After graduating from Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida, Ashby took a degree in psychology and business administration at Fort Lewis College in Durango in the state of Colorado, and then moved to New York where he took drama classes in the Neighborhood Playhouse. Early in his career he took part in the soap opera Loving, and an episode of MacGyver, also got a small role in the 1990 movie Mr. & Mrs. Bridge with Paul Newman and again in 1990 he starred in the independent film The queen of hell alongside Karen Black.
1976年12月28日出生于美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡，1995年毕业于Mt. Lebanon School District中学，而后上过开耐基·梅隆大学。出演过蜘蛛侠，在《深入敌后3：哥伦比亚》中也有精彩表演，带领特种队员部下，突出重围，最后取得战斗胜利。
