Biography
Date of Birth
1 December 1981, Redding, California, USA
Birth Name
Ashley Ward Parker
Nickname
Ash
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Mini Biography
Born in Redding, California, Ashley spent his early years growing up in the rural back-country of Northern California. Drawn towards performing by the age of 5, he spent his entire childhood performing in musical and theater productions. As a young teenager, after being hired as a voice-actor in several Playstation roles playing games, he began taking private acting lessons.
One month after signing with a talent manager, he became a breakout star on the hit ABC series, "Making The Band" (2000)_. Overnight, Ashley became a teen-heart throb as a member of the multi-platinum group, O-Town - signed by legendary music mogul Clive Davis.
Ashley was the lead in the MTV series, "There & Back: Ashley Parker Angel" (2006)_, toured internationally and released his solo album, "Soundtrack to Your Life", on Universal Records. His single, "Let U Go", achieved the highest debut on Billboard's hot singles chart of any artist in 2006.
Desiring to focus on a career in acting, in early 2007, Ashley put his career as a successful recording artist on the back burner and accepted the lead role in "Hairspray" on Broadway. His performance earned him top reviews from both the New York Times and New York Post.
Building upon his successful run on Broadway, Ashley set his sights on a career in film and television. He starred in Sony's latest chapter of the "Wild Things" franchise and recently co-starred alongside Frankie Muniz in the family superhero comedy, Pizza Man (2011) - due out in 2011.
Trivia
Was engaged to model Tiffany Lynn Rowe from May 2004 to 2008.
Became a father for the 1st time at age 24 when his fiancée Tiffany Lynn Rowe gave birth their son Lyric Lennon Parker-Angel on August 11, 2005.
Sang "Name", by Goo Goo Dolls, at his high school.
Born the same day MTV was launched: August 1, 1981
His solo CD "Soundtrack To Your Life" debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 100
Member of O-Town.
Filmed the role of "Sam" in the remake of Wild Things: Foursome (2010). [July 2009]
Recording his second album, with O-Town, entitled "O2". [July 2002]
Starring on Broadway as "Link Larkin" in the popular show "Hairspray". [March 2007]
Filming new single "These Are The Days" [October 2002]
Filming reality series for MTV, "There & Back: Ashley Parker Angel" (2006)_, which follows him from broke pop star with a pregnant soon-to-be wife, to staging his comeback with a solo CD. [December 2005]
Quotes
Keep dreaming and believing and always push yourself to become more.
On son Lyric Angel "I get it. This is what everyone's talking about. It was such a rush holding him in my arms."
Maybe [I'm] a little vain sometimes. Too focused or 'into' what I'm concentrating on so that I have trouble deciphering the outside world.
[in a fake British accent] All I know is I quite fancy British girls. They've got a way about them. They make for quite smashing conversation.
O-Town's food of choice is cold cereal. Morning, noon, night.
Dude, I'm like totally emotionally weirded out.
I can't believe you called this early. [Erik-Michael Estrada: It's one o'clock, Ashley.]
First phone interview and you [Erik-Michael Estrada] hang up on her.
I cannot even believe that was the Beverly Hills Cop station. That's NUTS.
What was that? Oh my god! I'm getting out of this tub! Did you see the eruption of air that just came from Trevor's direction? Well, now that Trevor's broken the ice, we're going to leave...
[talking about if he'd ever dream O-Town would be so big] In my wildest dreams, maybe.
[on his favorite body part] Um, I don't know what to say. Um, I'm glad that I wasn't born with fat fingers. My mom always said I had piano player hands because I had long fingers and I could play lots of notes and stuff so, I like my hands.
I don't think it's third degree or anything like that, I've just never burnt my tongue that bad before.
I'm not stupid, (long pause), I'm just slow.
I understand about personal sacrifice. My dad told me if he ever saw me on TV he'd turn the channel. My dad does not support what I am doing. But because I feel like this is the right decision for me, I made the choice to do it.
I'm a social butterfly... a manly butterfly, that is.
Hey I'm 19... who wants to spank me?
I like girls who cook because I... don't know how.
I'm just the boy with the handsome blue eyes, leavin' all the girls hypnotized!
Trevor and I are the criers. We're the totally emotional ones.
I've got to tell you the truth. I love going to the mall. I love getting recognized. I love the fans. We don't call them fans anymore, we call they our friends. They know too much about us to just be fans. They've watched everything we've gone through on the show. They know about us personally. It's like, going to the mall, it's a blast. I love it. I love going to the mall!
What inspires me is the Arts, like music, acting, film because it's all so make-believe. It's magical. It makes your feelings so intense that you never forget those experiences! That what I like about it!
It was really weird. I woke up, there was literally a camera in my face. I only had boxers on I was like, 'Do I really wanna get out of bed in front of you?'
