Ash Williams

Ash Williams
Evil Dead character
Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams in Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
First appearance	The Evil Dead
Created by	Sam Raimi
Portrayed by	Bruce Campbell
Voiced by	Bruce Campbell Danny Webber (Poker Night 2)
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Houseware clerk at S-Mart and Value Stop Deadite hunter Exorcist
Family	Cheryl Williams (sister) Brock Williams (father)
Significant other(s)	Linda (The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2) Sheila (Army of Darkness and comics series) Jenny (video game) Amanda (Ash vs Evil Dead)

Ashley James "Ash" Williams is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Evil Dead franchise. Created by Sam Raimi, he is portrayed by Bruce Campbell and is the only character to appear in each entry of the series, including an after-credits scene appearance for the remake-continuation film. Throughout the series, Ash has to face off against his loved ones inside an abandoned cabin as they are possessed by "deadites", the evil souls of the dead. In 2008, Ash was selected by Empire magazine as the 24th greatest movie character of all time, and in 2013, was voted by Empire as the greatest horror movie character ever.

As well as appearances in the films, Ash has been featured in various comic book series and video games.

In The Evil Dead, Ash and his girlfriend Linda, sister Cheryl, and friends Scott and Shelly stay at a log cabin in the woods, where they find the "Naturon Demonto" (renamed or possibly translated to Necronomicon Ex-Mortis in the sequels), the "Book of the Dead", along with a tape recorder. The tape is a recording made by the cabin's owner Professor Knowby, who was translating a passage of the book. By playing the tape, the group unknowingly awaken the Kandarian Demon (the titular "Evil Dead") which can possess the living. They are possessed and killed one by one, until only Ash remains. He finally destroys the Necronomicon by throwing it in the fireplace, and in doing so causes the possessed bodies of Scott and Cheryl to rapidly decay and "die". However, the film ends with Ash being attacked or possibly overtaken by the Kandarian Demon.

Evil Dead II continues the story from the previous film, after an alternate recap, where within a few minutes we see Ash and Linda go to the same cabin. Ash finds a reel to reel player and plays the tape. He releases the evil spirits and Linda gets possessed. Ash decapitates her with a shovel and buries her. Then the evil chases Ash through the cabin and attacks Ash (just like the end of the first film). From this point, the film continues the story from where the first film left off. Carried a good distance by the demon, Ash is slammed against a tree and falls in a puddle of water; he becomes a deadite, but shortly afterwards is released from the spirit by the light of dawn, only to pass out. Ash regains consciousness moments before sunset. Deciding to get out of there as fast as he can, he climbs into his car and drives to where the bridge was, only to find it completely destroyed by the evil force. As the sun quickly sets, said force starts climbing up the cliff, and Ash hops into his car, driving away as fast as he can and as a result, crashing right into a tree stump that sends him flying through the windshield.