Ashworth's film credits include King of the Wind, Force 10 from Navarone, Tess, Krull and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
On television, Ashworth played Alan Partridge in Brookside from 1983 to 1984, Jeff Horton in Coronation Street from 1992 to 2000 and Duke Woods in Emmerdale from 2007 to 2008.
Other television credits include Grange Hill, Juliet Bravo, Minder, Blake's 7, The Chinese Detective, Doctor Who, C.A.T.S.
Eyes, The Bill, Boon, Inspector Morse, Dangerfield, Keeping Up Appearances, The Thin Blue Line, Heartbeat and Where the Heart Is.
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