Shawn Robert Ashmore (born
October 7, 1979) is a Canadian
film and television actor, most famously known in his role as Jake in the
Animorphs and Iceman in the X-Men films. He is easily
confused with his twin brother
Aaron
Ashmore.
Biography
Early life
Ashmore
was born in Richmond, British Columbia
, the son of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore, a
manufacturing engineer. He was raised in Brampton
, Ontario
where he
attended Turner Fenton Secondary School
. His
identical
twin brother,
Aaron 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 and, according to Aaron, Shawn often gets cast as the
nice guy while Aaron himself is cast as the bully.
Career
Ashmore's most famous role may be as
Iceman in
X-Men and its sequels
X2 and
X-Men: The Last Stand. While many
of the minor characters were portrayed by different actors, Ashmore
was kept for all the movies since his character was major in the
first movie, unlike
Shadowcat who had
minor screen time in the first and second films. Ashmore will
reprise his role as Iceman in the animated series
The Super Hero Squad
Show.
Ashmore starred as Cadet Major Brad Rigby in
Cadet Kelly, a
Disney Channel original film which aired in
2002 and he also guest-starred as Eric Summers in two episodes of
Smallville, a series
on which his brother later got the role of
Jimmy Olsen. Ashmore also had starring roles on
Animorphs as
Jake Berenson and
In a Heartbeat as Tyler Connell.
In December 2004, Ashmore was cast in the lead role in the
SciFi Channel mini series Legend of Earthsea, based on the
novels by
Ursula K. Le Guin. He played the role of Ged, a
young wizard-in-training, who takes advice from Ogion (
Danny Glover) and falls in love with Tenar
(
Kristin Kreuk), the protege of the
High Priestess of the Tombs of Atuan (
Isabella Rossellini). In 2005, Ashmore
starred in a
CTV TV movie
about
Terry Fox's historic run across
Canada, which aired in September of that year. His most recent
project was starring as one of the leads in the 2008 horror film
The Ruins.
Personal life
He has his grandfather's initials tattooed on his wrist, as does
his twin brother Aaron.
Shawn enjoys spending time with his brother, listening to music,
playing guitar and snowboarding. He is also fluent in French. Shawn
has one pet, Jessica, a golden retriever, that he got from his
grandmother when he was nine.
Shawn previously dated actress
Michelle Trachtenberg.
Filmography
References
- Casablanca. Ted. " Where Art Thou, DJ?", E! Online, 2006-10-13. Retrieved on
2008-08-04.
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