A graduate from the acclaimed Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) with a Masters Distinction in Performing Arts, Ashton is a Canadian born actor residing in London (UK). Since graduating he has worked extensively in theatre and film. He has starred in a handful of short films, several of which have been multiple award winners on the festival circuit. Credits include: Door of Lost Time; Still Young; Our Glorious Continent and Dearly Departed. Ashton has just wrapped his first feature with North Bank Entertainment: 'The Haunting of Margam Castle'. Recent theatre credits include: Falling in Love Again (King's Head Theatre), Alls Well That Ends Well (Oxford Shakespeare Company USA), Boudica (The Barn Theatre), The King in Yellow (The Lion and Unicorn) and The Frontier Trilogy (The Hen and Chickens). "Ashton Spear as Edward VIII gives a joyously regal interpretation of a monarch tortured by love, yet never really losing his majestic privilege...masterful." (The Review Chap)