Aaron Ashmore

Actor

Birth Date: October 7, 1979

Age: 43 years old

Birth Place: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Awards

Aaron Ashmore and his identical twin brother, Shawn were born in British Columbia, The brothers went on to become actors. Ashmore's big screen acting debut came in 1991 when he had a small role in the film "Married to It" (1991). His next appearance was on the small screen, when he played the role of Young Byron Spencer in the TV movie "Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer" in 1993. The same year Ashmore appeared in an episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark" (Nickelodeon, 1991-96). In 1996 Ashmore appeared in an episode of "Due South" (CTV, 1994-99). In 2001 he appeared in the American feature film "The Safety of Objects" (2001), and the Canadian feature film "Treed Murray" (2001). Ashmore next starred as Marc Hall in "Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story" (2004). The movie told the true story of a gay teenager living in Canada who took his fight to bring his boyfriend to his Catholic School prom to court. In 2006 Ashmore was cast in the CW series "Smallville" (the WB/CW Network, 2001-11), playing Jimmy Olsen. In 2013 Ashmore was cast on the Syfy series "Warehouse 13" (Syfy, 2009-14).