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.
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Credits
- 2026 · 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
- 2017 · In the Dark as DI Tim Cornish
- 2016 · Two Is a Family as Lowell
- 2015 · Safe House as John Channing
- 2015 · The Ark as Angel
- 2014 · Montana as Ryan
- 2013 · All Stars as Mark
- 2013 · Fedz as Cherokee Blame
- 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 · Sket as Trey
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Tu£sday as Billy
- 2008 · Celebrity Juice as Self
- 2008 · Speed Racer as Prince Kabala
- 2007 · Sugarhouse as D
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Wolf
- 2005 · Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Antwan
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Gregor van Baalen
- 2004 · Bullet Boy as Ricky
- 2004 · Hustle as Billy Bond
- 2000 · Storm Damage as Stefan
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- Future · Thanatos as Leonard
- 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
- 2018 · Untitled as
- 2016 · Take Down as Danny Dorsey
- 2016 · The Aliens as Christophe
- 2015 · This Is Tottenham as Self - Narrator
- 2015 · Cuffs as PC Ryan Draper
- 2013 · Truckers as Steve Warley
- 2012 · St George's Day as Kootz
- 2012 · Inside Men as Chris Lebdon
- 2011 · Demons Never Die as Bates
- 2011 · Anuvahood as Cracks
- 2011 · Outcasts as Jack Holt
- 2009 · Small Island as Michael
- 2009 · Dead Man Running as Fitzroy
- 2008 · West 10 LDN as Lacey
- 2007 · WΔZ as Daniel Leone
- 2006 · Life and Lyrics as Danny
- 2006 · Cubs as Karl
- 2005 · House of 9 as Al B
- 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