Asier Newman was born on July 28, 1980. At 17 he was scouted by a London modeling agency and appeared in adverts for Cadbury's and Heinz. Soon after Asier took on the stage name Ash Newman. At 18, Asier landed the part of 'Arlo Dean' in the Channel 5 soap Family Affairs opposite newcomer Manuela Velles and British/French screen legend Charlotte Rampling. This in turn brought Asier to the attention of the Oscar nominated and award winning director Sean Ellis, who cast him in his horror/thriller movie "The Broken" opposite Lena Headey as her brother.
Speaks fluent English and Spanish.
Has a younger brother called Xavier.
Is the youngest person to win the Best Actor Award at the New York Film Festival.
Played the lead character of Manni in the TV series Goal which was later made into the film trilogy Goal directed by Danny Cannon.
Asier is the first British born actor to appear in a Julio Medem movie.
He is good friends with the actress Tamsin Egerton after they worked together on the BAFTA winning series "Sir Gadabout" in 2003.
Asier dubs the voice of Jonathon Rhys Meyers in a new Hugo Boss TV ad.
His first name "Asier" means "The beginning of" in the Basque language, so his name means "The beginning of new man".
