Peter Ash

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.

For the composer and conductor, see Peter Ash (composer). For the water polo player, see Peter Asch.
Peter Ash
Born (1985-02-04) 4 February 1985
Marsden, West Yorkshire
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Known forFootballers' Wives (2003–2006)
Coronation Street (2018–)
Children1

Early life

He attended Xaverian College in Rusholme, Manchester.[1]

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

Career

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

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

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 April 2018, he played Harley Frater's (Mollie Lambert) acquaintance Ron in Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks.[3]

In 2019, he returned to Coronation Street to play Paul Foreman, who was previously David Platt's (Jack P. Shepherd) cellmate in Highfield Prison in 2018. Paul was later revealed to be the estranged twin brother of Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell).[2][7][8] He won 2020 National Television Award for Best Newcomer.[9][10]

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role
2005 Chicken Tikka Masala Jack
2009 A Drop of the Pure Young Howard
2012 Locust (Short) Ellipsis
2016 Broken Hearts Callum Cook
2017 Strangeways Here We Come Bud

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Casualty Keith Jowell TV Series, 6 episodes
Blue Murder Colin TV Series, 2 episodes
2003–2006 Footballers' Wives Darius Fry TV Series Regular, 21 episodes
2006 Footballers Wive$: Extra Time Darius Fry TV Series, 6 episodes
2008 The Royal John Stemford TV Series, 1 episode
2009 The Street Ross TV Series, 1 episode
2012 White Van Man Ben TV Series, 1 episode
2018 Hollyoaks Ron TV Series, 4 episodes
2018–present Coronation Street Paul Foreman Series Regular

References
  1. Chris O'Connell Street Trilogy: Car/Raw/Kid, p. 11, at Google Books
  2. 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. Duncan, Amy (11 January 2019). "What else has Paul Foreman been in before Corrie - from Casualty to Hollyoaks?". Metro. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. Akbor, Ruhubia (7 August 2014). "Home is where the heart is for War Horse actor". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. 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. 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.
  8. Edwards, Chris (1 February 2019). "Corrie star hits back at homophobia over Billy and Paul's kiss". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. "National Television Awards 2020 - Best Newcomer (Peter Ash, Coronation Street)". youtube.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  10. Duke, Simon (28 January 2020). "Who is Peter Ash? Coronation Street actor wins Best Newcomer at the NTAs". Retrieved 23 July 2020.


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