Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 30, 1982
Place of Birth:
Peckham, London, England
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Ashley Walters
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Remain | |
| 2025 | Softy | Ron |
| 2021 | 8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime | Self |
| 2021 | Krept and Konan We Are England | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Untitled | |
| 2018 | Shiro's Story Part 3 | Ty |
| 2018 | Drawn Out | Big Mo |
| 2016 | Two Is a Family | Lowell |
| 2016 | Take Down | Danny Dorsey |
| 2015 | The Ark | Angel |
| 2015 | This Is Tottenham | Self - Narrator |
| 2014 | Montana | Ryan |
| 2013 | All Stars | Mark |
| 2013 | Fedz | Cherokee Blame |
| 2012 | St George's Day | Kootz |
| 2011 | Anuvahood | Cracks |
| 2011 | Demons Never Die | Bates |
| 2011 | Sket | Trey |
| 2009 | Dead Man Running | Fitzroy |
| 2008 | Tu£sday | Billy |
| 2008 | West 10 LDN | Lacey |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Prince Kabala |
| 2007 | WΔZ | Daniel Leone |
| 2007 | Sugarhouse | D |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Wolf |
| 2006 | Cubs | Karl |
| 2006 | Life and Lyrics | Danny |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Antwan |
| 2005 | House of 9 | Al B |
| 2004 | Bullet Boy | Ricky |
| 2001 | Parent's Night | Brian |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure | Omar (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Storm Damage | Stefan |
| 2000 | Born Romantic | Lee |
| 2000 | Some Voices | Kitchen Hand |
| 1999 | The Murder of Stephen Lawrence | Stuart Lawrence |
| Thanatos | Leonard | |
| reload | Club Owner |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missing You | Josh Buchanan |
| 2025 | A Thousand Blows | Switch |
| 2025 | Adolescence | DI Luke Bascombe |
| 2019 | I Am... | Chris |
| 2019 | Top Boy | Dushane |
| 2018 | Bulletproof | Pike |
| 2017 | In the Dark | DI Tim Cornish |
| 2016 | The Aliens | Christophe |
| 2015 | Cuffs | PC Ryan Draper |
| 2015 | Safe House | John Channing |
| 2013 | Truckers | Steve Warley |
| 2013 | Transporter: The Series | Benoit Nhsombo |
| 2012 | Inside Men | Chris Lebdon |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Armani |
| 2012 | True Love | Paul |
| 2012 | BBC Comedy Feeds | Nathan |
| 2011 | Outcasts | Jack Holt |
| 2011 | Top Boy | Dushane |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Small Island | Michael |
| 2008 | Celebrity Juice | Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Gregor van Baalen |
| 2004 | Hustle | Billy Bond |
| 2001 | Dark Realm | Black male student |
| 1996 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self |