Marshall Lancaster (born 5 October 1974) is an English former actor. He has appeared in television dramas including ''

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'' and '' Ashes to Ashes'', the former set in 1973, and the latter set between 1981 and 1983. Lancaster is a former member of the Macclesfield-based theatre groups SCAMPS Youth Company, Paragon Youth Theatre and Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society. Until 23 August 2008 he starred in the York Theatre Royal's production of Mike Kenny's adaptation of '' The Railway Children'' alongside Colin Tarrant and Sarah Quintrell at the

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. Lancaster has one green and one blue eye, a condition known as heterochromia. In January 2013 he started his own construction company, Marshall Lancaster Plastering, and works as a contractor in Macclesfield and surrounding areas.

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Ashes to Ashes Press Release
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lancaster, Marshall 1974 births Living people English male television actors Actors from Macclesfield Male actors from Cheshire