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

• 2027Remain
• 2026Animol — Director
• 2026Echoes — Andre
• A Thousand Blows — Switch, Director
• Adolescence — DI Luke Bascombe
• Missing You — Josh Buchanan
• 2025Softy — Ron
• 2025reload — Club Owner
• Dune: Prophecy
• 2021Boys — Director
• I Am... — Chris
• Top Boy — Dushane
• Bulletproof — Pike
• 2018Drawn Out — Big Mo
• 2018Shiro's Story Part 3 — Ty
• 2018Untitled
• In the Dark — DI Tim Cornish
• 2016Take Down — Danny Dorsey
• The Aliens — Christophe
• 2016Two Is a Family — Lowell
• Cuffs — PC Ryan Draper
• Safe House — John Channing
• 2015The Ark — Angel
• 2014Montana — Ryan
• The Secrets — Ray
• 2013All Stars — Mark
• 2013Fedz — Cherokee Blame
• Transporter: The Series — Benoit Nhsombo
• Truckers — Steve Warley
• BBC Comedy Feeds — Nathan
• Inside Men — Chris Lebdon
• Playhouse Presents — Armani
• 2012St George's Day — Kootz
• True Love — Paul
• 2011Anuvahood — Cracks
• 2011Demons Never Die — Bates
• Outcasts — Jack Holt
• 2011Sket — Trey
• Top Boy — Dushane
• 2009Dead Man Running — Fitzroy
• Small Island — Michael
• 2008Speed Racer — Prince Kabala
• 2008Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family — Prince Kabala
• 2008Tu£sday — Billy
• 2008West 10 LDN — Lacey
• 2007Sugarhouse — D
• 2007WΔZ — Daniel Leone
• 2006Cubs — Karl
• 2006Life and Lyrics — Danny
• 2006Stormbreaker — Wolf
• Doctor Who — Gregor van Baalen
• 2005Get Rich or Die Tryin' — Antwan
• 2005House of 9 — Al B
• Last Rights — Max
• 2004Bullet Boy — Ricky
• Hustle — Billy Bond
• Dark Realm — Black male student
• 2001Parent's Night — Brian
• 2000Born Romantic — Lee
• 2000Some Voices — Kitchen Hand
• 2000Storm Damage — Stefan
• 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure — Omar (archive footage)
• The Coral Island — Jack
• Urban Gothic — Leo
• Shockers — Brian
• 1999The Murder of Stephen Lawrence — Stuart Lawrence
• Thanatos

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 20218 Bar – The Evolution of Grime — Self
• 2021Krept and Konan We Are England — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2015This Is Tottenham — Self - Narrator
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Juice — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The One Show — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self