Ashley Walters

Ashley Walters is an English actor and rapper who worked as a child actor before joining the UK garage group So Solid Crew, whose 2001 single 21 Seconds reached number one in the UK. Born in London in 1982, he attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School for performing arts. He appeared in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles in 1992, and Grange Hill in 1997. His film breakthrough came with Bullet Boy (2004), in which he played Ricky, and he earned a Best Newcomer honor at the British Independent Film Awards. He went on to appear in Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), Stormbreaker (2006), Life and Lyrics (2006), WΔZ (2007), and Sugarhouse (2007). On television, his roles include Hustle, Outcasts, Cuffs, Top Boy, and Bulletproof, and he directed episodes of A Thousand Blows. In 2025, he starred in Adolescence, earning Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.