Ashley has most recently been contracted with the German film production co. Wiedermann&Berg on a 2022 film set in Germany and the USA - to be released at the end of 2023. 

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Other recent work (2021) includes his role as Mickey Purvis, Scottish husband of the endearing lead character played by Maria Doyle Kennedy, in the TV series 'Recipes For Love And Murder' for Mnet (SA) and Acorn TV (Scotland).

 

Ashley began teaching English and Drama in the early nineties,  leveraging some of his Arts degree and Educational studies - teaching for four years in Durban. 

He has been a regular teacher at the Cape Town film school, AFDA.

 

After moving to Johannesburg from the coastal city of Durban (where he worked with the Playhouse Theatre), he began his career in television; more particularly, as an anchor for SABC3, the Home Channel and as a regular presenter on 'Lifestyle Matters' and the Travel show 'Going Nowhere Slowly' (which provided material for his book: ’Red Car Diaries’, published by Struik. As a Travel writer, he was a columnist for Country Life) . He has since presented the series: 'Another Side Of Africa' which premiered on Amazon Prime.

 

As an actor, he has played lead roles on eTV’s Scandal!, as well as support roles on Isidingo (SABC3), Generations SABC1), 7de Laan and Binnelanders (Kyknet). His international work includes ‘Warrior’ for HBO, and ‘Deep State’ series 2, for the UK based Endor productions. 

 

As a voice artist, he is a radio and TV commercials regular, and works from a home studio with eLearning and other corporate learning audio modules.