Marshall Lancaster is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor. He has appeared in many television dramas, including Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

, Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

, The Lakes

The Lakes (TV series)

The Lakes is the title of a television drama series in the United Kingdom, made by the BBC and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern and actor John Simm a great deal of critical praise in 1997...

and Family Affairs

Family Affairs

Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...

, but is probably best known for playing DC Chris Skelton

Chris Skelton

PC/DC Christopher "Chris" Skelton is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama, Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes.- Life on Mars :...

 in the BBC

BBC

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 time-travel police dramas, Life on Mars

Life on Mars (TV series)

Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....

and Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes (TV series)

Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009...

.

Lancaster is a former member of the Macclesfield-based theatre groups SCAMPS Youth Company, Paragon Youth Theatre and Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society. His sporting skills include football, snooker

Snooker

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, athletics

Athletics (track and field)

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, and boxing

Boxing

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. He also has a strong high baritone

Baritone

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 singing voice. Lancaster is notable for having one green and one blue eye, a condition known as heterochromia

Heterochromia

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.

Until 23 August 2008 he starred in the York Theatre Royal's production of Mike Kenny

Mike Kenny (writer)

Mike Kenny is a British playwright, most noted for his works in young people's theatre. His works include the 2008 adaptation of E Nesbit's The Railway Children at the National Railway Museum in York...

's adaptation of The Railway Children

The Railway Children

The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906...

alongside Colin Tarrant and Sarah Quintrell

Sarah Quintrell

Sarah Quintrell is a British actress. She plays Sinéad in the BBC TV sitcom Carrie and Barry. She trained at Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre from 2000 to 2003.-Credits:...

 at the National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001...

.

Television

• Doctor Who
  Doctor Who
  Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
  
  
  • The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People (2011) .... "Buzzer"

• Ashes to Ashes
  Ashes to Ashes (TV series)
  Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009...
  
  
  • Season Three (2010) .... "DC Chris Skelton"

• Ashes to Ashes
  Ashes to Ashes (TV series)
  Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009...
  
  
  • Season Two (2009) .... "DC Chris Skelton"

• "Boy Meets Girl" .... Pete (4 episodes, 2009)

• Ashes to Ashes
  Ashes to Ashes (TV series)
  Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009...
  
  
  • Season One (2008) .... "DC Chris Skelton"

• Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
  
  • Season 22, Ep. 7 (2007) - Taxicab rapist

• Coronation Street
  Coronation Street
  Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
  
  
  • "Slug" (6 episodes, 2006-2007 2009-)

• Life on Mars
  Life on Mars (TV series)
  Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....
  
  
  • Season Two (2007) .... "DC Chris Skelton"

• Doctors
  Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
  Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
  
  
  • Ep."Aversion Therapy" (2006).... "Alan Lords"
  • Ep. Five Seconds (2010) .... "Johnny Thomas"

• The Bill
  The Bill
  The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
  
  (ITV Police Drama)
  • Ep.#417 (2006)...."Paul Pavese"

• The Street
  • Episode #1.2 (2006)...."Colin"

• Life on Mars
  Life on Mars (TV series)
  Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....
  
  
  • Season One (2006)...."DC Chris Skelton".

• Holby City
  Holby City
  Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
  
  BBC TV series
  • Ep. "Out on a Limb" (2006) TV Episode...."Billy Wintergreen."
  • Ep. "Love and Devotion" (2002) TV Episode...."Jay Matthews."
  • Ep. "Happy Families" (1999) TV Episode....Ryan Livingstone."

• Family Affairs
  Family Affairs
  Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
  
  BBC TV series (1997-2005)...."Shane" (2004)

• Outlaws (2004)
  • Ep. "Three Monkeys" (2004).... "Jamie Hughes".

• The Royal
  The Royal
  The Royal is a British medical drama series produced by ITV. The show comprises one hour episodes which were normally first aired on ITV in the Sunday early evening slot....
  
  (ITV Medical Drama)
  • Ep. "All the Fun of the Fair" (2004).... "Matty"

• Grease Monkeys
  • Ep. "Double Vision" (2003).... Brian/Ryan Wright

• Clocking Off
  Clocking Off
  Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott...
  
  BBC TV series ...."Gary Dugdale" (2002–03)

• Bob Martin
  Bob Martin (TV series)
  Bob Martin is a British situation comedy. Its concept bears significant resemblance to The Larry Sanders Show. Michael Barrymore is its principal actor. It was made by Granada for the ITV network from 2 April 2000 to 4 June 2001....
  
  (2000–01)...."Timmy"

• Peak Practice ITV TV series
  • Ep. "Once Too Often" (2000)...."Paul Lynch"

• The Lakes
  The Lakes (TV series)
  The Lakes is the title of a television drama series in the United Kingdom, made by the BBC and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern and actor John Simm a great deal of critical praise in 1997...
  
  
  • series 2 (1999)...."Ged"

• Where the Heart Is
  Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
  Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone...
  
  
  • Ep.:"Reach for the Stars" (????)...."Matty"

Radio

• Daybreak (BBC Radio 4
  BBC Radio 4
  BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
  
   Play)
  • (2006)...."Phil"

• Castaway (BBC Radio 4
  BBC Radio 4
  BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
  
   Play)
  • (2011)...."Tom"

Film

• Blow Dry (2001)...."Davo"

• The Wedding Tackle
  The Wedding Tackle (film)
  -Plot:Hal, an over sexed photographer, has a problem. He is due to marry Vinni in one weeks time and he's got cold feet. In fact, he's got frostbite. His friend, Little Ted, a scheming, sexually frustrated cartoonist is obsessed with Vinni, even though he dumped her when they went out together...
  
  (2000)...."Chef with Chops"

• Aberdeen
  Aberdeen (film)
  Aberdeen is a 2000 drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey and Charlotte Rampling.-Cast:*Stellan Skarsgård - Tomas Heller*Jean Anderson - Young Kaisa*Lena Headey - Kairo 'Kaisa' Heller...
  
  (2000)...."Moose"

Theatre

• Wuthering Heights (York Theatre Royal)
  • 2–23 June 2007 ... "Linton"

• Up 'n' Under (Tameside Hippodrome Theatre)
  • 11 & 12 May 2007 ... "Tony"

• Cabaret (Paragon Youth Theatre)
  • 1995 ... "Herr Schultz"

• Blood Brothers (Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society).
  • 1993 ... "Eddie"

• Where Did You Last See Your Trousers (Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society).
  • 1992 ... gorillagram

External links

• Ashes to Ashes Press Release