Damien Ashley
- Actor
- Stunts
- Writer
A North London, Middlesex Acting graduate with further extensive training at The Met Film school in Ealing Studios and
The William Palmer College. His work as an actor includes both stage and screen with fight choreography, fight performing, writing, directing and editing experience.
His training at The William Palmer college included the reading of classics from Greek Theatre such as Euripides and Sophocles, Shakespeare and moving on to Ibsen, Brecht and later to more contemporary playwrights such as Arthur Miller and David Mamet. Practitioners of particular interest during this period included Edward Gordon Craig and Steven Berkoff
During his 3 year Acting Degree at Middlesex, his personal focus shifted toward the study of movement with particular interest in Jacques Lecoq's approaches to the physical aspects of acting and how this had parallels with Bruce Lee's approach to Jeet Kune Do. He later went on to focus on Stella Adlers approach to 'The Method' and the differences between stage and screen acting.
During his time at The Met Film School at Ealing Studios, he focused again on screen acting and started to study the works of Anthony Hopkins, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams and Wesley Snipes.
He can be seen as one of main leads in the 2014 BFI entry '99% Certain' and as the lead in some of Director Mike Clarke's works for 2016 to 2024, including 'Love's Innocence Lost' (which received high praise from Film Critics in North America) and Karli (American title 'The Stranger') which picked up best horror at the Dead Northern Film Festival in 2023.
Damien has not been auditioning or seeking acting work since 2020, instead working as a school teacher due to personal reasons. Damien has however been able to participate in projects during term breaks (such as Mike Clarke's works) and will be returning to acting full time within the coming years.
In 2024, Damien joined the 'TAKA Strike Club' coaching team, under the guidance of Company Director and Coach Adrian Falconer, working on upcoming projects centred around Martial Arts choreography, Hip Hop, Stunts and movement related performance.
His training at The William Palmer college included the reading of classics from Greek Theatre such as Euripides and Sophocles, Shakespeare and moving on to Ibsen, Brecht and later to more contemporary playwrights such as Arthur Miller and David Mamet. Practitioners of particular interest during this period included Edward Gordon Craig and Steven Berkoff
During his 3 year Acting Degree at Middlesex, his personal focus shifted toward the study of movement with particular interest in Jacques Lecoq's approaches to the physical aspects of acting and how this had parallels with Bruce Lee's approach to Jeet Kune Do. He later went on to focus on Stella Adlers approach to 'The Method' and the differences between stage and screen acting.
During his time at The Met Film School at Ealing Studios, he focused again on screen acting and started to study the works of Anthony Hopkins, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams and Wesley Snipes.
He can be seen as one of main leads in the 2014 BFI entry '99% Certain' and as the lead in some of Director Mike Clarke's works for 2016 to 2024, including 'Love's Innocence Lost' (which received high praise from Film Critics in North America) and Karli (American title 'The Stranger') which picked up best horror at the Dead Northern Film Festival in 2023.
Damien has not been auditioning or seeking acting work since 2020, instead working as a school teacher due to personal reasons. Damien has however been able to participate in projects during term breaks (such as Mike Clarke's works) and will be returning to acting full time within the coming years.
In 2024, Damien joined the 'TAKA Strike Club' coaching team, under the guidance of Company Director and Coach Adrian Falconer, working on upcoming projects centred around Martial Arts choreography, Hip Hop, Stunts and movement related performance.
