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KRIS MARSHALL (Larry)
ABOUT THE CAST
Kris Marshall began acting at an early age and made his TV debut in the British police series The
Bill. He was raised in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK; Hong Kong and Canada, and educated at Wells
Cathedral School. His work in children's theatre in Ascot led to touring productions of Agatha Christie. His
persistence landed him a role in the play Journey's End, staged above a London pub, which attracted an
agent. His major breakthrough came in 2000 as oldest-son Nick Harper in the BBC sitcom My Family that
earned him the Best Newcomer prize at the 2002 British Comedy Awards. During the following run of
successful TV, stage and <strong>film</strong> appearances, Marshall suffered severe head injuries in April 2008 when a
car flung him 12 feet outside a night club in Bristol. He miraculously recovered in time to begin his
acclaimed performance as Carter in the UK run of playwright Neil LaBute’s American play Fat Pig only
weeks later.
His numerous <strong>film</strong> roles include the unlikely playboy Collin Frissel in Love Actually, Troy in the
UK version of Death at a Funeral, Gratiano in the 2004 <strong>film</strong> Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino and
Jeremy Irons, and Dr. Gudeon in Iris starring Judy Dench. His most recent roles include Ethan who
seduces American women with his British accent in Fox TV’s 2011 sitcom, Traffic Light, and the best man
in an Australian outback wedding in Stephen Elliot’s <strong>film</strong> A Few Best Men with Olivia Newton-John due
for release in 2012.
Marshall has earned a near cult following playing “Adam” whose relationship with “Jane” as the
“BT Couple” has generated several years of quirky British telecommunication ads. Half a million viewers
recently voted to choose Jane’s wedding dress, their car and song before the “couple” <strong>film</strong>ed the “marriage
ceremony” with fans who competed to appear as the wedding guests (to air during the 2011 Britain’s I’ve
Got Talent competition.)
ISAACH DE BANKOLÉ (Mayor Bassoun)
Isaach de Bankolé was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in 1957 to parents from the West African
country of Benin. He arrived in Paris at age 17 to study engineering and become an airplane pilot. Instead
de Bankolé earned a degree in Acting from Cours Simon of Paris, one of the oldest and most prestigious
theatrical training schools for professional actors in France, and a master’s degree in mathematics from the
Universite de Paris. De Bankolé won a César (the national French <strong>film</strong> awards) for most promising actor as
Lemi in the French comedy Black Mic Mac (1986). His first major role was that of Protee in Claire Denis'
Chocolat (1988), an intelligent and cultured African servant erotically drawn to his married Caucasian
mistress. In 1998, he relocated to New York City after a shift from French <strong>film</strong>s to working with foreign