Ash MorganPlayed by Robert Glenister
The team's 'fixer', responsible for setting up the locations, people and items needed to convince the mark of the con's legitimacy. Morgan is portrayed as an exceptional all-round grifter who can turn his hand to any job, and is seen at various points acquiring vast amounts of foreign currency, rigging sophisticated security systems, and impersonating everyone from an oil consultant to the American ambasador to the United Kingdom. The first episode of series one introduces Morgan working 'The Flop': deliberately stepping in front of a moving car and passing off an old skull fracture obtained in a bar brawl as a fresh injury, in order to make an insurance claim. He is the only character to have appeared in every episode of the show. |
"Whatever you want, Ash Morgan will find it. He got a skull fracture in a bar room brawl ten years ago, uses it to work The Flop…"
As the "fixer" it is Ash's role to ensure that anything the team needs to carry out a con, the team gets. He possesses considerable technical expertise and knowledge and can hack into CCTV systems, security systems, phone lines and computer servers. He is also tasked with building websites to convince marks of the legitimacy of any fake business the team have created, and will fabricate any props and equipment small electronic gadgets such as bugs and phone taps. His failures are few and cause his friends some surprise when they occur; one was an attempt to bypass an impossible anti-theft system for paintings, another was when signing a contract to sell a race horse, he failed to see that the mark had inserted a clause that only 10k would be paid upfront and another 90k after the horse had won its first race. The team also rely on him and his vast number of contacts to supply them with anything they need, from fake IDs and forged items to cars and hotel rooms. 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 anywhere, whereas Ash got hold of them in a very short period of time and felt insulted that Danny even asked if it could be done at such notice.
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