs Theatre School]].
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{{For|the American actress|Krys Marshall}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Kris Marshall 2.jpg
| caption = Marshall in January 2012
| birth_name = Kristopher Marshall
| birth_date = {{year of birth and age |1973}}
| birth_place = [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]], England
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|[[comedian]]}}
| years_active = 1993–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Hannah|2012}}
| children =


}}
Marshall started acting at an early age making an appearance in British TV series ''[[The Bill]]'', but it was in [[2000]] that came his major breakthrough role as Nick Harper in the [[BBC]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[My Family]]''. In 2002 this role won him the best newcomer award at the [[British Comedy Awards]].


'''Kristopher Marshall''' (born 1973) is an English actor. He has played [[Nick Harper (My Family)|Nick Harper]] in ''[[My Family]]'', Colin Frissell in the 2003 film ''[[Love Actually]]'', Gratiano in ''[[The Merchant of Venice (2004 film)|The Merchant of Venice]]'', and ''Murder City'' (2006–2008), and [[Dave (Citizen Khan)|Dave]] in the first series of ''[[Citizen Khan]]'' (2012). He played DI [[Humphrey Goodman]] in ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]'' from 2014 to 2017 and reprised the role in [[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|''Beyond Paradise'']] in 2023.
He went on to have more prominent [[film]] roles and play the lead in the television series ''[[Murder City (TV series)|Murder City]]'' and ''[[My Life in Film]]''. He also starred in the 2005 BBC comedy series ''[[Funland]]''.


==Early life and education ==
In 2006, he appeared onstage in ''[[The Hypochondriac]]'' and ''[[The Revenger's Tragedy]]''.
Kristopher Marshall was born in 1973 in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]]. His father was a [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) navigator, whose career included a posting to the [[Royal Air Force Voyager Vespina|Queen's Flight]], eventually becoming a [[squadron leader]]. His parents separated when he was 14.<ref name=telegraph-20141228/><ref name=readersdigest-bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/entertainment/celebrities/kris-marshall-i-remember |title=Kris Marshall "I Remember" |first=Simon |last=Hemelryk |publisher=Reader's Digest |access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref>


Marshall moved with his family to [[Hong Kong]] and later to [[Canada]]. Upon their return to [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], he was educated at [[Wells Cathedral School]] as a [[Boarding school|boarding pupil]]. After failing his initial [[A-levels]] in his first year of [[sixth form]],<ref name =clarke2021>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Hayley |date=2021-06-22 |title=Death in Paradise's Kris Marshall - From failing A-levels to a Hollywood film |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/death-paradise-star-kris-marshall-20878287 |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=MyLondon |language=en}}</ref> he enrolled at the [[Redroofs Theatre School]] in [[Maidenhead]], [[Berkshire]].<ref name=readersdigest-bio/>
In 2007, he appeared in television advertisements for [[British Telecom]] and in a production of ''[[Treats]]'' opposite [[Billie Piper]].


==Career==
==Selected filmography==
Marshall made an early career appearance on the police series ''[[The Bill]]'' but it was in 2000 that his major breakthrough role came as [[Nick Harper (My Family)|Nick Harper]] in the [[BBC]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[My Family]]''. In 2003, he appeared in the film ''[[Love Actually]]'' as Colin Frissell, an [[English people|Englishman]] who goes to [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], in the [[United States|US]] to find love.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
* ''[[Medieval Heist ]]''(2007)
* ''[[The Merchant of Venice (2004 film)|The Merchant of Venice]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Deathwatch]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Four Feathers]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Dr Zhivago]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Mexicano]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Five Seconds to Spare]]'' (1999)
* ''[[The Most Fertile Man In Ireland ]]''(1999)


In 2004, Marshall appeared as DS Luke Stone in the police drama series ''[[Murder City (TV series)|Murder City]]''. From 2005 to 2011, Marshall appeared on TV and in print for [[BT Retail]] adverts, where he played the character Adam; with [[Esther Hall]] portraying his character's eventual wife Jane.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btlife.bt.com/entertainment/meet-the-new-flat-6-flatmates/ |title=Meet the new Flat 6 flatmates |author=Tim Guest |date=16 January 2012 |publisher=BT |access-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527172531/http://www.btlife.bt.com/entertainment/meet-the-new-flat-6-flatmates |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also played The Ginger Dave in the BBC comedy series ''[[Citizen Khan]]'' in 2012 but left after season 1.
==External links==
*{{imdb name|id=0550994|name=Kris Marshall}}
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/profiles/kris_marshall.shtml BBC Comedy profile]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVBUIlQzsGo Marshall in Bolivia for Christian Aid]


Since departing his full-time role in ''[[My Family]]'' in 2003, Marshall made guest appearances three times appearing in 2 episodes of season five in 2004 and his final appearance in a short ''[[Comic Relief]]'' special in 2005. He finished working on the film ''[[Heist (2008 comedy)|Heist]]'' at the end of 2006, which aired in April 2008 on [[BBC Four]]. During the summer of 2008, Marshall appeared at [[Trafalgar Studios]] in the first UK run of [[Neil LaBute]]'s play ''[[Fat Pig]]''. He became a regular cast-member, playing the character of Ethan on the series ''[[Traffic Light (TV series)|Traffic Light]]'' in 2011.


In April 2013, it was announced that Marshall would be joining the cast of BBC drama ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death In Paradise]]'' as the island's new lead detective, DI [[Humphrey Goodman]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/death-in-paradise-casting.html|title=BBC - Kris Marshall joins BBC One's Death In Paradise - Media Centre|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/12/bbc-one-sets-premiere-date-death-paradise-season-3/|title=BBC One Sets Premiere Date For 'Death In Paradise' Season 3 - TVWise|work=TVWise|date=2 November 2023 }}</ref> His character was introduced in the first episode of the third series which aired in 2014, with his first case being to solve the murder of his predecessor, DI Richard Poole (played by [[Ben Miller]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03qglq4|title=Death In Paradise : Series 3, Episode 1|work=[[BBC One]]|access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref> In January 2017 it was leaked that Marshall would be leaving the series citing the pressures it placed upon his family and that he would be replaced by [[Ardal O'Hanlon]] who plays DI Jack Mooney.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/bereft-kris-marshall-reveals-story-behind-death-paradise-exit/ |title='My wife had sleepless nights': Kris Marshall elaborates on Death in Paradise exit |last=White |first=Adam |date=3 February 2017 |website=telegraph.co.uk |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited |access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref>
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Marshall starred as Tom Sanger in the 2015 independent British romantic comedy ''Sparks & Embers''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2124180/|title=IMDb Sparks & Embers|publisher=IMDb}}</ref>

