John Ashton

Biography: Gruff character actor John Ashton will never be out of work so long as screenwriters are in need of brusque authority figures in their plotlines. In films from 1977, Ashton first gained prominence as Dennis Quaid's brother in Breaking Away (1979), a role he repeated on the subsequent Breaking Away TV series of 1981 (with Tom Wiggin in Quaid's part). Ashton went on to portray the humorless detective Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cops films. In addition to his film work, John Ashton has been a regular on three TV series: the aforementioned Breaking Away, Dallas (1978-79 season) and Hardball (1989, again cast as a taciturn veteran cop).

John Ashton's Scores

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Average career score: 57
Highest Metascore: 91 Breaking Away
Lowest Metascore: 32 King Kong Lives
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
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Title: Year: Credit: User score:
53 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Jul 3, 2024 John Taggart / John Taggart 6.2
tbd Lonesome Soldier Nov 3, 2023 Macroberts tbd
tbd Death in Texas Jun 4, 2021 Asher / Asher tbd
72 Once Upon a River Sep 29, 2020 Smoke tbd
56 Uncle John Sep 18, 2015 John 7.7
60 Middle Men Aug 6, 2010 Morgan 7.7
72 Gone Baby Gone Oct 19, 2007 Nick Poole 7.7
43 Instinct Jun 4, 1999 Guard Dacks / Guard Dacks tbd
57 Little Big League Jun 29, 1994 Mac Macnally tbd
78 Midnight Run Jul 20, 1988 Marvin Dorfler / Marvin Dorfler 6.8
41 She's Having a Baby Feb 5, 1988 Ken / Ken tbd
46 Beverly Hills Cop II May 20, 1987 Det. Sgt. John Taggart 6.6
55 Some Kind of Wonderful Feb 27, 1987 Cliff Nelson 8.1
32 King Kong Lives Dec 19, 1986 Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt tbd
33 Last Resort Apr 1, 1986 Phil Cocoran tbd
66 Beverly Hills Cop Dec 5, 1984 Det. Sgt. John Taggart 8.4
91 Breaking Away Jul 20, 1979 Mike's Brother / Mike's Brother / Mike's Brother / Mike's Brother tbd

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