
William Ash
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Hush
2008

Until Death
2007

Mad About Mambo
2000

Stories of Lost Souls
2004

All the King's Men
1999

Lapland
2011

The Bully Boys
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Nicholas Nickleby
2002

Standing Room Only
2004

Raining Stones
1993

Habit
2017

Daddy's Girl
2002

The Sign of Four
1987

The Last Witch
2013

Fanny & Elvis
1999

Perfect 10
2020

Magnolia
2006

Totally Doctor Who
2006

Where the Heart Is
1997

Waterloo Road
2006

Heartbeat
1992

Casualty
1986

Jericho
2005

ShakespeaRe-Told
2005

Burn It
2003

Conviction
2004

The Loch
2017

Wolfe
2021

The Window
2021

Making Out
1989

Doctor Who
2005

Lilies
2007

Children's Ward
1989

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Vera
2011

Casualty
1986

The Rising
2022

Heartbeat
1992

Coronation Street
1960

Father Brown
2013

Death in Paradise
2011

Paranoid
2016

Being Eileen
2013

Scott & Bailey
2011

Shameless
2004

Moving On
2009

How We Used To Live
1968

The Tunnel
2013

Inspector George Gently
2008

Great Night Out
2013

Soldier Soldier
1991

Emmerdale
1972

Significant Other
2023

Clocking Off
2000

War of the Worlds
2019

Born to Run
1997