Ashley Walters
Acting • Born 1982-06-30
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.
Filmography
69 credits
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie • 2005
Antwan
Bullet Boy
Movie • 2004
Ricky
Stormbreaker
Movie • 2006
Wolf
WΔZ
Movie • 2007
Daniel Leone
Cubs
Movie • 2006
Karl
Untitled
Movie • 2018
Tu£sday
Movie • 2008
Billy
Anuvahood
Movie • 2011
Cracks
House of 9
Movie • 2005
Al B
Sugarhouse
Movie • 2007
D
Demons Never Die
Movie • 2011
Bates
Sket
Movie • 2011
Trey
Life and Lyrics
Movie • 2006
Danny
All Stars
Movie • 2013
Mark
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
Movie • 2000
Omar (archive footage)
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Movie • 1999
Stuart Lawrence
West 10 LDN
Movie • 2008
Lacey
Fedz
Movie • 2013
Cherokee Blame
Montana
Movie • 2014
Ryan
The Ark
Movie • 2015
Angel
Shiro's Story Part 3
Movie • 2018
Ty
Storm Damage
Movie • 2000
Stefan
8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime
Movie • 2021
Self
Two Is a Family
Movie • 2016
Lowell
Parent's Night
Movie • 2001
Brian
Born Romantic
Movie • 2000
Lee
Take Down
Movie • 2016
Danny Dorsey
Some Voices
Movie • 2000
Kitchen Hand
Speed Racer
Movie • 2008
Prince Kabala
St George's Day
Movie • 2012
Kootz
This Is Tottenham
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator
Dead Man Running
Movie • 2009
Fitzroy
Krept and Konan We Are England
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
Remain
Movie • 2027
reload
Movie • 2025
Club Owner
Softy
Movie • 2025
Ron
Drawn Out
Movie • 2018
Big Mo
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
Movie • 2008
Prince Kabala
Thanatos
Movie
Inside Men
TV • 2012
Chris Lebdon
Small Island
TV • 2009
Michael
Outcasts
TV • 2011
Jack Holt
Top Boy
TV • 2011
Dushane
I Am...
TV • 2019
Chris
Playhouse Presents
TV • 2012
Armani
True Love
TV • 2012
Paul
Hustle
TV • 2004
Billy Bond
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Gregor van Baalen
Cuffs
TV • 2015
PC Ryan Draper
The Aliens
TV • 2016
Christophe
Truckers
TV • 2013
Steve Warley
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Transporter: The Series
TV • 2013
Benoit Nhsombo
Bulletproof
TV • 2018
Pike
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
Dark Realm
TV • 2001
Black male student
Top Boy
TV • 2019
Dushane
Safe House
TV • 2015
John Channing
Missing You
TV • 2025
Josh Buchanan
A Thousand Blows
TV • 2025
Switch
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self - Guest
Adolescence
TV • 2025
DI Luke Bascombe
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
BBC Comedy Feeds
TV • 2012
Nathan
Shockers
TV • 1999
Brian
In the Dark
TV • 2017
DI Tim Cornish
Dune: Prophecy
TV • 2024
Last Rights
TV • 2005
Max