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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-06-30 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Peckham, London, England

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

Acting

2025

Missing You as Josh Buchanan
Adolescence as DI Luke Bascombe

2021

2019

I Am... as Chris
Top Boy as Dushane

2018

2017

In the Dark as DI Tim Cornish

2016

Two Is a Family as Lowell
Take Down as Danny Dorsey
The Aliens as Christophe

2015

The Ark as Angel
This Is Tottenham as Self - Narrator
Cuffs as PC Ryan Draper
Safe House as John Channing

2014

Montana as Ryan

2013

All Stars as Mark
Fedz as Cherokee Blame
Truckers as Steve Warley
Transporter: The Series as Benoit Nhsombo

2012

Inside Men as Chris Lebdon
True Love as Paul

2011

Anuvahood as Cracks
Sket as Trey
Outcasts as Jack Holt
Top Boy as Dushane
The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest

2009

Dead Man Running as Fitzroy
Small Island as Michael

2008

Tu£sday as Billy
West 10 LDN as Lacey
Speed Racer as Prince Kabala

2007

WΔZ as Daniel Leone

2006

Stormbreaker as Wolf
Cubs as Karl

2005

House of 9 as Al B
Doctor Who as Gregor van Baalen

2004

Bullet Boy as Ricky
Hustle as Billy Bond

2001

Dark Realm as Black male student

2000

1999

1996

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Thanatos as Leonard

Directing

2025

A Thousand Blows as Director

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Boys as Director
Animol as Director