Agent: Jo Hole Associates
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Ashley Artus
Ashley Artus was born in Newcastle in 1971, the eldest of four children – His parents met at medical school; his mother a nurse from a Northumbrian mining family (her father from Northumbrian gentry) and his father a doctor.
Highlights of Ashley’s stage work include ‘Coot’ in SKELLIG (Young Vic – dir: Trevor Nunn) ‘Emcee’ in CABARET (nominated: Best Actor: Manchester Evening News awards); ‘Robbie’ in the original production of Mark Ravenhill’s SHOPPING AND F**KING (Royal Court) and ‘Thenardier’ in the 25th Anniversary production of LES MISERABLES (O2 Arena + international tour).
Extensive screen includes the current LES MISERABLES tv series (a hat-trick after his previous appearances in both the stage musical and the feature film!); recurring role in CASUALTY (BBC) and BORGIA (Netflix) with movies ranging from TOPSY TURVY (dir: Mike Leigh) through KISS KISS (BANG BANG) starring Stellan Skarsgård and beginning with THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES in which he starred opposite Jude Law.
| Languages: | English |
| Nationality: | British |
| Bases: | London, Newcastle, Brighton |
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| Digne Gendarme in LES MISERABLES Tom Shankland/BBC |
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| Pit Boss in SUNTRAP Ben Palmer/BBC |
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| Andy in THE DUMPING GROUND (Series 3) Sally Aprahamian/BBC |
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| Falco Sinibaldi in BORGIA Metin Hussein/Canal PLUS |
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| Mr Sowerberry in OLIVER! Rupert Goold/Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/No 1 tour |
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| Thenardier in LES MISERABLES Laurence Connor/Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/25th Anniversary International Tour |
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| Coot in SKELLIG Trevor Nunn/Young Vic Theatre |
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| Robbie in SHOPPING AND F***ING Max Stafford Clark + Mark Ravenhill/Royal Court Theatre/Out Of Joint |
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| Pyotr in FORTUNE'S FOOL Gail Edwards/Chichester Festival Theatre/UK Tour |
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| Tybalt in ROMEO AND JULIET Neil Bartlett/Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith |
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| Tulsa in GYPSY Jude Kelly/West Yorkshire Playhouse |
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| Seiffert in THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE Nick Bagnall/West Yorkshire Playhouse |
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| Death Eater (McNair) in HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE Mike Newell/Warner Brothers |
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| Herbert Marchmont in TOPSY TURVY Mike Leigh/Thin Man Films |
