Date of Birth: February 7, 1978
Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Height: 6'3"
Ashton majored in biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa. He dropped out to pursue modeling.
He travelled all over the world to model for magazines and on the runway for many top designers such as Versace, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein.
He is known for his roles in the movie "Dude Where's My Car?" as Jesse, and on the hit TV series "That 70's Show" as Kelso.
Ashton's highly anticipated new movie "Texas Rangers", also starring James Van Der Beek and Rachel Leigh Cook, will be in theatres November 30, 2001. He is also currently filming a movie called "The Guest", directed by David Zucker. Ashton plays a man who is asked to housesit for his boss.