# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ash
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:18:06.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ash"
name: "William Ash"
slug: "william-ash"
description: "William Ash is an English actor. He is known for roles in the television dramas Soldier Soldier (1993–1994), Where the Heart Is (1997–1998), Clocking Off (2001–2002), Waterloo Road (2009–2011), The Tunnel (2016–2017) and Emmerdale (2022–present). His film appearances include Mad About Mambo (2000) and Hush (2008)."
tagline: "English actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Ash_at_ITV_Studios_in_Leeds_in_2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.53
  momentum:             15.54970760233918
  historical:           7.027304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038673/"
    handle:    "nm0038673"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ash_(actor)"
    title: "William Ash (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "ویلیام اش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%A9_(%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%9F)"
    title: "ויליאם אש (שחקן)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ash_(akteur)"
    title: "William Ash (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A3%D8%B4"
    title: "وليم أش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "ويليام اش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ash_(actor)"
    title: "William Ash (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8004599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86044"
    title: "William Ash"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump