Starring in the TV series My Lady Jane and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, the 33-year-old Henry Ashton paved his acting career late in life.
Key Takeaways
- Henry Ashton, at 33 years of age, has been on the screen with hit series back-to-back.
- He wandered around doing jobs for 10 years before starting his acting school in Glasgow.
- Ashton believes his family and friends are his biggest supporters, helping him get into the acting career despite his age.
Henry Ashton, born on February 10, 1991, has created a remarkable journey with two major shows released within days.
Growing up in Buckinghamshire, Henry found his love for acting and graduated high school from Mill Field School in 2009.
After high school, he moved to London for work instead of continuing to pursue his acting career.
The actor worked in retail, hospitality, music, and random jobs for a decade before his burning desire to act outweighed.
He then started his acting school journey at the age of 28 after getting into The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Moving to Glasgow for the next 4 years, the actor graduated in 2022, aged 32.
With Ashton picking up an agent towards the end of his studies, he got a job offer right off the bat in “Outlander.“
Right after Outlander, Ashton got his roles in “My Lady Jane” and “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.”
Henry, however, explains his parents and closest kin as his biggest support system time and again during interviews:
“I don’t think many parents would be so happy that their son quit their paying job to pursue the most highly competitive, hard-to-make-a-living job, but as soon as I told them I wanted to do it, they were 100 percent behind me and that made a huge difference. My friends have always inspired me to pursue the things that I love”
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While Aston is undoubtedly a great versatile actor, his vastly different character portrayals in recent works demonstrate this.
In the TV adaptation of the fantasy novel, My Lady Jane, Ashton plays Lord Stan Dudley, a charming character
However, he also plays the devious Max Hastings in the murder mystery A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
Such versatile acting skills are evident that Aston has a long-listed success waiting for him in the near future.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Aston is currently dating singer and model Emily Rose Best.
- Aston’s parents divorced each other at an early age, leaving him with his autistic brother William and his father, whom he adores.
