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.
70 acting credits · 3 directing credits
Acting · 70
Doctor Who
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The One Show
2006
Hustle
2004
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Celebrity Juice
2008
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Dune: Prophecy
2024
Adolescence
2025
Top Boy
2019
Playhouse Presents
2012
Transporter: The Series
2013
Speed Racer
2008
A Thousand Blows
2025
Missing You
2025
I Am...
2019
Top Boy
2011
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
Urban Gothic
2000
Safe House
2015
The Aliens
2016
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
Bulletproof
2018
Stormbreaker
2006
Cuffs
2015
In the Dark
2017
Outcasts
2011
Small Island
2009
Two Is a Family
2016
True Love
2012
Truckers
2013
Shockers
1999
Take Down
2016
WΔZ
2007
Dark Realm
2001
Inside Men
2012
Remain
2027
House of 9
2005
The Ark
2015
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000
Last Rights
2005
Born Romantic
2000
Fedz
2013
Dead Man Running
2009
Anuvahood
2011
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
1999
All Stars
2013
reload
2025
St George's Day
2012
Some Voices
2000
Bullet Boy
2004
Montana
2014
Sugarhouse
2007
Sket
2011
West 10 LDN
2008
Storm Damage
2000
Demons Never Die
2011
Tu£sday
2008
Cubs
2006
Shiro's Story Part 3
2018
Parent's Night
2001
8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime
2021
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
2008
Life and Lyrics
2006
Untitled
2018
Thanatos
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Drawn Out
2018
Krept and Konan We Are England
2021
Softy
2025
This Is Tottenham
2015
