Linden Ashby
Biography
Linden Ashby is an American actor whose career began on daytime television and expanded into film, prime-time drama, and voice work. Born in Atlantic Beach, Florida, he studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. His first television role came in 1985 on the ABC soap opera Loving, as Curtis Alden. Using his martial arts background, he played Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat (1995), a cult classic, and later voiced the character in Mortal Kombat 11. His films include Wyatt Earp (1994), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Prom Night (2008), and Purple Hearts (2022). On television, he played Brett Cooper on Melrose Place, Cameron Kirsten on The Young and the Restless, and Noah Stilinski on Teen Wolf, earning a Saturn Award nomination. He returned as Stilinski in Teen Wolf: The Movie (2023) and received a Daytime Emmy nomination for The Young and the Restless.
66years old
Turns 67 on May 23in 217 days
- Born Atlantic Beach
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Clarence Linden Garnett Ashby III (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 33 years1990 to 2023
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Early training
Ashby went to Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, but left during his junior year to become an actor. He then trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.
Getting ready for a role
Linden Ashby drew on his martial arts background to play Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat, the 1995 film version of the video game, which became a cult classic. He later voiced Johnny Cage again in the Mortal Kombat 11 video game.
First role
In 1985, Ashby landed his first television role on the ABC soap opera Loving, becoming the second actor to portray Curtis Alden.
Linden Ashby movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Russell Mulcahy directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mike Pniewski's page
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Danny Midwinter's page
All films by Russell Mulcahy
Box office
What Linden Ashby's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$329 million
5 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$148M44.8% of the total
- 2$122M37.1% of the total
- 3$25M7.6% of the total
- 4$20M6.0% of the total
- 5$15M4.5% of the total
