Ashton Holmes is an American actor of film and television and a former soap opera actor. Ashton Holmes is best known for the role in A History of Violence and miniseries The Pacific.

He was born in New York. At a young age he began taking acting lessons. He attended The Albany Academy. Ashton Holmes was also lead singer for the band Method of Groove.

During his senior year of high school, he attended the intern program of the New York State Theater Institute.