Aaron Ashmore
Ashmore in 2015
Born
Aaron Richard Ashmore[1]

(1979-10-07) October 7, 1979
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Zoë Kate
​
(m. 2014)​
Children2
RelativesShawn Ashmore (twin brother)

Aaron Richard Ashmore (born October 7, 1979[2]) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles on American television series such as Jimmy Olsen on Smallville, Steve Jinks on Warehouse 13 and Johnny Jaqobis on the Canadian television series Killjoys. He is the identical twin brother of actor Shawn Ashmore.

Career

Ashmore is known for playing Marc Hall in Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story. Since then, he has appeared in the films Safe, A Separate Peace, and A Bear Named Winnie. He has also had guest roles on television shows such as The Eleventh Hour, The West Wing, and 1-800-Missing. Ashmore played the recurring role of Troy Vandegraff on the UPN television series Veronica Mars, as well as the role of Agent Steve Jinks on the Syfy show Warehouse 13.

He was cast as Jimmy Olsen for the sixth season of Smallville on the WB television network and continued to play him into its eighth season.[3] Two years after leaving the show, Ashmore returned to play his character's younger brother on the series finale. Ashmore's twin brother Shawn appeared on Smallville in earlier seasons, and he was offered the role of Jimmy Olsen by director Bryan Singer in Superman Returns before Sam Huntington was cast.[4]

Besides his recurring role on Smallville, Ashmore had roles in the 2007 films Palo Alto,[5] Privileged, The Stone Angel and The Christmas Cottage.[6] He starred in the horror film Fear Island.[7] MTV.ca announced on October 6, 2010, that he would have a role in the Maple Pictures comedy film Servitude.[8]

In 2010, Ashmore starred as Marcus, one of three journalists who investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice in a small town in Poland, in the horror film The Shrine.[9] He also starred as Eric in the romantic comedy Conception.[10] In 2011, Ashmore joined season three of the Syfy series Warehouse 13, in which he played the role of ATF agent Steve Jinks, a human polygraph of sorts, who has the unique ability to discern whether someone is lying or not.[11]

Ashmore next starred in the 2014 rom-com thriller I Put a Hit on You as Ray, a man whose girlfriend tries to have him assassinated after he rejects her marriage proposal.[12] In 2015, Ashmore played a supporting role in the thriller film Regression;[13] starred as Nick Hopewell in the Lifetime original film Swept Under;[14] began his role as John Jaqobis, an interplanetary bounty hunter, in the Syfy original series Killjoys;[15] and starred as Jesse in his second Lifetime film, Wish Upon a Christmas.[16] Killjoys ended after its fifth season in 2019.

Personal life

Aaron and his identical twin brother Shawn (also an actor) were born in Richmond, British Columbia,[2] the sons of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore,[17] a manufacturing engineer. They were raised in Brampton, Ontario, where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School and Earnscliffe Senior Public School. They have a "GMA" tattoo on their wrists that stands for "Good Man Ashmore"; their grandfather had a similar tattoo. On June 20, 2014, Aaron married Zoë Kate.[18] In 2016, the couple's first child was born, a daughter.[19] Their second daughter was born in 2019.[20]

Ashmore is a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The X-Files.[21]

Filmography

Ashmore in 2013

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Married to It Student in pageant
2001 The Safety of Objects Bobby Christianson
2001 Treed Murray Dwayne
2002 The Skulls II Matt "Hutch" Hutchinson
2004 My Brother's Keeper Eric / Lou Woods
2007 Palo Alto Alec
2007 The Stone Angel Matt Currie
2008 Christmas Cottage Pat Kinkade
2009 The Thaw Atom Galen
2009 Fear Island Mark
2010 Privileged Blake Webber
2010 The Shrine Marcus
2011 Conception Eric
2011 Servitude Chase Vanhaver
2014 I Put a Hit on You Ray
2014 Big News from Grand Rock Video store manager
2015 Regression George Nesbitt
2018 22 Chaser Sean
2019 Tammy's Always Dying Reggie Seamus
2020 Sugar Daddy Angus
2021 The Retreat James
2023 Suze Rick

