William Ash
Acting • Born 1977-01-13
Biography
William Ash, (born 13 January 1977) is a British TV and film actor. His appearances include Mad About Mambo, Lilies, Burn It, All the King's Men, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Doctor Who and more recently Hush and Waterloo Road. He began his career in the ITV series Where the Heart Is. His stage credits include the premiere production of How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found with Sheffield Theatres. In 2009, Ash played the leading role of "Zakes Abbott" in the British horror film HUSH. Ash also has minor roles in programmes such as Coronation Street and has completed voice-over work for TV advertisements. He also appeared in Heartbeat back in 1992 where he played a cheeky school boy for one episode. He is currently playing Deputy Headteacher 'Chris Mead' in Waterloo Road. On 12th April 2011, Ash played a young Yuri Gagarin in the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play; Titatium, broadcast in honour of the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space. He prefers to be known as "Will". His second cousin is Peter Ash, who is also an actor.
Filmography
56 credits
Hush
Movie • 2008
Zakes Abbot
Until Death
Movie • 2007
Serge
Mad About Mambo
Movie • 2000
Danny Mitchell
Stories of Lost Souls
Movie • 2004
Simon
All the King's Men
Movie • 1999
Sgt. Ted Grimes
Lapland
Movie • 2011
Ray Cooper
The Bully Boys
Movie
Woody
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie • 2002
Frank Cheeryble
Standing Room Only
Movie • 2004
Simon
Raining Stones
Movie • 1993
Joe
Habit
Movie • 2017
Ian
Daddy's Girl
Movie • 2002
DC Neil Hallam
The Sign of Four
Movie • 1987
Jack Smith
The Last Witch
Movie • 2013
Howard Greenwood
Fanny & Elvis
Movie • 1999
Rick
Perfect 10
Movie • 2020
Rob
Magnolia
Movie • 2006
Ed
Totally Doctor Who
TV • 2006
Self
Where the Heart Is
TV • 1997
Waterloo Road
TV • 2006
Christopher Mead
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Paul Allenby
Casualty
TV • 1986
Kevin Eccles
Jericho
TV • 2005
Johnny Swan
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV • 2005
Burn It
TV • 2003
Jon Marr
Conviction
TV • 2004
Chrissie Fairburn
The Loch
TV • 2017
Leighton Thomas
Wolfe
TV • 2021
Jeff
The Window
TV • 2021
John Maslin
Making Out
TV • 1989
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Riley Vashtee
Lilies
TV • 2007
Nazzer
Children's Ward
TV • 1989
Darren Walsh
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Jack Smith
Vera
TV • 2011
Linus Campion
Casualty
TV • 1986
Harry Reynolds
The Rising
TV • 2022
Michael Wyatt
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Joe Norton
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Spike
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Frank Mellor
Father Brown
TV • 2013
RSM Reginald Davis
How We Used To Live
TV • 1968
Peter Hodgkins
Paranoid
TV • 2016
Henry Appley
The Tunnel
TV • 2013
Boleslaw 'BB' Borowski
Moving On
TV • 2009
John
Inspector George Gently
TV • 2008
Mark Tanner
Scott & Bailey
TV • 2011
Craig
Being Eileen
TV • 2013
Ray Cooper
Great Night Out
TV • 2013
Beggsy
Shameless
TV • 2004
Jesus O'Toole
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Jack Stubbs
Emmerdale
TV • 1972
Caleb Miligan
Significant Other
TV • 2023
Paul
Clocking Off
TV • 2000
Nick Anderson
War of the Worlds
TV • 2019
Mark
Born to Run
TV • 1997
Sammy Fitch