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
Cast Credits
Remain
Character:
MOVIE • 2026
Softy
Character: Ron
MOVIE • 2025
Adolescence
Character: DI Luke Bascombe
TV • 2025
A Thousand Blows
Character: Switch
TV • 2025
Missing You
Character: Josh Buchanan
TV • 2025
8 Bar – The Evolution of Grime
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Krept and Konan We Are England
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2021
Top Boy
Character: Dushane
TV • 2019
I Am...
Character: Chris
TV • 2019
Shiro's Story Part 3
Character: Ty
MOVIE • 2018
Drawn Out
Character: Big Mo
MOVIE • 2018
Bulletproof
Character: Pike
TV • 2018
Untitled
Character:
MOVIE • 2018
In the Dark
Character: DI Tim Cornish
TV • 2017
Two Is a Family
Character: Lowell
MOVIE • 2016
Take Down
Character: Danny Dorsey
MOVIE • 2016
The Aliens
Character: Christophe
TV • 2016
This Is Tottenham
Character: Self - Narrator
MOVIE • 2015
Cuffs
Character: PC Ryan Draper
TV • 2015
Safe House
Character: John Channing
TV • 2015
Crew
