---
name: "Jack Ashton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-ashton"
fi1m_id: "jack-ashton"
imdb_id: "nm2088694"
tmdb_id: 1285714
wikidata_id: "Q45307301"
roles: []
born: "19 November 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T13:57:20.589807+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."
---

# Jack Ashton

## Identity

Jack Ashton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-ashton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-ashton
- **IMDb ID:** nm2088694
- **TMDB ID:** 1285714
- **Wikidata ID:** Q45307301
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ashton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45307301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2088694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285714

Actor. Born 19 November 1986 in Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 November 1986, Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ashton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45307301, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2088694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1285714

## Biography

Jack Ashton is a British actor. He trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London after studying performing arts at Filton College, and has worked in theatre, television, film and radio.

Ashton is best known for playing Reverend Tom Hereward in the BBC series *Call the Midwife* (2014–2018). His other television credits include *Waterloo Road* (2023) as Lenny Sampson, *Broadchurch* (2013) as Kevin Green, *McDonald & Dodds* (2020) as Jack Valentine, *The Chelsea Detective* (2022) as Toby Hansard, *Professor T* (2021) as Adam Bernard, and *Lockerbie: A Search for Truth* (2025) as Jonathan Dobson. Film roles include the lead in *Instrument of War* (2017) and Eddy's Dad in *Bad Apples* (2026).

On stage, he appeared in a Donmar Warehouse production of *A Streetcar Named Desire* (2009) and toured in *Strangers on a Train* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Bad Apples* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Eddy's Dad — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Toby Hansard — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Fi1m 80, as Tom Hereward — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Bad Apples* (2026), as Eddy's Dad — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)
- *Lockerbie: A Search for Truth* (2025), series, as Jonathan Dobson
- *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Lewis Garner
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, as Toby Hansard — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Professor T* (2021), series, as Adam Bernard
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Jack Valentine
- *Redemption* (2020), Second Assistant Camera
- *First* (2018), as Neil
- *Welcome to Curiosity* (2018), as Sean
- *Instrument of War* (2017), as Clair Cline
- *No Man Left Behind* (2016), series, as Chris Ryan
- *Vicious* (2013), series, as Theo
- *Broadchurch* (2013), series, as Kevin Green — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md)
- *8 Minutes Idle* (2012), as Ian
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Tom Hereward — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Mistresses* (2008), series, as Younger Man
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor

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