20 Facts About Kris Marshall

Kristopher Marshall was born on 1 April 1973 and is an English actor, starring in films, television and on stage for more than 20 years.

Kris Marshall has played Nick Harper in My Family, Colin Frissell in the 2003 film Love Actually, Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, and Dave in the first series of Citizen Khan.

Kris Marshall played DI Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise from 2014 to 2017 and reprised the role in Beyond Paradise in 2023.

Kristopher Marshall was born on 1 April 1973 in Bath, Somerset.

Kris Marshall's father was a Royal Air Force navigator, whose career included a posting to the Queen's Flight, eventually becoming a squadron leader.

Kris 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 2004, Kris Marshall appeared as DS Luke Stone in the police drama series Murder City.

From 2005 to 2011, Kris 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.

Kris Marshall 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, Kris 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.

Kris Marshall finished working on the film Heist at the end of 2006, which aired in April 2008 on BBC Four.

Kris Marshall became a regular cast-member, playing the character of Ethan on the series Traffic Light in 2011.

Kris Marshall's 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.

In January 2017 it was leaked that Kris 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.

Kris 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.

Kris Marshall was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary, where a scan revealed head injuries.

Kris Marshall made a full recovery and began his performances in the play Fat Pig three weeks later as scheduled.

In October 2011, Kris Marshall was charged with failing to provide a breath test after police stopped his car in the Tesco car park in Wells.

Kris Marshall had failed a breath test at the scene, and then refused to provide a second sample at the police station.

Kris Marshall pleaded guilty and was disqualified from driving for six months.