Marcus Ward

Marcus is one of the main characters in White Lines. He is portrayed by Daniel Mays.

He was one of Axel’s closest friends, one of three who moved to Ibiza with him and enjoyed the spoils of his success. These days, he’s a father of two facing a divorce he doesn’t want, imminent repossession of his house and two intimidating drug smugglers making some very scary threats.

Finding Axel's Body
Called in a meeting with Oriol, Oriol tells him and the others that his family clubs will be free from drugs until the casino deal is complete. Leaving Oriol threatens him that social services will take away his daughters if continues to deal drugs. Arrived at home with his daughter, a guy is waiting for him wanting him to take the drugs, but he refuses, because of his daughters. The guy then takes off the banana with seven packs of drug of his truck and throws it on Marcus property. Dragging the banana to the garage, his daughter, tells him that someone is at the door for him. At the door he doesn't remember Zoe until she tells him who she is. He let her in and tell her all about his life, Anna leaving him and leaving him with a mortgage They talk about their childhood memories. She says to him that he seems a bit sad and tells her that good times are always behind him. Asksing of David, he tells he that she wouldn't recognizes him and that he runs a hippie retreat. He asks her for how long she is in Ibiza and tells him that it depends and says to her that she can crash at his house if she needs a place. While making her dinner, she asks him if he remember the last time they talked telling her that Axel was in India. She says to him that Axel wasn't in India and he looks with an open mouth to her and says to her that is what he said to him. She then says that it's pretty weird that Axel called him after she told him with his face to the wall that Axel was found in a desert murdered and buried, and why he lied about Axel being in India. He tells her that he did it for her. She asks him how he knew that Axel wasn't going to call her, because he knew he was death, Marcus denied it and walks to her asksing her how he would have know. Hearing the dogs bark he leaves he and go looks what is wrong with the dogs. He sees that the dogs are eating drugs on the lawn, trying to wash off the drugs, Boxer arrived asking for a beer, he throws the beer in the pool after it was handed to him. Marcus goes into the pool to get the beer and Boxer waterboard him with the leaf skimmer to get him to confess who killed Axel, not knowing that Zoe is there. Being drowned by Boxer, he gets save by Zoe, who shoots Boxer in the thigh and they bring him to the hospital.