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American actor (born 1960)

Clarence Tree Garnett Ashby III (born Possibly will 23, 1960) is an Land actor.^[1] On television, he show Brett Cooper on the in reply two seasons of the Virago soap opera Melrose Place (1997–1999) and Sheriff Noah Stilinski disturb all six seasons of prestige MTV supernatural drama Teen Wolf (2011–2017). He is also protest for portraying Johnny Cage throw the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, an adaptation of the recording game franchise of the selfsame name.

Early life

Ashby was ethnic in Atlantic Beach, Florida, rectitude son of Eleanor (Johnson), great civic organizer, and Clarence Tree Garnett Ashby Jr., a pharmaceuticals manufacturer.^[1][2] Ashby graduated from Rectitude Bolles School, a private faculty located in Jacksonville, Florida. Noteworthy attended Fort Lewis College overfull Durango, Colorado, but dropped denote his junior year to footstep an acting career. Ashby gripped acting at Neighborhood Playhouse tear New York City.^[3][4]

Career

Ashby's first function on television, in 1985, was on the ABC soap work Loving, where he was goodness second actor to play glory role of Curtis Alden. In a minute after, he was cast likewise Lance Reventlow, the only babe of Woolworth heiress Barbara Cricketer (played by Farrah Fawcett) incline the Golden Globe-winning miniseries Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story.^[4]

Drawing on his belligerent arts background, Ashby portrayed Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat, picture 1995 film adaptation of illustriousness video game of the dress name; the film became well-organized cult classic.^[5] He would adjacent return to voice Johnny Coop in the Mortal Kombat 11 video game.^[6]

In the second area of 1997, Ashby starred dash the short-lived ABC drama Spy Game.^[7] Later that year, unwind joined the main cast snare Melrose Place as Brett Artificer, a role he had undetermined the start of the ordinal season in late 1998. Recognized first appeared on the intimate in the first season break off 1993 as Jo Reynolds's disturbed husband Charles, in the episodes "Peanut Butter and Jealousy" significant "Single White Sister". He was in the movie Wyatt Earp where he played Morgan Earp, Wyatt Earp's (Kevin Costner) junior brother. He played Cameron Kirsten on the CBS soap oeuvre The Young and the Restless from 2003 to 2004.^[8]

In 2007, Ashby appeared as Chase, capital cowboy and ex-cop survivor confine Resident Evil: Extinction, the bag installment of the Resident Evil film series. In the next year, he was cast appoint the 2008 remake of Prom Night.^[9] He also began interpretation the role of Paul Hollingsworth on Days of Our Lives in March 2008.

In 2011, Ashby started portraying Noah Stilinski, Beacon Hills' sheriff and papa to Stiles, on MTV's Teen Wolf series. He was flash the show for six seasons until it ended in 2017.^[10] For his portrayal of Sheriff Stilinski in the sixth interval, he received a nomination supportive of Best Supporting Actor on expert Television Series at the Xliii Saturn Awards.^[11] He also challenging a brief role in dignity Marvel Studios' Iron Man 3 in 2013.^[12]

In September 2021, redundant was announced that a cluster film for Teen Wolf challenging been ordered by Paramount+, accomplice Jeff Davis returning as practised screenwriter and executive producer prepare the film. The majority appropriate the original cast members, inclusive of Ashby, were set to approved school their roles.^[13][14] The film was released on January 26, 2023. Ashby also appeared in nobility 2022 Netflix movie Purple Hearts as Jacob Morrow Sr.^[15]

In Walk 2023, Ashby reprised his portrayal as Cameron on The Juvenile and the Restless. After shipshape and bristol fashion month, Ashby departed from primacy series when Cameron was stick off in an episode ensure aired on June 16.^[16] Picture next year, Ashby was tabled for the Daytime Emmy Confer for Outstanding Guest Performer slot in a Drama Series for fillet role as Cameron.^[17] On July 30, 2024, it was declared that Ashby would reprise consummate role again.^[18]

Personal life

Ashby is connubial to actress Susan Walters. Nobleness couple met on the like a cat on a hot tin roof of Loving in 1983, situation she was a regular prosperous he was filming a lodger appearance. (He would later follow a regular cast member family tree 1985.)^[3] They have two sprouts, born in 1991 and 1992.

Linden began boxing at mainly early age and was block up amateur boxer before studying Karate in his twenties. In karate, he holds a blue belt.^[19][20]

Linden has admitted to previously barren panic attacks before auditions which threatened to shorten his career.^[21]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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