William Ash
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.
Acting
TV
Doctor Who
as Riley Vashtee
2005
TV
War of the Worlds
as Mark
2019
TV
Death in Paradise
as Frank Mellor
2011
TV
Sherlock Holmes
as Jack Smith
1984
Movie
Until Death
as Serge
2007
Movie
Nicholas Nickleby
as Frank Cheeryble
2002
TV
Vera
as Linus Campion
2011
Movie
Hush
as Zakes Abbot
2008
TV
Shameless
as Jesus O'Toole
2004
Movie
Raining Stones
as Joe
1993
TV
Father Brown
as RSM Reginald Davis
2013
TV
Coronation Street
as Spike
1960
TV
The Tunnel
as Boleslaw 'BB' Borowski
2013
TV
Emmerdale
as Caleb Miligan
1972
TV
Paranoid
as Henry Appley
2016
TV
Casualty
as Kevin Eccles
1986
TV
Casualty
as Harry Reynolds
1986
TV
Scott & Bailey
as Craig
2011
Movie
The Sign of Four
as Jack Smith
1987
TV
Inspector George Gently
as Mark Tanner
2008
TV
The Loch
as Leighton Thomas
2017
TV
Wanderlust
as Marvin Walters
2018
TV
The Rising
as Michael Wyatt
2022
TV
Waterloo Road
as Christopher Mead
2006