
William Ash
Acting
Born 1977-01-13 · Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.
Known for

Sherlock Holmes
1984 · TV

Doctor Who
2005 · TV

Inspector George Gently
2008 · TV

Father Brown
2013 · TV

Shameless
2004 · TV

Death in Paradise
2011 · TV

The Tunnel
2013 · TV

Vera
2011 · TV

War of the Worlds
2019 · TV

Scott & Bailey
2011 · TV

Clocking Off
2000 · TV

The Window
2021 · TV

ShakespeaRe-Told
2005 · TV

Heartbeat
1992 · TV

Moving On
2009 · TV

Conviction
2004 · TV

Lilies
2007 · TV

Waterloo Road
2006 · TV

Where the Heart Is
1997 · TV

Born to Run
1997 · TV

Great Night Out
2013 · TV

Jericho
2005 · TV

Beck
1996 · TV

Being Eileen
2013 · TV

Totally Doctor Who
2006 · TV

Soldier Soldier
1991 · TV

Burn It
2003 · TV

Making Out
1989 · TV

Children's Ward
1989 · TV

Significant Other
2023 · TV

The Loch
2017 · TV

The Rising
2022 · TV

Paranoid
2016 · TV

Wolfe
2021 · TV

Wanderlust
2018 · TV

Casualty
1986 · TV

Coronation Street
1960 · TV

Emmerdale
1972 · TV