Linden Ashby

Clarence Linden Garnett Ashby III (born May 23, 1960) is an American actor. Ashby graduated from The Bolles School, a private school located in Jacksonville, Florida. He attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, but dropped out his junior year to pursue an acting career. Ashby studied acting at Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.

Career Ashby's first role on television, in 1985, was on the ABC soap opera Loving, where he was the second actor to play the role of Curtis Alden. Soon after, he was cast as Lance Reventlow, the only son of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton (played by Farrah Fawcett) in the Golden Globe-winning miniseries Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story. He would later return to voice Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat 11 video game.

In the second quarter of 1997, Ashby starred in the short-lived ABC drama Spy Game. Later that year, he joined the main cast of Melrose Place as Brett Cooper, a role he had until the start of the seventh season in late 1998. He first appeared on the show in the first season in 1993 as Jo Reynolds's estranged husband Charles, in the episodes "Single White Sister" and "Peanut Butter and Jealousy". He was in the movie Wyatt Earp where he played Morgan Earp, Wyatt Earp's (Kevin Costner) younger brother. He played Cameron Kirsten on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2003 to 2004.

In 2007, Ashby appeared as Chase, a cowboy and ex-cop survivor in Resident Evil: Extinction, the third installment of the Resident Evil film series. In the following year, he was cast in the 2008 remake of Prom Night. He also began playing the role of Paul Hollingsworth on Days of Our Lives in March 2008.

In 2011, Ashby started portraying Noah Stilinski, Beacon Hills' sheriff and father to Stiles, on MTV's Teen Wolf series. He was in the show for six seasons until it ended in 2017. For his portrayal of Sheriff Stilinski in the sixth season, he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series at the 43rd Saturn Awards. He also had a brief role in the Marvel Studios' Iron Man 3 in 2013.

In September 2021, it was announced that a reunion film for Teen Wolf had been ordered by Paramount+, with Jeff Davis returning as a screenwriter and executive producer of the film. The majority of the original cast members, including Ashby, were set to reprise their roles. The film was released on January 26, 2023. Ashby also appeared in the 2022 Netflix movie Purple Hearts as Jacob Morrow Sr.

In May 2023, Ashby reprised his role as Cameron on The Young and the Restless. After a month, Ashby departed from the series when Cameron was killed off in an episode that aired on June 16. The next year, Ashby was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for his role as Cameron. On July 30, 2024, it was announced that Ashby would reprise his role again.

Personal life Ashby is married to actress Susan Walters. The couple met on the set of Loving in 1983, where she was a regular and he was filming a guest appearance. (He would later become a regular cast member in 1985.) They have two daughters, born in 1991 and 1992.

Linden began boxing at an early age and was an amateur boxer before studying Karate in his twenties. In karate, he holds a blue belt.

Linden has admitted to previously suffering panic attacks before auditions which threatened to shorten his career.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1990 Night Angel Craig 1992 Into the Sun "Dragon" Inside Out III Jerry Van Anthony Segment: "Tang Martin Hudson" 1994 Wyatt Earp Morgan Earp 8 Seconds Martin Hudson 1995 Mortal Kombat Johnny Cage 1996 Cadillac Ranch Beau 1997 Blast Jack Bryant 1998 Shelter Jimmy Parker 1999 Time of Her Time Sergius O'Shaughnessy Judgment Day David Corbett Direct-to-video 2000 Dangerous Attraction Neil / Dan Paterson Tick Tock Travis Brewer 2001 Facing the Enemy Griffin "Griff" McCleary 2002 Fits and Starts Whacked! Bolen 2003 The Company You Keep Harry A Woman Hunted Webster Shrink Rap Brian 2005 Sub Zero Soloman Davis 2007 Plot 7 Richard McCarthy Resident Evil: Extinction Chase 2008 Prom Night Jack Turner Impact Point Adams 2009 Against the Dark Cross Direct-to-video National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year Vance Wilder Sr. Direct-to-video Hunger Grant Direct-to-video The Joneses Golfer 3 2013 Iron Man 3 Commander 2016 Beta Test Andrew Kincaid 2022 Purple Hearts Jacob Morrow Sr. 2023 Teen Wolf: The Movie Noah Stilinski

