Peter Ash (born 4 February 1985) is an English actor from Newton Heath, Greater Manchester who has starred in British television series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

He attended

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, Manchester.Chris O'Connell He first started acting in school plays and with local am dram theatre groups.

Career

His first TV acting role was in '' Blue Murder'' in 2003, which helped him land a bigger role in ''

'' later, playing Keith Jowell in six episodes. He was 18 when he started playing Darius Fry in ''

'', between 2003–2006. In 2005, he was in ''Street Trilogy'' at

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. He was a participant in the 2013–2015 UK tour of ''

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'', at

The Lowry The Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th-century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The complex ope ...

theatre. He has had guest appearances in ''The Street'' and ''The Royal''. In April 2018, he played

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's (Mollie Lambert) acquaintance Ron in

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soap opera, ''

''. In 2018, Ash appeared in ''

'', briefly portraying the character Paul Foreman,

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's ( Jack P. Shepherd) cellmate in Highfield Prison. In 2019, he returned to ''Coronation Street''. Paul was later revealed to be the estranged twin brother of

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(

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). He won 2020 National Television Award for Best Newcomer.

Personal life

He is a second cousin of fellow actor William Ash. In 2014, he was living in

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshir ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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