Background
Ashby was born in Atlantic Beach, Florida, the son of Eleanor (Johnson), a civic organizer, and Clarence Linden Garnett Ashby Junior., a pharmaceuticals manufacturer.
Ashby was born in Atlantic Beach, Florida, the son of Eleanor (Johnson), a civic organizer, and Clarence Linden Garnett Ashby Junior., a pharmaceuticals manufacturer.
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 New York
One of his first roles was 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 was on Melrose Place as Doctor Brett Cooper for one season in 1998. He first appeared on Melrose Place in the first season in 1993 as Jo"s husband Charles Reynolds, in the episodes "Peanut Butter and Jealousy" and "Single White Sister".
He was in the movie Wyatt Earp where he played Morgan Earp, Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) younger brother.
He played Cameron Kirsten on The Young and the Restless from 2003 to 2004. He also began playing the role of Paul Hollingsworth on Days of Our Lives in March 2008.