Peter Ash

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Peter Ash
Born (1985-02-04) 4 February 1985 (age 40)
Marsden, West Yorkshire
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Known for Footballers' Wives (2003–06)
Coronation Street (2018–24)
Children1
Relatives William Ash (second cousin)

Peter Ash (born 4 February 1985) is an English actor from Moston, Greater Manchester, who has starred in British television series such as Casualty , Footballers' Wives , Hollyoaks , and Coronation Street .

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Early life

Ash attended St Matthew's RC High School in Moston and then Xaverian College in Rusholme, Manchester. [1] [ dead link ]

He first started acting in school plays and with local amateur theatre groups. [2]

Career

His first TV acting role was in Blue Murder in 2003, which helped him land a bigger role in Casualty , playing Keith Jowell in six episodes. [3]

He was 18 when he started playing Darius Fry in Footballers' Wives , [3] between 2003 and 2006.

In 2005, he was in Street Trilogy at Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry. [1]

He was a participant in the 2013–2015 UK tour of War Horse , [2] at The Lowry theatre. [4]

He has had guest appearances in The Street and The Royal. [5] [6]

In 2018, he played Harley Frater's (Mollie Lambert) acquaintance Ron in the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks . [3] Reflecting on his stint on the soap, Ash told Inside Soap in 2019, "That was great fun, I had a really nice little part – even though I was playing a horrible person! My character was taking advantage of homeless girl Harley Frater and supplying her drugs, so he wasn't very nice. But the Hollyoaks team was really lovely. I worked a lot alongside Mollie Lambert, who played Harley, and she was absolutely cracking." [7]

In 2018, Ash appeared in Coronation Street , briefly portraying the character Paul Foreman, David Platt's (Jack P. Shepherd) cellmate in Highfield Prison. In 2019, he returned to Coronation Street. Paul was later revealed to be the estranged twin brother of Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell). [2] [8] [9] He won 2020 National Television Award for Best Newcomer. [10] [11]

Personal life

He is a second cousin of fellow actor William Ash. [5] [2] In 2014, he was living in Mossley. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2005Chicken Tikka MasalaJack
2009A Drop of the PureYoung Howard
2012Broken HeartsCallum Cook
2016Locust (Short)Ellipsis
2017 Strangeways Here We Come Bud

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Casualty Keith JowellTV series, 6 episodes
Blue Murder ColinTV series, 2 episodes
2003–2006 Footballers' Wives Darius FryRegular role, 21 episodes
2006 Footballers' Wives: Extra Time Darius FryTV series, 6 episodes
2008 The Royal John StemfordTV series, 1 episode
2009 The Street RossTV series, 1 episode
2012 White Van Man BenTV series, 1 episode
2018 Hollyoaks Ron 4 episodes
2018–2024 Coronation Street Paul Foreman Regular role

References

  1. 1 2 Chris O'Connell Street Trilogy: Car/Raw/Kid , p. 11, at Google Books
  2. 1 2 3 4 Meads, Glenn (18 January 2019). "Manchester actor Peter Ash on playing Corrie's Paul Foreman - and wooing Billy the Vicar". I Love Manchester. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Duncan, Amy (11 January 2019). "What else has Paul Foreman been in before Corrie - from Casualty to Hollyoaks?". Metro. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 Akbor, Ruhubia (7 August 2014). "Home is where the heart is for War Horse actor". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 Brown, David (4 January 2019). "Where have you seen Paul on Coronation Street before? Will he find romance with vicar Billy?". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Paul (9 September 2014). "David Fleeshman - My acting dynasty". Cheshire. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Bayley, Nikki (2–8 February 2019). "You ask...they answer! Peter Ash". Inside Soap . No. 5. pp. 52–53.
  8. ↑ Allcock, Beth (20 December 2018). "Coronation Street fans notice new character Paul Foreman's link to Nick Tilsley actor". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Edwards, Chris (1 February 2019). "Corrie star hits back at homophobia over Billy and Paul's kiss". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "National Television Awards 2020 - Best Newcomer (Peter Ash, Coronation Street)". youtube.com. 28 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  11. ↑ Duke, Simon (28 January 2020). "Who is Peter Ash? Coronation Street actor wins Best Newcomer at the NTAs. In 2024 Peter Ash won Serial Drama Performance at the NTA's for his incredible portrayal in the MND Storyline" . Retrieved 23 July 2020.


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