Henry Ashton (actor)

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Henry Ashton
Alma mater Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Years active2021–present

Henry Ashton is an English actor. On television, he is known for his roles in the Amazon Prime fantasy series My Lady Jane and the BBC Three teen drama A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (both 2024).

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Early life

Ashton grew up in Buckinghamshire. [1] He attended Millfield School from 2004 to 2009. He was interested in acting in his youth, but would bounce around in different jobs for a decade, including retail, hospitality, fashion, and music before deciding to pursue acting professionally. He trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating in 2022. [2]

Career

Prior to completing drama school, Ashton made his feature film debut portraying Kevin Shields in the 2021 Alan McGee biopic Creation Stories . [3] After graduating, he made his television debut in the seventh season of the Starz fantasy series Outlander as Sandy Hammond, which aired in 2023. [4] [5]

In 2024, Ashton gained prominence through his roles as Stan Dudley in the Amazon Prime alternate history fantasy series My Lady Jane [6] and Max Hastings in the BBC Three teen crime drama A Good Girl's Guide to Murder , [7] both adaptations of novels. [8] [9] He had been cast in the former in 2022, [10] while the latter also had an international release on Netflix.

Ashton has an upcoming role as Daeron "the Drunken" Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , a Game of Thrones prequel and adaptation of George R R Martin's Dunk and Egg series. [11] [12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 Creation Stories Kevin Shields
2023 Outlander Sandy Hammond2 episodes
2024 My Lady Jane Stan DudleyMain role; 8 episodes
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Max HastingsMain role; 6 episodes
2025 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Daeron "the Drunken" TargaryenUpcoming

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