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.

Filmography

• Significant Other — Paul
• The Rising — Michael Wyatt
• The Window — John Maslin
• Wolfe — Jeff
• 2020Joey — Writer, Director
• 2020Perfect 10 — Rob
• War of the Worlds — Mark
• Wanderlust — Marvin Walters
• 2017Habit — Ian
• The Loch — Leighton Thomas
• Paranoid — Henry Appley
• Being Eileen — Ray Cooper
• Father Brown — RSM Reginald Davis
• Great Night Out — Beggsy
• 2013The Last Witch — Howard Greenwood
• The Tunnel — Boleslaw 'BB' Borowski
• Death in Paradise — Frank Mellor
• 2011Lapland — Ray Cooper
• Scott & Bailey — Craig
• Vera — Linus Campion
• Moving On — John
• 2008Hush — Zakes Abbot
• Inspector George Gently — Mark Tanner
• Lilies — Nazzer
• 2007Until Death — Serge
• 2006Magnolia — Ed
• Waterloo Road — Chris Mead
• Doctor Who — Riley Vashtee
• Jericho — Johnny Swan
• ShakespeaRe-Told
• Conviction — Chrissie Fairburn
• Shameless — Jesus O'Toole
• 2004Standing Room Only — Simon
• 2004Stories of Lost Souls — Simon
• Burn It — Jon Marr
• 2002Daddy's Girl — DC Neil Hallam
• 2002Nicholas Nickleby — Frank Cheeryble
• Clocking Off — Nick Anderson
• 2000Mad About Mambo — Danny Mitchell
• 1999All the King's Men — Sgt. Ted Grimes
• 1999Fanny & Elvis — Rick
• 1998Anorak of Fire — Tim Buxton
• Born to Run — Sammy Fitch
• Where the Heart Is — Stephen Snow
• Beck — Ralph
• 1996The Bare Necessities — Tony
• 1993Raining Stones — Joe
• Heartbeat — Paul Allenby, Joe Norton
• Soldier Soldier — Jack Stubbs
• Children's Ward — Darren Walsh
• Making Out
• 1987The Sign of Four — Jack Smith
• Casualty — Kevin Eccles, Harry Reynolds
• Sherlock Holmes — Jack Smith
• Emmerdale — Caleb Miligan
• How We Used To Live — Peter Hodgkins
• Coronation Street — Spike
• The Bully Boys — Woody

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Totally Doctor Who — Self