Ashley is an actor, singer, and dancer known for his leading performances across both the UK and the USA.

Most recently, he starred as Anatole Kuragin in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.

His theatre credits include Roger in the world premiere of Come Fall in Love (Manchester Opera House); Phil Davis in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Ogunquit Playhouse); Bob Wallace in White Christmas (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle); Robert Martin in The Drowsy Chaperone (Pittsburgh CLO); Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, West End); Jerry Mulligan in An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre, West End); Jimmy Smith in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kilworth House Theatre); Bill Calhoun/Lucentio in Kiss Me, Kate (UK National Tour); Troy Bolton in High School Musical (UK National Tour); and Curly in Oklahoma! (UK National Tour), for which he received a UK Theatre Award nomination for Best Performer in a Musical.

Additional theatre credits include Archie in the workshop of Imitation of Life by Lynn Nottage and John Legend; Freddie Falls in Love (The Joyce Theater, New York); The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre, West End), where he played Elder Price over 250 times; The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium, West End); Babes in Arms (Chichester Festival Theatre); On the Town (English National Opera); Evita (Adelphi Theatre, West End); the original cast of Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre, West End); and Matthew Bourne’s The Nutcracker (Sadler’s Wells Theatre).

On screen, Ashley is known for his recurring role as Colin McNaughton in Netflix’s Dynasty.