1. Matthew Ashford is known for playing the role of Jack Deveraux on the NBC Daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives.
52 Facts About Matthew Ashford
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Matthew Ashford is a producer on the series, which has won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Matthew Ashford's father was a civil engineer and his mother was an executive secretary.
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Matthew Ashford is the sixth of eight children, with three sisters and four brothers.
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Matthew Ashford's sisters got him involved in acting when they joined junior theater classes and workshops in Iowa, eventually bringing him along.
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Matthew Ashford's family moved from Iowa to Fairfax, Virginia when he was thirteen years old.
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Matthew Ashford attended Hayfield Secondary School, where he starred in school plays.
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Matthew Ashford stayed on the show until 1983, when the character of Drew was killed off.
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Matthew Ashford was cast on The Hamptons, a 1983 summer replacement series, but he had to turn down the job because he was still under contract with One Life to Live.
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Matthew Ashford joined a touring company production of The Member of the Wedding, co-starring with Esther Rolle.
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In 1984, Matthew Ashford was cast as Cagney McCleary on Search for Tomorrow.
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Matthew Ashford played the role until the show's cancellation in December 1986.
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In 1987, Matthew Ashford joined the cast of the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, playing Jack Deveraux.
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Matthew Ashford was paired romantically with Jennifer Horton.
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In 1989, Matthew Ashford won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain.
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Matthew Ashford played Jack Deveraux in the Days of Our Lives television film One Stormy Night.
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Matthew Ashford played Jack Deveraux in another Days of Our Lives television film, Night Sins.
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Matthew Ashford won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Comic Performance.
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Matthew Ashford was cast as Tom Hardy on General Hospital, first airing on February 17,1995.
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Matthew Ashford appeared in the science fiction film Species.
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Matthew Ashford left General Hospital in 1997 and guest starred on Pacific Blue.
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Matthew Ashford played Whitey in the romantic comedy film Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss.
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Matthew Ashford played Ron in the action film Paper Bullets.
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In December 2000, it was announced that Matthew Ashford would be returning to Days of Our Lives as Jack Deveraux.
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Matthew Ashford stayed on Days of Our Lives until October 2003, when Jack was murdered by a serial killer called The Salem Stalker.
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Matthew Ashford returned to One Life to Live on a recurring basis as a new character, Stephen Haver.
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Matthew Ashford left the show when the character was killed off in February 2004.
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In 2004, Matthew Ashford returned to Days of Our Lives when it was revealed that The Salem Stalker's victims, including Jack, were alive and being held captive on a tropical island.
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Matthew Ashford returned to Days of Our Lives for a short time in April 2007.
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In May 2007, Matthew Ashford played Mike in No Strings at the Freud Playhouse in Los Angeles.
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Matthew Ashford played Father Michael in the horror film Chronicles of an Exorcism.
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In July 2008, Matthew Ashford played Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh.
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Matthew Ashford began playing the role of Steve Jensen on the web series The Bay, co-starring with his former Days of Our Lives castmate Mary Beth Evans.
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Matthew Ashford is a producer on the series, which has received multiple Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Matthew Ashford appeared in the science fiction short film The Historian Paradox.
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Matthew Ashford returned to Days of Our Lives, first airing September 23,2011.
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Matthew Ashford was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Days.
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Matthew Ashford appeared on the web series Outside the Box.
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Matthew Ashford played Chris Valentine in the film Fuzz Track City.
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Matthew Ashford played Dr Stringer in the film Bad Blood.
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Matthew Ashford starred as Coach Loren DeJong in Winning Favor, a film based on the true story of a group of friends in Iowa who became basketball players.
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Matthew Ashford appeared in the television film The Good Mother.
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Matthew Ashford made another return as a ghost in December 2017.
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In 2017, Matthew Ashford was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for his work on The Bay.
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Matthew Ashford played Valentine in the action film The Fuzz.
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In November 2018, it was announced that Matthew Ashford would be returning to Days of Our Lives as a regular cast member.
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Matthew Ashford left Days of Our Lives in March 2023, but he returned on a recurring basis in 2024.
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Matthew Ashford met singer-actress Christina Saffran in 1985, when he auditioned for the World Peace Festival, a production she was choreographing.
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In 1998, their youngest daughter, Emma Matthew Ashford, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma.
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Matthew Ashford is healthy and working as an actress.
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Matthew Ashford's father was born in Canada, which made him and his siblings eligible to become Canadians without relinquishing their American citizenship.
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Matthew Ashford met actress Lana Buss when they played the title roles in a stage production of Antony and Cleopatra in 2011.