Chris Martin

**Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin** (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter and musician for the band Coldplay. He also plays the guitar. He was born in Whitestone, Exeter, Devon, England. He married Gwyneth Paltrow in 2003. They have two children, a daughter, Apple (born 2004) and a son, Moses (born 2006). The couple separated in 2014.

His band members are called Jonny Buckland (lead guitarist), Guy Berryman (bass guitarist) and Will Champion (drummer).  They met while studying at University College London. In January 1998, they formed the rock band Coldplay. They were influenced by the Scottish rock band Travis.  U2 was another important influence on Martin both musically and politically.

In 2003 it was reported that Chris Martin does not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. PETA said he was the World's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2005.

### Television

||Year||Title||Role||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||2006|style="text-align:left;"|_Extras_|style="text-align:left;"|Himself|style="text-align:left;"|"Chris Martin" (Season 2: Episode 4)|
||2010|style="text-align:left;"|_The Simpsons_|style="text-align:left;"|Himself|style="text-align:left;"|"Million Dollar Maybe" (Season 21: Episode 11)|

### Movies

||Year||Title||Role||Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||2004|style="text-align:left;"|_Shaun of the Dead_|style="text-align:left;"|Himself|style="text-align:left;"|Cameo appearance With Jonny Buckland|
||2009|style="text-align:left;"|_Brüno_|style="text-align:left;"|Himself|style="text-align:left;"|Cameo appearance|

## Solo discography

- _See Coldplay for his work with the band._

|Year|style="width:200px;"|Song(s)|Artist|Album|Role||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2002|"Where Is My Boy?" "Your Love Means Everything, Pt. 2"|Faultline|_Your Love Means Everything_|Featured vocal||
|"Gold in Them Hills"|Ron Sexsmith|_Cobblestone Runway_|Featured vocal||||
|rowspan="2"|2003|"Sliding", "Arthur"|Ian McCulloch|_Slideling_|Piano, backing vocals||
|"See It in a Boy's Eyes"|Jamelia|_Thank You_|Co-writer, backing vocals||||
|rowspan="3"|2004|"Everybody's Happy Nowadays"|Ash|_Orpheus_|Backing vocal||
|"Gravity"|Embrace|_Out of Nothing_|Writer||||
|"Do They Know It's Christmas?"|Band Aid 20|style="text-align:center;"|-|Featured vocal|||
|rowspan="3"|2006|"All Good Things (Come to an End)"|Nelly Furtado|_Loose_|Co-writer, background vocal||
|"In the Sun (song)"|Michael Stipe|_-_|background vocal||||
|"Beach Chair"|Jay-Z|_Kingdom Come_|Producer, featured vocal||||
||2007|"Homecoming"|Kanye West|_Graduation_|Co-writer, featured vocal, piano||
||2009|"Lukas", "Fun", "Want"|Natalie Imbruglia|_Come to Life_|Co-writer||
||2009|"Dove of Peace"|Brüno|_Brüno_|Featured vocal||
||2010|"Most Kingz"|Jay-Z|style="text-align:center;"|-|Featured vocal|
||2010|"Me and Tennessee"|Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw|_Country Strong_|Writer||
||2012|"I Don't Want You To Die"|The Flaming Lips|The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends|Featured Vocal||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **background**: solo_singer


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Chris Martin
- **image**: ChrisMartinManch030623 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Chris Martin performing with Coldplay in 2023
- **nationality**: English
- **birth name**: Christopher Anthony John Martin
- **birth place**: Whitestone, Exeter, Devon, England, UK
- **partner**: Annabelle Wallis
(2015–2017)
Dakota Johnson
(2017–2025)
- **children**: 2
- **alma mater**: University College London