Shawn Ashmore

Shawn Ashmore

CountryCanada Canada
GenderMale
BirthdayOct 7, 1979
BiographyShawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor whose career spans film, television, and interactive media.

A former child actor, he first drew notice as Jake Berenson on Nickelodeon's Animorphs (1998–1999), Tyler Connell in Disney Channel's In a Heartbeat (2000–2001), and Brad Rigby in the Disney Channel film Cadet Kelly (2002). At age 14, his performance in the family telefilm Guitarman (1994) earned Ashmore a Gemini nomination for Best Performance in a Children's Program.

Ashmore achieved international recognition as Bobby Drake / Iceman in the 20th Century Fox X-Men films (2000–2014), winning the 2003 MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Male Performance for X2. His later work includes portraying Canadian hero Terry Fox in Terry (2005) and headlining the horror films The Ruins (2008) and Frozen (2010).

On television, he starred as FBI agent Mike Weston in The Following (2013–2015) and has played attorney Wesley Evers on The Rookie since 2018. He leads several performance-capture video games, notably Quantum Break (2016), The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (2019) and Alan Wake II (2023).

Ashmore won a 2004 Leo Award for Legend of Earthsea and has received further Gemini and Saturn Award nominations. Ashmore is the identical twin brother of actor Aaron Ashmore.

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