Ashley Artus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ashley Artus

English film, television and theatre actor

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1971

Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Profession: actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ashley Artus

  • Ashley David Artus (born 28 January 1971) is an English film, television and theatre actor. Artus' stage work includes Sir Trevor Nunn's Skellig playing multiple characters but mainly as Coot at The Young Vic; Emcee in Cabaret, for which he received a Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards Best Actor nomination; as Robbie in the 1996 Royal Court production of Shopping and Fucking, a play by Mark Ravenhill; in Romeo and Juliet, directed by Neil Bartlett; with Sir Alan Bates at Chichester Festival Theatre in the world premiere of Fortune's Fool; in A Taste of Honey; and as Thenardier in Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Les MisĂ©rables(25th Anniversary New Production/International Tour). He has starred in the TV series Casualty series, which is the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world, playing Detective Inspector Berkeley, and also in Holby City, In Deep, Vexed and SunTrap (all for the BBC). His first movie was a small role in Judge Dredd (film) with Sylvester Stallone, playing Squatter 1.
  • Then The Wisdom of Crocodiles starring as the Gang Leader opposite Jude Law.
  • More recently he appeared as a “Death Eater” Walden McNair in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) which is the third highest-grossing film series to date. Other screen roles include: Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) alongside Dame Julie Walters, and Jim Broadbent playing Mr Marchmont in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy (1999) which went on to win 2 Oscar's, a BAFTA & several other awards including the Best Film Award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.
  • Also starred as Mick Foot in Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001). More recent work includes starring as Thenardier in the 25th Anniversary production of Les Miserables (musical)(2010), then as Thenardier (Touring cast) in Les MisĂ©rables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary at the O2 arena, and then as the Pawn Broker in the 2012 film version of Les MisĂ©rables (2012 film) directed by Tom Hooper and starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe & Anne Hathaway.
  • Artus is also appearing in the BBC's six-part series production of Les MisĂ©rables (2018 miniseries) (not the musical – the TV drama adapted from Victor Hugo's novel).
  • Due to air at the end of December 2018, starring Dominic West, Olivia Colman, Sir Derek Jacobi, Adeel Akhtar & David Oyelowo.
  • Les MisĂ©rables (2018 miniseries)

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