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer Young Byron Spencer Television film
1993 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Billy Episode: "The Tale of the Thirteenth Floor"
1999 Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly Luke Lawson Television film
1999 Love Letters Bob Bertram Television film
1999 Emily of New Moon Harrison Bowles Episode: "A Fall from Grace"
2000 Run the Wild Fields Charlie Fields Television film
2000 The Famous Jett Jackson Robert Episode: "Something to Prove"
2000 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Jake Episode: "The Tale of the Lunar Locusts"
2000 La Femme Nikita Neil Hudson Episode: "Time to Be Heroes"
2000 Twice in a Lifetime Paul Harper Episode: "Grandma's Shoes"
2001 Le porte-bonheur Jean Philippe Television film
2001 Blackout Second Son Television film
2001 Haven Myles Billingsley Jr. Television film
2001 The Familiar Stranger Chris Welsh Television film
2001 Dying to Dance Jason Television film
2001 Blue Murder Episode: "Baby Point"
2002 Charms for the Easy Life Ted Television film
2002 Conviction Whiff Television film
2002 A Christmas Visitor John Boyajian Television film
2002 The Eleventh Hour Trevor Gordon Episode: "Tree Hugger"
2003 The Pentagon Papers Randy Kehler Television film
2004 Brave New Girl Tyler Television film
2004 Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story Marc Hall Television film
2004 A Separate Peace Chad Television film
2004 A Bear Named Winnie Randy Taylor Television film
2004–2006 Veronica Mars Troy Vandegraff 4 episodes, including "The Rapes of Graff"
2005 The Eleventh Hour Taz Thomas Episode: "Kettle Black"
2005 The West Wing Trevor Episodes: "365 Days", "King Corn"
2005–2006 Missing Colin McNeil Recurring role (season 3)
2006–2009, 2011 Smallville Jimmy Olsen Recurring role (season 6); main role (seasons 7–8); guest role (season 10)
2010 CSI: NY Cam Vandemann Episode: "Pot of Gold"
2010 The Bridge Ben Episode: "God Bless the Child"
2010 Private Practice Carl Episode: "Second Choices"
2010 Fringe Matthew Rose Episode: "Amber 31422"
2010–2012 In Plain Sight Scott Griffin Recurring role (season 3); guest role (season 5)
2011 The Listener Peter Duquette Episode: "Jericho"
2011 XIII: The Series Dylan Masters 4 episodes
2011 Fanboy Confessional Narrator 6 episodes
2011–2012 Lost Girl Nate Recurring role (season 2)
2011–2014 Warehouse 13 Steve Jinks Recurring role (season 3); main role (seasons 4–5)
2012 Murdoch Mysteries Jack London Episode: "Murdoch of the Klondike"
2015–2019 Killjoys John Jaqobis Main role
2015 Swept Under Nick Hopewell Television film
2015 Wish Upon a Christmas Jesse Television film
2017 Ransom Sydney Graves Episode: "The Artist"
2019 Cardinal Randall Wishart 4 episodes
2019 Designated Survivor Phil Brunton 4 episodes
2019 Hudson & Rex Galen Wheatcroft Episode "The French Connection"
2020–2022 Locke & Key Duncan Locke Recurring role (seasons 1 & 3); main role (season 2)
2020 The Santa Squad Gordon Church Television film
2020 Pretty Cheaters, Deadly Lies Counselor Parker Television film
2020 Private Eyes Larry Bateman Episode: "The Proof is Out There"
2022 SkyMed William "Wheezer" Heaseman
2023 Ginny & Georgia Gil Timmins Recurring role (season 2)

References

  1. ↑ Ashmore, Aaron [@AaronRAshmore] (January 29, 2013). "@GACbalehead @ShawnRAshmore Not true actually. My middle name is Richard and Shawns is Robert. After my father and grandfather" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 "Aaron Ashmore". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  3. ↑ Ausiello, Michael (2006-07-11). "Super Scoop: Veronica Mars' Ex Joins Smallville!". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Bob (May 20, 2006). "The Iceman Returneth". The National Post.
  5. ↑ "Aaron Ashmore Talks Smallville". KryptonSite. 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
  6. ↑ "New Movie". Aaron-Ashmore.com. 2006-09-14. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
  7. ↑ "Deep Cove". Aaron-Ashmore.com. 2008-05-02. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  8. ↑ "Win a walk-on role in the movie 'Servitude' | MTV.ca | News". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "The Shrine (2010) with Aaron Ashmore and Cindy Sampson". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  10. ↑ "Conception - Publicity still of Leah Pipes & Aaron Ashmore". MovieStillsDB.com. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  11. ↑ "'Warehouse 13' Brings Aaron Ashmore Onboard For Season 3". Screen Rant. 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  12. ↑ "I Put a Hit on You: Slamdance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  13. ↑ "Regression review: 'gory and corny'". The Telegraph. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  14. ↑ "The Movie Network - Movies - Swept Under". The Movie Network. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  15. ↑ "'Brothers & Sisters' Alum Luke MacFarlane, Hannah John-Kamen and Aaron Ashmore Join Syfy's 'Killjoys'". 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  16. ↑ "Wish Upon a Christmas Movie Pictures". myLifetime.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  17. ↑ "Richard Ashmore Obituary (1949 - 2021) - St. Catharines, ON - St. Catharines Standard". www.legacy.com.
  18. ↑ "Tattoos". Aaron-Ashmore.com. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
  19. ↑ Ashmore, Aaron [@AaronRAshmore] (June 5, 2016). "I'm a father! After a very scary birth, Zoë and our baby girl are recovering well. pic.twitter.com/unlcb2pYwb" (Tweet). Retrieved March 13, 2017 – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ Ashmore, Aaron [@AaronRAshmore] (April 16, 2019). "My second amazing daughter has arrived safe and sound" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 July 2019 – via Twitter.
  21. ↑ Serrao, Nivea (July 14, 2017). "Killjoys' Aaron Ashmore reflects on past Smallville, Veronica Mars roles". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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