Television Year Title Role Notes 1983 Loving Curtis Alden #4 1987 1st & Ten Mike Cooper Episode: "Blood on Blood" Werewolf Victim #2 in VW Episode: "Werewolf" Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story Lance Reventlow (adult) Television film 1989 China Beach Phillip Episode: "The World: Part 2" 1989–1991 Adam-12 Honeycutt Main role 1990 Hardball Episode: "A Killer Date" MacGyver Brett Reynolds Episode: "Twenty Questions" 1991 Equal Justice Charles Episode: "Sleeping with the Enemy" The Perfect Bride Ted Television film 1992 Fifteenth Phase of the Moon Jason Television film 1993 New Year Jimi Hartman Television film Melrose Place Charles Reynolds Episodes: "Single White Sister", "Peanut Butter and Jealousy" 1994 Green Dolphin Beat Dave Henderson Television film 1997–1998 Melrose Place Brett "Coop" Cooper Main role (season 6) 1996 Dark Angel Harry Foley Television film 1997 The Beneficiary Jimmy Price Television film Spy Game Lorne Cash Main role 1998 The Lake Jeff Chapman Television film Beauty Mark Kramer Television film Love Boat: The Next Wave Joe Spenser Episode: "Bermuda Triangle Episode" Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery Blair Bainbridge Television film 1999 Where the Truth Lies Carter Tamiran Television film 2000 The War Next Door Kennedy Smith Main role 2001 The Agency Episode: "A Slight Case of Anthrax" 2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Drew Wolf Episode: "A Little Murder" Sniper 2 Dan McKenna Television film 2003–2004, 2023–2025 The Young and the Restless Cameron Kirsten 55 episodes 2004 Wild Things 2 Michael Morrison Television film 2005 Wild Things: Diamonds in the RoughMichael Morrison Television film A Killer Upstairs Lyle Banner Television film CSI: Miami Steven Hardy Episode: "Three-Way" 2005, 2007 Eyes Michael Tobin Episodes: "Shots", "Police" 2006 Maid of Honor Richard Wynn Television film Last Exit Scott Burke Television film The Rival George Miller Television film 2007 My Neighbor's Keeper Mike Harding Television film 2008 Dead at 17 Curt Masterson Television film Days of Our Lives Paul Hollingsworth Recurring role 2009 Anacondas: Trail of Blood Jackson Television film Army Wives Koe Episode: Shrapnel and Alibis Stripped Naked Howie Television film Drop Dead Diva Parker Wellner Episode: "Pilot" 2010 Accused at 17 Reeder Television film (Lifetime) The Gates Ben McAllister Recurring role 2011 Mean Girls 2 Rod Mitchell Television film 2011–2017 Teen Wolf Noah Stilinski Recurring role (seasons 1–5); main role (season 6); director (episode: "Face-to-Faceless") 2011 Franklin & Bash Evan Porter Episode: "Pilot" Field of Vision Ron Dixon Television film 2012–2013 Army Wives Dan Seaver Recurring role (seasons 6–7) 2012 Gabe the Cupid Dog Jerry Television film 2013 The Perfect Boss Cameron Finney Television film 2017 Lifeline Grundy Recurring role 2018 A Daughter's Revenge David Spencer Television film 2019–2020 Trinkets Whit Foster Recurring role 2020 Escaping My Stalker Larry Television film; also director NCIS: New Orleans Tony Hicks Episode: "Pride and Prejudice"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2020 Mortal Kombat 11 Johnny Cage ("Hollywood Kombatant") Voice and physical likeness; appears as downloadable content

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2005 Soap Opera Digest Awards Favorite Villain The Young and the Restless 2013 World Music & Independent Film Festival Awards Best Lead Actor in a Short Film Grape 2017 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series Teen Wolf 2024 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series The Young and the Restless 2025 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series The Young and the Restless