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John Ashton


John Ashton

Geburtstag:

02/22/1948

Geburtsort:

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA:

Biografie:

John David Ashton (22. Februar 1948 – 26. September 2024) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, der vor allem für seine Rolle als Sergeant John Taggart in den erfolgreichen Actionkomödien „Beverly Hills Cop“ (1984), „Beverly Hills Cop II“ (1987) und „Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F“ (2025) bekannt ist, in denen er an der Seite von Eddie Murphy spielte. Geboren in Springfield, Massachusetts, entdeckte Ashton schon früh seine Leidenschaft für die Schauspielerei und besuchte später die Theaterhochschule der University of Southern California. Neben seiner ikonischen Rolle in der „Beverly Hills Cop“-Reihe wirkte Ashton im Laufe seiner Karriere in zahlreichen Filmen und Fernsehserien mit. Zu seinen bemerkenswertesten Filmauftritten zählt „Midnight Run“ (1988) an der Seite von Robert De Niro, in dem er den Kopfgeldjäger Marvin Dorfler verkörperte. Im Fernsehen hatte Ashton Gastauftritte in beliebten Serien wie „Columbo“, „M*A*S*H“ und „Das A-Team“. Ashtons Darbietungen zeichnen sich oft durch seine Fähigkeit aus, Humor und Härte in Einklang zu bringen, was ihn zu einem beliebten Charakterdarsteller macht, insbesondere in Rollen, die seinen Jedermann-Charme und seine starke Leinwandpräsenz hervorheben.



Credits

All Happy Families (2024)
as Roy Landry
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
as Chief John Taggart
BRATS (2024)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lonesome Soldier (2023)
as Macroberts
Death in Texas (2022)
as Asher
American Christmas (2019)
as Rob
Making a Deal with the Devil (2019)
as FBI Director
The Last Big Save (2019)
as Joseph Bird Sr.
Once Upon a River (2019)
as
The Joke Thief (2018)
as Joseph Rogers
Uncle John (2015)
as Uncle John
A Letter to Dad (2009)
as Mike Donahue
Middle Men (2009)
as Morgan
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
as Nick Poole
Reign of the Gargoyles (2007)
as Commander Latham
Bill's Gun Shop (2001)
as Bill Voight
Escape from Alaska (1999)
as Kemp
Instinct (1999)
as Guard Dacks
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)
as Ulysses S. Grant
Meet the Deedles (1998)
as Capt. Douglas Pine
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997)
as Peter Bryant
Fast Money (1996)
as Lt. Diego
For Which He Stands (1996)
as District Attorney
The Shooter (1995)
as Alex Reed
Condition Red (1995)
as Deputy Warden
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
as Ed Dawson
Little Big League (1994)
as Mac MacNally
Dirty Work (1992)
as Eddie Ryan
Curly Sue (1991)
as Frank Arnold
I Want to Go Home (1989)
as Harry Dempsey
Midnight Run (1988)
as Marvin Dorfler, Headhunter
She's Having a Baby (1988)
as Ken
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
as John Taggart
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
as Cliff Nelson
King Kong Lives (1986)
as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
as Det. Roger Dunn
Last Resort (1986)
as Phil Cocoran
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
as Sgt. Taggart
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
as Highway Patrolman
Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984)
as Cash Hunt
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
as Otto Kemper
Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
as Jake
Borderline (1980)
as Charlie Monroe
Lawman Without a Gun (1979)
as 1st State Trooper
Breaking Away (1979)
as Mike's Brother
The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands (1978)
as Orville
Oh, God! (1977)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976)
as Coach Larkin
My Father's House (1975)
as Sergeant
Psycho Sisters (1974)
as Brock
An Eye for an Eye (1973)
as Sgt. Matthews
Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2 ()
as Judge Nathan Rivers