Marshall reprised the role of DI Humphrey Goodman from ''Death in Paradise'' in a BBC spin-off ''Beyond Paradise'', set in South [[Devon]], which aired in February 2023.<ref name="Beyond">{{Cite news |last=Craine |first=Debra |title=Kris Marshall on Beyond Paradise: 'What happens after happily ever after?' |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kris-marshall-i-m-not-a-klutzy-person-i-m-not-this-lumbering-oaf-0zm25xbf0 |access-date=2023-02-24 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film, television, and radio===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1993
|''Closing Numbers''
|Fredericks
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Trial & Retribution|Trial & Retribution II]]''
|PC Henshaw
|
|-
|1999
|''[[The Most Fertile Man in Ireland]]''
|Éamonn
|
|-
|1999
|''Five Seconds to Spare''
|Martin
|
|-
|1999
|''[[The Bill]]''
|Hugh Kane
|1 episode
|-
|2000
|''[[Dead Babies (film)|Dead Babies]]''
|Skip
|
|-
|2000–2005
|''[[My Family]]''
|[[Nick Harper (My Family)|Nick Harper]]
|45 episodes
|-
|2001
|''[[Je t'aime John Wayne]]''
|Belmondo
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]''
|Doctor Gudgeon
|
|-
|2002
|''Mexicano''
|Jake Morton
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Doctor Zhivago (TV series)|Doctor Zhivago]]''
|Pasha Antipov
|
|-
|2002
|''[[The Four Feathers (2002 film)|The Four Feathers]]''
|Castleton
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Deathwatch (2002 film)|Deathwatch]]''
|Private Barry Starinski
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Love Actually]]''
|Colin Frissell
|
|-
|2004
|''[[The Merchant of Venice (2004 film)|The Merchant of Venice]]''
|Gratiano
|
|-
|2004
|''[[My Life in Film]]''
|Art
|6 episodes
|-
|2004–2006
|''[[Murder City (TV series)|Murder City]]''
|DS Luke Stone
|10 episodes
|-
|2005
|''[[Funland (TV series)|Funland]]''
|Dudley Sutton
|11 episodes
|-
|2007
|''[[Death at a Funeral (2007 film)|Death at a Funeral]]''
|Troy
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Catwalk Dogs]]''
|Michael Purvis
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Sold (TV series)|Sold]]''
|Matt
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Heist (2008 film)|Heist]]''
|Dick Puddlecote
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Easy Virtue (2008 film)|Easy Virtue]]''
|Furber
|
|-
|2008
|''Spending My Inheritance''
|Harry
|[[Radio drama]]
|-
|2010
|''[[Human Target (2010 TV series)|Human Target]]''
|Doug
|1 episode
|-
|2010
|''D.O.A.''
|Tom Lassiter
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Traffic Light (TV series)|Traffic Light]]''
|Ethan
|
|-
|2011
|''Oka! Amerikee''
|Larry<ref>{{cite web |url=http://okaamerikee.com/cast-and-crew/ |title=Okaamerikee.com |publisher=Okaamerikee.com |access-date=2013-03-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331014539/http://okaamerikee.com/cast-and-crew/ |archive-date=31 March 2012 }}</ref>
|
|-
|2011
|''[[A Few Best Men]]''
|Tom
|
|-
| 2011–2013
|''The Diary of Samuel Pepys''
|[[Samuel Pepys]]
|Radio drama
|-
|2012
|''15 Kids and Counting''
|n/a
|Narrator
|-
|2012
|''[[Citizen Khan]]''
|Dave
| 6 episodes
|-
|2013
|''16 Kids and Counting''
|n/a
|Narrator
|-
|2013
|''[[Derek (TV series)|Derek]]''
|Himself
|Cameo
|-
|2013
|''[[Marchlands#Lightfields|Lightfields]]''
|Paul
|
|-
|2014–2017
|''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]''
|DI [[Humphrey Goodman]]
|30 episodes<ref>{{cite web|last=Munn |first=Patrick |url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/04/ben-miller-exits-bbc-ones-death-in-paradise-kris-marshall-cast-as-new-detective/ |title=Ben Miller Exits BBC One's 'Death In Paradise', Kris Marshall Cast As New Detective |publisher=TVWise |date=2013-04-09 |access-date=2013-08-01}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|''Sparks & Embers''
|Tom Sanger
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Ambulance (TV series)|Ambulance]]''
|Narrator
|1 Series, 3 episodes
|-
|2017
|''[[A Few Less Men]]''
|Tom
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Borderline (2016 TV series)|Borderline]]''
|Baron of Sandwich
|
|-
|2018
|''Royal Affairs''
|Ambassador
|Short film
|-
|2019
|''[[Better Things (TV series)|Better Things]]''
|Tibor
|2 episodes
|-
|2019–2023
|''[[Sanditon (TV series)|Sanditon]]''
|Tom Parker
|20 episodes
|-
|2019
|''Trick or Treat''
|n/a
|
|-
|2020
|''[[We Hunt Together]]''
|Cian Fitzgerald
|1 episode
|-
|2021
|''[[Father Christmas Is Back]]''
|Peter Hope
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Promises (2021 film)|Promises]]''
|Louis
|
|-
|2023–present
|''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]''
|DI [[Humphrey Goodman]]
|13 episodes
|-
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
|2006
|''The Hypochondriac''
|Cleante
|-
|2006
|''[[The Revenger's Tragedy]]''
|Vindici
|-
|2007
|''[[Treats (play)|Treats]]''
|Dave
|-
|2008
|''[[Fat Pig]]''
|Carter
|-
|2017
|''Ugly Lies the Bone''
|Kelvin
|-
|2017
|''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]''
|John Williamson
|-
|2023
|''Charlotte and Theodore''
|Theodore
|}

===Music video===
* ''[[Chicane (musician)|Chicane]]'' - "No More I Sleep"

==Awards==
* 2002 – [[British Comedy Awards]] – Best Newcomer

==Personal life==
Marshall was hit by a car in [[Bristol]] in 2008.<ref name="accident">
{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7370636.stm| title = Actor Marshall hurt in accident| access-date = 28 April 2008|date = 2008-04-28| publisher = BBC
}}</ref> The crash happened in the early hours of 28 April as he enjoyed a night out with friends in Bristol city centre. He was taken to [[Bristol Royal Infirmary]], where a scan revealed [[Head injury|head injuries]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/28/nkris228.xml|title=Kris Marshall 'in stable condition' after accident|last=Singh|first=Anita|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=2008-04-28|location=London}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He made a full recovery and began his performances in the play ''[[Fat Pig]]'' three weeks later as scheduled.<ref>{{cite news|author= Smith, Neil|title= Star returns to stage after crash|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7405186.stm|work= [[BBC News Online]]|date= 17 May 2008|access-date= 2008-05-19}}</ref> Marshall passionately supports [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] and said that a card from the club helped him through his recovery.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mercury |url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/midlands-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-fc-news/2008/10/11/aston-villa-helped-save-my-life-says-bt-commercial-actor-66331-22014130/ |title=Aston Villa helped save my life says BT commercial actor - Birmingham Mail |publisher=Sundaymercury.net |date=2008-10-11 |access-date=2013-03-20}}</ref>

