Ashley Walters
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
Credits
- 2027 · Remain as
- 2025 · Adolescence as DI Luke Bascombe
- 2025 · A Thousand Blows as Switch
- 2025 · Missing You as Josh Buchanan
- 2024 · Dune: Prophecy as
- 2019 · Top Boy as Dushane
- 2019 · I Am... as Chris
- 2018 · Bulletproof as Pike
- 2018 · Untitled as
- 2017 · In the Dark as DI Tim Cornish
- 2016 · Two Is a Family as Lowell
- 2016 · Take Down as Danny Dorsey
- 2015 · Safe House as John Channing
- 2013 · All Stars as Mark
- 2013 · Transporter: The Series as Benoit Nhsombo
- 2012 · BBC Comedy Feeds as Nathan
- 2012 · True Love as Paul
- 2012 · Playhouse Presents as Armani
- 2011 · Top Boy as Dushane
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2011 · Outcasts as Jack Holt
- 2009 · Small Island as Michael
- 2008 · Celebrity Juice as Self
- 2008 · Speed Racer as Prince Kabala
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Cubs as Karl
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Wolf
- 2005 · Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Antwan
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Gregor van Baalen
- 2004 · Hustle as Billy Bond
- 2000 · Storm Damage as Stefan
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- Future · Thanatos as
- 2025 · reload as Club Owner
- 2025 · Softy as Ron
- 2021 · 8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime as Self
- 2021 · Krept and Konan We Are England as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Shiro's Story Part 3 as Ty
- 2018 · Drawn Out as Big Mo
- 2016 · The Aliens as Christophe
- 2015 · This Is Tottenham as Self - Narrator
- 2015 · Cuffs as PC Ryan Draper
- 2015 · The Ark as Angel
- 2014 · Montana as Ryan
- 2013 · Truckers as Steve Warley
- 2013 · Fedz as Cherokee Blame
- 2012 · St George's Day as Kootz
- 2012 · Inside Men as Chris Lebdon
- 2011 · Sket as Trey
- 2011 · Demons Never Die as Bates
- 2011 · Anuvahood as Cracks
- 2009 · Dead Man Running as Fitzroy
- 2008 · Tu£sday as Billy
- 2008 · Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family as Prince Kabala
- 2008 · West 10 LDN as Lacey
- 2007 · Sugarhouse as D
- 2007 · WΔZ as Daniel Leone
- 2006 · Life and Lyrics as Danny
- 2005 · House of 9 as Al B
- 2005 · Last Rights as Max
- 2004 · Bullet Boy as Ricky
- 2001 · Parent's Night as Brian
- 2001 · Dark Realm as Black male student
- 2000 · Born Romantic as Lee
- 2000 · Some Voices as Kitchen Hand
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure as Omar (archive footage)
- 1999 · Shockers as Brian
- 1999 · The Murder of Stephen Lawrence as Stuart Lawrence