Shawn Ashmore
Actor
- Born
- October 7, 1979 (age 47) · Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor who is known for roles in film, television, and interactive media. He began acting in his youth, notably portraying Jake Berenson in Nickelodeon's television series Animorphs (1998–1999), Tyler Connell in Disney Channel's television series In a Heartbeat (2000–2001), and Brad Rigby in the Disney Channel Original Movie Cadet Kelly (2002). At age 14, Ashmore received a Gemini nomination for Best Performance in a Children's/Youth Program for his starring role in the television film Guitarman (1994).
Ashmore gained international recognition for his role as Bobby Drake / Iceman in the 20th Century Fox's X-Men films (2000–2014), winning the 2004 MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Male Performance for X2. His later film roles include Canadian hero Terry Fox in Terry (2005), and lead roles in the horror films The Ruins (2008) and Frozen (2010).
Read moreShow less
On television, Ashmore portrayed FBI agent Mike Weston in The Following (2013–2015). Since 2018, he has starred as attorney Wesley Evers in the police procedural drama The Rookie. He has also headlined several video games, providing voice and performance capture for Quantum Break (2016), The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (2019), Alan Wake II (2023), and others.
Ashmore received a Leo Award for Legend of Earthsea (2004) and has earned multiple Gemini and Saturn Award nominations. He is the identical twin of actor Aaron Ashmore.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Shawn Ashmore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
X-Men: Days of Future Past
May 15, 2014
X-Men
July 13, 2000
X2
April 27, 2003
X-Men: The Last Stand
May 24, 2006
Frozen
February 5, 2010
The Ruins
April 2, 2008
Aftermath
August 4, 2021
Cadet Kelly
March 7, 2002
Mother's Day
September 23, 2010
Acts of Violence
January 12, 2018
Hatchet II
October 1, 2010
The Quiet
August 25, 2006
Acting49
- 2026The Huntsman as Max Mason
- 2025Just Breathe as Chester
- 2025It Feeds as Randall Harris
- 2022The Free Fall as Nick
- 2021Aftermath as Kevin
- 2020Darkness Falls as Jeff Anderson
- 2019Culture Shock as Thomas
- 2018Devil's Gate as Conrad 'Colt' Salter
- 2018Acts of Violence as Brandon
- 2017Hollow in the Land as Darryl