Born in
Chadderton,
Oldham, Ash's first TV appearance was as Spike in
Coronation Street aged 10. He then had a regular role as Nicky in
Making Out (1989–1991), followed by a regular role in the ITV series
Where the Heart Is. He has since appeared in
Mad About Mambo,
Clocking Off, ''
Children's Ward, Lilies, Born to Run, Burn It, All the King's Men, ShakespeaRe-Told (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Doctor Who, the miniseries Conviction
, Hush, Waterloo Road and Shameless''. In 2006, he portrayed the
Manchester United footballer
Albert Scanlon in an edition of the BBC series
Surviving Disasters about the
Munich air disaster of 1958, of which Scanlon was a survivor. Ash's stage credits include the premiere productions of
Presence at the
Royal Court Theatre in 2001 and of
How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found at
Sheffield Theatres as well as
Of Mice and Men at the
Royal Lyceum Theatre in
Edinburgh. In December 2011, Ash had a starring role in a BBC comedy drama,
Lapland, as Ray, a role he is reprising for a new series,
Being Eileen. In 2013 he starred in the ITV comedy drama series
Great Night Out as Beggsy. In 2015, Ash appeared as Frank Mellor in the BBC TV series
Death in Paradise episode 4.4. In February 2016, he appeared in BBC drama series
Moving On. In 2016, he appeared in the
ITV/
Netflix series
Paranoid. He also appeared as the character BB in the second and third series of
Sky Atlantic's
The Tunnel. In 2017, Ash played Leighton Thomas in ITV's serial killer drama,
The Loch. In 2018, he played the role of Marvin in a British TV drama series,
Wanderlust. Ash played a central character in the 2020 film
Perfect 10. ==Filmography==