In October 2011, Marshall was charged with failing to provide a [[Breathalyzer|breath test]] after police stopped his car in the [[Tesco]] car park in [[Wells, Somerset]].<ref name=BBC20111006 >{{cite news |title=My Family star breath test charge |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=6 October 2011 |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15196934}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-15675623 | work=BBC News | title=My Family actor Kris Marshall banned from driving | date=10 November 2011}}</ref>

Marshall married Hannah when he was 39. As of December 2014 they were living in Bath and had a two-year-old son.<ref name=telegraph-20141228>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11314416/Whatever-happened-to-Kris-Marshall.html |title=Whatever happened to Kris Marshall? |first=Daphne |last=Lockyer |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=28 December 2014 |access-date=16 April 2017|quote =Now 41, married with a son}}</ref> He was still was resident there in December 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/love-actually-star-kris-marshall-3603757|title=Love Actually star Kris Marshall officially unveils Yurt at Twerton Infant School in Bath|date=3 December 2019|work=[[Somerset Live]]|first=Richard|last=Mills}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0550994}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/profiles/kris_marshall.shtml BBC Comedy profile]


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Latest revision as of 13:44, 6 January 2025

Kris Marshall
Marshall in January 2012
Born
Kristopher Marshall

1973 (age 51–52)
Bath, Somerset, England
Occupations
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Hannah
(m. 2012)

Kristopher Marshall (born 1973) is an English actor. He has played Nick Harper in My Family, Colin Frissell in the 2003 film Love Actually, Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, and Murder City (2006–2008), and Dave in the first series of Citizen Khan (2012). He played DI Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise from 2014 to 2017 and reprised the role in Beyond Paradise in 2023.

Early life and education

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Kristopher Marshall was born in 1973 in Bath, Somerset. His father was a Royal Air Force (RAF) navigator, whose career included a posting to the Queen's Flight, eventually becoming a squadron leader. His parents separated when he was 14.[1][2]

Marshall moved with his family to Hong Kong and later to Canada. Upon their return to England, UK, he was educated at Wells Cathedral School as a boarding pupil. After failing his initial A-levels in his first year of sixth form,[3] he enrolled at the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, Berkshire.[2]

Career

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Marshall made an early career 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 film Love Actually as Colin Frissell, an Englishman who goes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the US to find love.[citation needed]

In 2004, Marshall appeared as DS Luke Stone in the police drama series Murder City. From 2005 to 2011, Marshall appeared on TV and in print for BT Retail adverts, where he played the character Adam; with Esther Hall portraying his character's eventual wife Jane.[4] He also played The Ginger Dave in the BBC comedy series Citizen Khan in 2012 but left after season 1.

Since departing his full-time role in My Family in 2003, Marshall made guest appearances three times appearing in 2 episodes of season five in 2004 and his final appearance in a short Comic Relief special in 2005. He finished working on the film Heist at the end of 2006, which aired in April 2008 on BBC Four. During the summer of 2008, Marshall appeared at Trafalgar Studios in the first UK run of Neil LaBute's play Fat Pig. He became a regular cast-member, playing the character of Ethan on the series Traffic Light in 2011.

In April 2013, it was announced that Marshall would be joining the cast of BBC drama Death In Paradise as the island's new lead detective, DI Humphrey Goodman.[5][6] His character was introduced in the first episode of the third series which aired in 2014, with his first case being to solve the murder of his predecessor, DI Richard Poole (played by Ben Miller).[7] In January 2017 it was leaked that Marshall would be leaving the series citing the pressures it placed upon his family and that he would be replaced by Ardal O'Hanlon who plays DI Jack Mooney.[8]

Marshall starred as Tom Sanger in the 2015 independent British romantic comedy Sparks & Embers.[9]

Marshall reprised the role of DI Humphrey Goodman from Death in Paradise in a BBC spin-off Beyond Paradise, set in South Devon, which aired in February 2023.[10]

Filmography

[edit]

