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.
Acting
TV
Doctor Who
as Gregor van Baalen
2005
Movie
Two Is a Family
as Lowell
2016
Movie
Speed Racer
as Prince Kabala
2008
TV
Adolescence
as DI Luke Bascombe
2025
Movie
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Antwan
2005
Movie
Stormbreaker
as Wolf
2006
TV
Dune: Prophecy
2024
TV
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Movie
House of 9
as Al B
2005
Movie
WΔZ
as Daniel Leone
2007
Movie
Take Down
as Danny Dorsey
2016
TV
Hustle
as Billy Bond
2004
TV
Top Boy
as Dushane
2019
TV
Missing You
as Josh Buchanan
2025
TV
Top Boy
as Dushane
2011
TV
Transporter: The Series
as Benoit Nhsombo
2013
TV
A Thousand Blows
as Switch
2025
Movie
Dead Man Running
as Fitzroy
2009
TV
Outcasts
as Jack Holt
2011
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
1996
Movie
Anuvahood
as Cracks
2011
TV
In the Dark
as DI Tim Cornish
2017
TV
Bulletproof
as Pike
2018
Movie
Montana
as Ryan
2014