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.
Known For
Doctor Who
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Hustle
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Celebrity Juice
The Jonathan Ross Show
Dune: Prophecy
All Movies (39)
- Remain2027
- reload2025 · as Club Owner
- Softy2025 · as Ron
- 8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime2021 · as Self
- Krept and Konan We Are England2021 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Shiro's Story Part 32018 · as Ty
- Drawn Out2018 · as Big Mo
- Untitled2018
- Two Is a Family2016 · as Lowell
- Take Down2016 · as Danny Dorsey
- This Is Tottenham2015 · as Self - Narrator
- The Ark2015 · as Angel
- Montana2014 · as Ryan
- All Stars2013 · as Mark
- Fedz2013 · as Cherokee Blame
- St George's Day2012 · as Kootz
- Sket2011 · as Trey
- Demons Never Die2011 · as Bates
- Anuvahood2011 · as Cracks
- Dead Man Running2009 · as Fitzroy
- Tu£sday2008 · as Billy
- Speed Racer2008 · as Prince Kabala
- Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family2008 · as Prince Kabala
- West 10 LDN2008 · as Lacey
- Sugarhouse2007 · as D
- WΔZ2007 · as Daniel Leone
- Life and Lyrics2006 · as Danny
- Cubs2006 · as Karl
- Stormbreaker2006 · as Wolf
- Get Rich or Die Tryin'2005 · as Antwan
- House of 92005 · as Al B
- Bullet Boy2004 · as Ricky
- Parent's Night2001 · as Brian
- Born Romantic2000 · as Lee
- Some Voices2000 · as Kitchen Hand
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure2000 · as Omar (archive footage)
- Storm Damage2000 · as Stefan
- The Murder of Stephen Lawrence1999 · as Stuart Lawrence
- Thanatos—
All TV Shows (32)
- Adolescence2025 · as DI Luke Bascombe
- A Thousand Blows2025 · as Switch
- Missing You2025 · as Josh Buchanan
- Dune: Prophecy2024
- Top Boy2019 · as Dushane
- I Am...2019 · as Chris
- Bulletproof2018 · as Pike
- In the Dark2017 · as DI Tim Cornish
- The Aliens2016 · as Christophe
- Cuffs2015 · as PC Ryan Draper
- Safe House2015 · as John Channing
- Truckers2013 · as Steve Warley
- Transporter: The Series2013 · as Benoit Nhsombo
- BBC Comedy Feeds2012 · as Nathan
- True Love2012 · as Paul
- Playhouse Presents2012 · as Armani
- Inside Men2012 · as Chris Lebdon
- Top Boy2011 · as Dushane
- The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self - Guest
- Outcasts2011 · as Jack Holt
- Small Island2009 · as Michael
- Celebrity Juice2008 · as Self
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- The One Show2006 · as Self
- Doctor Who2005 · as Gregor van Baalen
- Last Rights2005 · as Max
- Hustle2004 · as Billy Bond
- Dark Realm2001 · as Black male student
- The Coral Island2000 · as Jack
- Urban Gothic2000 · as Leo
- Shockers1999 · as Brian
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks1996 · as Self