Film, television, and radio

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Closing Numbers Fredericks
1998 Trial & Retribution II PC Henshaw
1999 The Most Fertile Man in Ireland Éamonn
1999 Five Seconds to Spare Martin
1999 The Bill Hugh Kane 1 episode
2000 Dead Babies Skip
2000–2005 My Family Nick Harper 45 episodes
2001 Je t'aime John Wayne Belmondo
2002 Iris Doctor Gudgeon
2002 Mexicano Jake Morton
2002 Doctor Zhivago Pasha Antipov
2002 The Four Feathers Castleton
2002 Deathwatch Private Barry Starinski
2003 Love Actually Colin Frissell
2004 The Merchant of Venice Gratiano
2004 My Life in Film Art 6 episodes
2004–2006 Murder City DS Luke Stone 10 episodes
2005 Funland Dudley Sutton 11 episodes
2007 Death at a Funeral Troy
2007 Catwalk Dogs Michael Purvis
2007 Sold Matt
2008 Heist Dick Puddlecote
2008 Easy Virtue Furber
2008 Spending My Inheritance Harry Radio drama
2010 Human Target Doug 1 episode
2010 D.O.A. Tom Lassiter
2011 Traffic Light Ethan
2011 Oka! Amerikee Larry[11]
2011 A Few Best Men Tom
2011–2013 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys Radio drama
2012 15 Kids and Counting n/a Narrator
2012 Citizen Khan Dave 6 episodes
2013 16 Kids and Counting n/a Narrator
2013 Derek Himself Cameo
2013 Lightfields Paul
2014–2017 Death in Paradise DI Humphrey Goodman 30 episodes[12]
2015 Sparks & Embers Tom Sanger
2016 Ambulance Narrator 1 Series, 3 episodes
2017 A Few Less Men Tom
2017 Borderline Baron of Sandwich
2018 Royal Affairs Ambassador Short film
2019 Better Things Tibor 2 episodes
2019–2023 Sanditon Tom Parker 20 episodes
2019 Trick or Treat n/a
2020 We Hunt Together Cian Fitzgerald 1 episode
2021 Father Christmas Is Back Peter Hope
2021 Promises Louis
2023–present Beyond Paradise DI Humphrey Goodman 13 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role
2006 The Hypochondriac Cleante
2006 The Revenger's Tragedy Vindici
2007 Treats Dave
2008 Fat Pig Carter
2017 Ugly Lies the Bone Kelvin
2017 Glengarry Glen Ross John Williamson
2023 Charlotte and Theodore Theodore

Music video

[edit]

Awards

[edit]

Personal life

[edit]

Marshall was hit by a car in Bristol in 2008.[13] The crash happened in the early hours of 28 April as he enjoyed a night out with friends in Bristol city centre. He was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary, where a scan revealed head injuries.[14] He made a full recovery and began his performances in the play Fat Pig three weeks later as scheduled.[15] Marshall passionately supports Aston Villa and said that a card from the club helped him through his recovery.[16]

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, Somerset.[17][18]

Marshall married Hannah when he was 39. As of December 2014 they were living in Bath and had a two-year-old son.[1] He was still was resident there in December 2019.[19]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Lockyer, Daphne (28 December 2014). "Whatever happened to Kris Marshall?". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 April 2017. Now 41, married with a son
  2. ^ a b Hemelryk, Simon. "Kris Marshall "I Remember"". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ Clarke, Hayley (22 June 2021). "Death in Paradise's Kris Marshall - From failing A-levels to a Hollywood film". MyLondon. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. ^ Tim Guest (16 January 2012). "Meet the new Flat 6 flatmates". BT. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. ^ "BBC - Kris Marshall joins BBC One's Death In Paradise - Media Centre". bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "BBC One Sets Premiere Date For 'Death In Paradise' Season 3 - TVWise". TVWise. 2 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Death In Paradise : Series 3, Episode 1". BBC One. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. ^ White, Adam (3 February 2017). "'My wife had sleepless nights': Kris Marshall elaborates on Death in Paradise exit". telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  9. ^ "IMDb Sparks & Embers". IMDb.
  10. ^ Craine, Debra. "Kris Marshall on Beyond Paradise: 'What happens after happily ever after?'". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Okaamerikee.com". Okaamerikee.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  12. ^ Munn, Patrick (9 April 2013). "Ben Miller Exits BBC One's 'Death In Paradise', Kris Marshall Cast As New Detective". TVWise. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Actor Marshall hurt in accident". BBC. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.
  14. ^ Singh, Anita (28 April 2008). "Kris Marshall 'in stable condition' after accident". Daily Telegraph. London.[dead link]
  15. ^ Smith, Neil (17 May 2008). "Star returns to stage after crash". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
  16. ^ Mercury (11 October 2008). "Aston Villa helped save my life says BT commercial actor - Birmingham Mail". Sundaymercury.net. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  17. ^ "My Family star breath test charge". BBC. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  18. ^ "My Family actor Kris Marshall banned from driving". BBC News. 10 November 2011.
  19. ^ Mills, Richard (3 December 2019). "Love Actually star Kris Marshall officially unveils Yurt at Twerton Infant School in Bath". Somerset Live.
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