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He has starred in the TV series Casualty[8] series, which is the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world, playing Detective Inspector Berkeley, and also in Holby City, In Deep, Vexed[9] and SunTrap[10] (all for the BBC).
Ashley Artus was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. His mother, a nurse from a Northumbrian mining colliery family, and his father a doctor from the Middle East. His parents met at medical school. The eldest of four children, one brother and two sisters. His mother and father parted when Ashley was just one year old. Artus was raised jointly by his single mother and a local convent. Latterly raised by his step-father, his mother, and both grandparents on his mother's side. His mother's father from Northumbrian gentry. Artus won best baby photo in the Newcastle Journal in his first year (1971).
Artus knew very early on from the about the age of 5 that he wanted to be an actor, after taking part in Scottish dancing classes. During Primary school the teachers singled him out for public speaking and the ITV young TV newsreaders competition. He went through school happily and achieved 5 “O” levels and 3 “A” levels. Studied film, palaeontology, herpetology and art privately. While studying his A-levels at Tertiary college he put together his own theatre company and played Dracula in the play “Dracula” at age 17 and was awarded the Rotary Prize for Dramatic Art by Derwentside College, Durham.
Before leaving Derwentside College, Artus applied for drama school; RADA – (he was placed on the reserve list) and the Guildford School of Acting & Dance (GSA). He was subsequently offered a place at GSA, where he won a prize for his choreography and the School Cup for Best Actor.
He then auditioned for a grant from Newcastle, Northumberland and Durham Councils. Durham City Council subsequently gave him a grant and paid for his drama school training along with his grandmother from 1989-1992.
Career
Artus left drama school in 1992, having been signed in his final year by the agent Patricia Marmont. Pieter Rogers, a talent scout for Marmont, caught him in his final performance and introduced him to her.
Professional roles followed: he was cast as Barry Kent & Nigel in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾[14] at the Sheffield Crucible, then as the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz[15] at Cheltenham Everyman – stealing the show and winning every review. Artus then got his first break in TV playing Nick's Best Man in the BBC Screen One series Wide-Eyed and Legless with Dame Julie Walters and Jim Broadbent – released in the US as The Wedding Gift.
In 2012 Artus played the lead – Jonathon Priestley - in Film4's Flytopia, a fantasy thriller based on Will Self’s story from “Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys”. The screenplay adapted & directed by Karni Arieli & Saul Freed. Produced by Alison Sterling, commissioned by Film4, involving Ignition Films, South West Screen, Stink Productions & Sulkybunny.
Sir Cameron Mackintosh then offered him the role of “Thenardier” in Les Miserables (musical)[7] the 25th Anniversary new production World Tour which he accepted. The 25th new production, revamped, re-invented, new staging, new orchestrations and included a 12 week rehearsal process. The production went on an International tour & towards the end of the tour performing in Paris where it received an unheard of 20 minute standing ovation.
Artus plays Thenardier on the live cast recording, Les Misérables Live, which was recorded in Manchester and released as a double album in September 2010 on the label First Night Records then the O2 concert. He played the Pawn Broker in the 2012 movie musical version Les Misérables (2012 film)[13] with Anne Hathaway, who won an Oscar for her role in the film, alongside Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman & Helena Bonham-Carter.
After Les Miserables finished its run, Sir Cameron Mackintosh then asked Artus to play Mr Sowerberry in the number one tour of Oliver![20] Which started at the Wales Millennium Centre and the toured the country.
In 2005 Artus was cast as Walden McNair, a "Death Eater" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where he played alongside Ralph Fiennes in the now famous Cemetery scene, where the “Death Eaters” appear in the cemetery summoned by Lord Voldemort. Artus spent his time when not filming, shadowing and watching Ralph Fiennes at work creating Lord Voldemort.
Artus has appeared in Attack of the Gryphon[22] as Gerard, an action/fantasy film (2007). He then went on to play Ricard in God on Trial opposite Sir Antony Sher, Stephen Dillane, Rupert Graves and Stellan Skarsgård in 2008. After researching the part in preparation to play Ricard, Artus dropped 3 stone in weight and refused to eat. Ashley said "It felt obscene to “act” this part. I had to feel and be hurt for it. It was the least I could do representing this horrific tragedy where no one could possibly understand the massacre of diversity or how those poor people felt”. Artus played the lead in his next film Flytopia for Film4.
Personal life
Artus' younger brother Daniel committed suicide at the age of 24, and he is now passionate about roles addressing homelessness, mental health, comedy, addiction and suicide.
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