John David Ashton (February 22, 1948) is an American actor best known for Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, and Midnight Run.

He was married to Victoria Marie Runn and Bridget Alison Baker, and has two children, one with Runn and one with Baker.

Film Roles

An Eye For An Eye as Sgt. Matthews
So Evil My Sister as Brock
My Fathers House as Sergeant (TV Movie)
Cat Murkil And The Silks as Coach Larkin
Oh, God! as Police Officer (Uncredited Role)
Breaking Away as Mike's Brother
Borderline as Charlie Monroe
Honky Tonk Freeway as Otto Kemper
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Highway Patrolman
Beverly Hills Cop as Sgt. Taggart
- Beverly Hills Cop II as Sgt. Taggart
Last Resort 1986 as Phil Cocoran
King Kong Lives as Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
Some Kind of Wonderful as Cliff Nelson
Shes Having A Baby as Ken
Midnight Run as Marvin Dorfler
I Want To Go Home as Harry Dempsey
Curly Sue as Frank Arnold (uncredited)
Little Big League as Mac Macnally
Trapped In Paradise as Ed Dawson
In The Living Years as Mike Donahue
Hidden Assassin as Alex Reed
For Which He Stands as District Attorney
Fast Money as Lt. Diego
Meet The Deedles as Capt. Douglas Pine
The Day Lincoln Was Shot as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (TV Movie)
Instinct as Guard Dacks
Avalanche as Kemp
Bills Gun Shop as Bill Voight
Sweet Deadly Dreams as Harry
Reign of the Gargoyles as Commander Latham (TV Movie)
Gone Baby Gone as Nick Poole
Middle Men as Morgan
Uncle John as John
The Neighborhood as Matt Krivinsky
The Joke Thief as Joseph Rogers
Once Upon A River as Smoke
The Last Big Save as Joseph Bird Sr.
Making A Deal With The Devil as FBI Director
My Little Baby as Sheriff Jackson
American Christmas as Rob

Television Roles