Biography

Ashley O'Connell is a professional actor. He was born in Dublin, Ireland and currently resides in Vancouver, Canada. He is a citizen of both Ireland (EU) and Canada.

His first acting training was in late 1991 when he completed a Basic Acting Course at Andrews Lane Acting School in Dublin.

Ashley went to University College Dublin (UCD), where he was heavily involved in the UCD Drama Society (Dramsoc), performing, stage managing, writing and directing in over 30 different theatre productions from 1992-1997. He achieved a BA in English & History in 1996 and an MA in History in 1997/8.

Ashley did reserve service with the Irish Army Reserve (FCA) from 1993-1999 and as an officer with the Canadian Army Reserve (2009-2013). He also worked as a continuity announcer on Irish national television (RTE) from 1996-1997 and took part in several theatrical productions in Dublin.

From 2000-2003, he lived and worked in Fukushima, Japan. After that, he decided to pursue acting professionally and moved to Vancouver, Canada to complete a BFA in Acting at UBC. He graduated in 2006 and since then has been a fairly regular presence on Vancouver and Canadian stages, and indeed on TV screens as well.

Ashley has been nominated for the Vancouver professional theatre Jessie Richardson Awards 4 times - 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019 - winning the award in 2017. He also achieved the Sir Edmund Kean Sword Award at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in 2022.

He is a massive Manchester United fan (despite the last few years!!), as well as being a huge fan of soccer generally and of all things fantasy, sci-fi, history, and gaming-related. He voices audiobooks, acts in numerous productions, writes things, provides dialect coaching and teaches World Cinema at Alexander College, and Critical Thinking, World Civilzation, Rhetoric, and Speech Communication at LaSalle College Vancouver.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ashley O'Connell

Won the Sir Edmund Kean Sword Award at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in 2022. This award is given to members of the company who have made an outstanding contribution to the festival, in terms of their commitment, quality of work and company spirit.

Lived in Davis, Californa for a year, where he was a member of the Valley Oak Elementary School Jazzercise team.

Ghost-wrote a book titled 'From Zero to Marathon' in 2022.