Ashley Dowds started out in Durban, with The Playhouse theatre (NAPAC) as an ad hoc Loft Company member.  He moved to Johannesburg in the late nineties and into TV as a continuity presenter on SABC, as well as shows such as LifeStyle Matters, Going Nowhere Slowly and the Home Channel design show. He currently works as an actor on stage, in TV and Film, and as a commercial voice artist.