- Aaron Ashmore
Infobox actor
name = Aaron Ashmore
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caption = Ashmore at the 2007Toronto International Film Festival .
birthname = Aaron Robert Ashmore
birthdate = birth date and age|1979|10|7
location = Richmond,British Columbia ,Canada
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spouse =Aaron Robert Ashmore (born
October 7 ,1979 ) is a Canadianfilm andtelevision actor .Biography
Early life
Ashmore was born in
Richmond, British Columbia , to Linda, ahomemaker , and Rick Ashmore, a manufacturing manager. Hisidentical twin brother,Shawn Ashmore , is also an actor. Aaron and Shawn have played twins in several movies, but have also pursued roles independently. Aaron is slightly taller than Shawn in addition to being more muscular and, according to Aaron, Shawn often gets cast as the nice guy while Aaron himself is cast as the bully. He also attended Turner Fenton Secondary School along with his brother.Career
Aaron Ashmore was best known for playing
Marc Hall in the 2004 Canadian TV movie "". Since then, he has appeared in the films "Safe", "A Separate Peace", and "A Bear Named Winnie". He has also had guest roles on the television shows "The Eleventh Hour", "The West Wing", and "1-800-Missing ". Ashmore has more recently played the recurring role ofTroy Vandegraff on theThe CW Television Network television series "Veronica Mars ".He has been cast as
Jimmy Olsen for the sixth season of "Smallville" on the CW.cite web
url=http://community.tvguide.com/thread.jspa?threadID=800003533
title=Super Scoop: Veronica Mars' Ex Joins "Smallville"!
accessdate=2006-08-21
author=Ausiello, Michael
date=2006-07-11
work=TV Guide] Coincidentally, his friendSam Huntington played Olsen in "Superman Returns " and the two have both appeared in "Veronica Mars".cite web
url=http://www.kryptonsite.com/ashmoretca.htm
title=Aaron Ashmore Talks "Smallville"
accessdate=2006-08-29
author=
date=2006-07-17
work=KryptonSite] Ashmore's twin brother appeared on "Smallville" in earlier seasons. Besides his recurring role on "Smallville", Ashmore has roles in the upcoming 2007 films "Palo Alto", "Privileged", "The Stone Angel" and "The Christmas Cottage".cite web
url=http://www.aaron-ashmore.com/
title=New Movie
accessdate=2006-09-20
author=
date=2006-09-14
work=Aaron-Ashmore.com] Aaron has joined the cast of "Smallville" as regular in season 7. Aaron is currently filming "Deep Cove", a horror film also starringHaylie Duff inVancouver .cite web
url=http://www.aaron-ashmore.com/
title=Deep Cove
accessdate=2008-05-02
author=
date=2008-05-02
work=Aaron-Ashmore.com]Personal life
Both he and his brother have a "GMA" tattoo on their
wrists that stands for "Good Man Ashmore". Their grandfather had a similar tattoo. He is 6 feet tall. cite web
url=http://www.aaron-ashmore.com/aaron/tattoo.html
title=Tattoos
accessdate=2006-08-29
work=Aaron-Ashmore.com]Filmography
References
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