Ashley Morgan (Hustle)

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Ashley Morgan
First appearance	The Con is On
Portrayed by	Robert Glenister
Episode count	24
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Grifter

Ashley Morgan is a character in the popular BBC television series Hustle. He is played by Robert Glenister.

Ashley Morgan, known as Ash to his own crew and “Three Socks” Morgan to the wider grifting circle. The nickname “Three-socks” originating from his first trip to the showers while in prison. This suggests he is hung rather well as his third leg is so long it requires an extra sock! His term and sentence are unknown.

Ash is the team’s Fixer. He specialises in enabling the team to pull off the cons. Ash is the master of all things technical, he can hack CCTV, security systems and build websites to convince marks of the legitimacy of any fake business they need to create. The team rely on him and his vast number of contacts within the grifter community to supply them with anything they need, from fake ID’s and forged items to cop cars and hotel rooms. If the crew need it, Ash will get it. In Series 4, the gang needed £30,000 worth in Rubles in order to con a caviar shop owner. The mark was having trouble getting that amount of Rubles anywhere. Ash managed to get hold of them in a very short period of time. He felt insulted that Danny even asked if it could be done in the timeframe.

When Mickey was in jail Ash ran short cons. Using a skull fracture he obtained in a bar room brawl 10 years before the start of Season One to play a con known as "The Flop". He waits on the pavement for a driver that's not paying attention to the road, steps on front of the car, gets hit and acts badly injured. When he gets to hospital, the x-ray shows the fracture and the insurance pays out. His ex-wife also used to do this con but due to all that time being hit by cars she has suffered brain damage. Ash gives a lot of his earnings to funding her treatment. When the gang heard about this they decided to all contribute to her medical expenses.

v • d • e Hustle Characters Michael Stone • Danny Blue • Stacie Monroe • Ash Morgan • Albert Stroller • Billy Bond Episodes The Con is On • Faking It • Picture Perfect • Cops and Robbers • A Touch of Class • The Last Gamble • Gold Mine • Confessions • The Lesson • Missions • Old Acquaintance • Eye of the Beholder • Be My Eminem • Leader of the Pack • Whittaker Our Way Out • The Bollywood Con • Royal Scoop • The Ghost • As One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, One Flew In • Signing Up to the Wealth • Getting Even • A Designer's Paradise • Conning the Artists • Big Daddy Calling Related Programmes The Real Hustle • The Sting