---
name: "Bashy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ashley-thomas"
fi1m_id: "ashley-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0858500"
tmdb_id: 1636813
wikidata_id: "Q809980"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 February 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:07:45.963998+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bashy

## Identity

Bashy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ashley-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ashley-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0858500
- **TMDB ID:** 1636813
- **Wikidata ID:** Q809980
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809980, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1636813

Actor. Born 4 February 1985 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 February 1985, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** Ashley Thomas, Ashley Bashy Thomas, 艾胥利·托馬斯
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809980, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1636813

## Coming up

- *National Theatre at Home: The Story* (2026-12-01), as Neil

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hostage*](https://film.one/tv/hostage.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ashley Thomas, also known by his stage name Bashy, is a British actor and rapper. He trained at the BRIT School for Performing Arts in London and began his screen career in independent films including *Shank* (2010) and *4.3.2.1.* (2010).

His television roles include appearances in *Black Mirror* (2011), *Top Boy* (2013–2019), *The Night Of* (2016), *Them* (2021), *Great Expectations* (2023) and *The Serpent Queen* (2024). In 2025 he played Dr Alex Anderson in the Netflix series *Hostage*. As a musician he released the album *Being Poor is Expensive* in 2024, which won two MOBO Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, marieclaire.com, radiotimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hostage* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Dr Alex Anderson — [page](https://film.one/tv/hostage.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, as Judge Wraith — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Theatre at Home: The Story* (2026), as Neil
- *Hostage* (2025), series, as Dr Alex Anderson — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/hostage.md)
- *In Flight* (2025), series, as Dom
- *Black Cake* (2023), series, as Byron
- *Great Expectations* (2023), series, as Jaggers
- *The Serpent Queen* (2022), series, as Alessandro de Medici
- *The Ipcress File* (2022), series, as Paul Maddox
- *Them* (2021), series, as Henry Emory
- *Top Boy* (2019), series, as Jermaine
- *Skin* (2019), as Jaydee
- *Kill Ben Lyk* (2018), as Charming Ben Lyk
- *Been So Long* (2018), as Wendell
- *Salvation* (2017), series, as Alonzo Carver
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Dominic Quinn
- *24: Legacy* (2017), series, as Isaac Carter
- *Ice* (2016), series, as Malcolm Rose
- *100 Streets* (2016), as Jules
- *Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives* (2016), as Othello
- *Brotherhood* (2016), as Calvin
- *The Night Of* (2016), series, as Calvin Hart — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)
- *Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands* (2016), series, as Gil
- *The Interceptor* (2015), series, as Dexter Blair
- *At First Sight* (2013), as Ezra
- *Shady Lady* (2012), Musician
- *Cockneys vs Zombies* (2012), as Mental Mickey
- *The Man Inside* (2012), as Clayton Murdoch
- *My Brother the Devil* (2012), as Lenny
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Judge Wraith — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Big Fat Gypsy Gangster* (2011), as Bubba Joe
- *The Estate* (2011), as Doug's Henchman
- *The Veteran* (2011), as Tyrone Jones
- *Gorillaz: Plastic Beach Live at La Musicale* (2010), Actor
- *Shank* (2010), as Rager · Music Supervisor
- *4.3.2.1* (2010), as Smoothy
- *Freestyle* (2010), as Freestyle Competition Judge · Music Supervisor
- *Adulthood* (2008), as Songs

## Gallery

- ![Bashy](https://film.one/media/person/40351/gallery-47c6b4c16e3c.jpg) Bashy — AshleyxBashy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Thomas_at_the_MOBO_Awards_in_2025_Newcastle%2C_UK.jpg/1280px-Thomas_at_the_MOBO_Awards_in_2025_Newcastle%2C_UK.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bashy](https://film.one/media/person/40351/gallery-392366c19437.jpg) Bashy — Image via TMDB
- ![Bashy](https://film.one/media/person/40351/gallery-dc1eee7827e4.jpg) Bashy — Image via TMDB
- ![Bashy](https://film.one/media/person/40351/gallery-61b68e97879d.jpg) Bashy — Image via TMDB
- ![Bashy](https://film.one/media/person/40351/gallery-24d0c39dce28.jpg) Bashy — Image via TMDB

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