Matthew Ashford Biography
Matthew Nile Ashford is an American actor best known for the role of Jack Deveraux on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.In addition to his long-time role on Days of Our Lives, he had regular roles on One Life to Live, General Hospital, and the WB supernatural teen series Charmed.
Age|How Old Is Ashford?
He is born on 29th January 1960 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. Ashford is 63 years as of the year 2023. He is the sixth of eight children, with four brothers and three sisters.
Height
He has a standing height of 1.85 m
Matthew Ashford Marriage
Ashford married singer-actress Christina Saffran Ashford on June 6, 1987, but have since divorced. They have two daughters, Grace who was born June 1992 and Emma was born in 1997. In 1997, four-month-old Emma was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood eye cancer, Retinoblastoma.
Education
Matthew attended Hayfield High and continued to involve himself in local theatre as well as school productions. After graduation, Matthew attended the highly accredited North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem.
During the summer months, he and a friend worked as street performers in Myrtle Beach, Soon after graduating from NC School of the Arts, in 1982, with a B.F.A. in Theatre, he followed his star to New York City.
Matthew Ashford Career
After graduation, Ashford moved to New York City, where he was cast as Drew Ralston on One Life to Live, a role he played from 1982 to 1983.
He also appeared on Search for Tomorrow as Cagney McCleary from 1984 to 1986, as Tom Hardy Sr. on General Hospital from 1995 to 1997, and the serial killer Dr. Stephen Haver on One Life to Live from 2003 to 2004 and also played Roger in WB hit series Charmed.
Matthew Ashford Awards
Matthew Ashford Wins the 1989 Soap Opera Award for Outstanding Villain. 2012 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Days of Our Lives) – Nomination.1993 Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Comic Performance (Days of Our Lives)
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