Barbara Valentin, Bridget Ashton, Victoria Marie Runn
Fact
Graduated University of Southern California School of Theatre. Among classmates were Bob Quinn.
John Ashton is an English actor, best known for his roles in the Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run films. He was born on February 22, 1948 in London, England, to a working-class family. His father was a truck driver and his mother was a homemaker. He has two older sisters. Ashton was educated at a local comprehensive school. He began his career as a stage actor, appearing in various repertory productions.
He made his film debut in the 1981 film, The First Great Train Robbery. He has since appeared in over 50 films and television shows. Some of his notable roles include Detective Sergeant Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop films, Jonathan Mardukas in Midnight Run, and Harry Doyle in the Major League films. He has also appeared in such films as The Italian Job, The Terminator, Wall Street, and True Romance. In recent years, he has appeared in the television series, Ray Donovan and The Last Ship.
Ashton is divorced from his first wife, actress Leslie Stefanson. He has two daughters from his second marriage, to actress Kym Malin.
General Info
Full Name
John Ashton
Height
1.83 m
Profession
Actor, Radio personality
Education
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nationality
American
Family
Spouse
Barbara Valentin, Bridget Ashton, Victoria Marie Runn
Accomplishments
Music Groups
The Psychedelic Furs
Nominations
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble
Movies
Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, Midnight Run, Gone Baby Gone, Some Kind of Wonderful, Uncle John, King Kong Lives, Little Big League, Meet the Deedles, Trapped in Paradise, Breaking Away, She's Having a Baby, Middle Men, The Deliberate Stranger, The Shooter, Instinct, Reign of the Gargoyles...
TV Shows
The Take, Reign of the Gargoyles, The Tommyknockers, Hardball, I Know My First Name Is Steven, Breaking Away
Won Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award 1973 for Supporting Actor as "Camille" in The Company of Angels production of "A Flea in Her Ear".
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Won Los Angeles Drama Logue Award 1981 for Outstanding Performance as "Lee" in The South Coast Repertory Theater production of "True West".
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Classmates at University of Southern California included John Ritter, Jack Bender.
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Although Mark Harmon became the focal point of NCIS (2003), Ashton was the first actor to play an NCIS agent on JAG (1995).
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Taking acting lessons from age 12, he made his professional stage debut at age 14 in a small role in a production of "Othello" at the Hartford Stage Company.
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Burly, balding character actor best known for his 80s detectives in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Midnight Run (1988).
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While appearing with a touring theater troupe from USC, won scholarship to travel abroad in 1970 and appeared in 15 productions throughout Europe.
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Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and raised in Connecticut.
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Graduated University of Southern California School of Theatre. Among classmates were Bob Quinn.
