Ashley Walters
Actor
Biography
Ashley Anthony Walters (born 30 June 1982) is a British actor and rapper, also known by his stage name Asher D. He first rose to fame as a member of the UK garage group So Solid Crew, hitting the top spot on the UK charts with their second single "21 Seconds". Walters is best known for portraying drug dealer Dushane in the hit British crime drama Top Boy.
Walters has also had an active acting career. After gaining recognition in the early 2000s for his roles in Storm Damage (2000) Bullet Boy (2004), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) and Life and Lyrics (2006), Walters achieved nationwide fame in the 2010s for his lead role as Dushane Hill in the British crime series Top Boy and as Ronnie Pike Jr. in the Sky One police procedural series Bulletproof, which he co-created with Noel Clarke and Nick Love. He has also appeared in British TV shows such as Grange Hill, The Bill, Holby City, Doctor Who, Silent Witness and the 2015 BBC police programme Cuffs.
As Director
Filmography
Two Is a Family
as Lowell 2016
Speed Racer
as Prince Kabala 2008
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Antwan 2005
Stormbreaker
as Wolf 2006
House of 9
as Al B 2005
WΔZ
as Daniel Leone 2007
Take Down
as Danny Dorsey 2016
Dead Man Running
as Fitzroy 2009
Anuvahood
as Cracks 2011
All Stars
as Mark 2013
Montana
as Ryan 2014
Bullet Boy
as Ricky 2004
Sket
as Trey 2011
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
as Omar (archive footage) 2000
Some Voices
as Kitchen Hand 2000
Demons Never Die
as Bates 2011
Born Romantic
as Lee 2000