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Shawn Ashmore Biography (1979-)

Full name, Shawn Robert Ashmore; born October 7, 1979, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada; son of Rick (a manufacturing engineer) and Linda (a homemaker) Ashmore; twin brother of Aaron Ashmore (an actor). Addresses: Agent: David Guillod, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; K. G. Talent, 55 A Sumach St., Toronto, Ontario M5A 3J6, Canada.; Manager: Paul Nicholls, Evolution Entertainment, 901 North Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038.; Publicist: Nancy Seltzer, Nancy Seltzer and Associates, 6200 Del Valle Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, voice performer, musician, songwriter

Birth Details

October 7, 1979

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Student in pageant, Married to It, Orion, 1993
• Photographer, Strike! (also known as All I Wanna Do, TheHairy Bird, College femminile, and Les filles font la loi), Miramax, 1998
• Bobby Drake (Iceman), X-Men (also known as X-Men 1.5), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
• Past Present (short film), 2001
• Bobby Drake (Iceman), X2 (also known as X-Men 2, X-Men 2: X-Men United, and X2: X-Men United), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• Twin double, My Brother's Keeper (also known as Le sang du frere), Little Ricky Productions, 2004
• Connor, Dot, Burnt Orange Productions, 2005
• Rob Donovan, The Underclassman, Miramax, 2005
• 3 Needles, ThinkFilm, 2005
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Jake Berenson, Animorphs (also known as AniTV), Nickelodeon, 1998-2000
• Tyler Connell, In a Heartbeat, The Disney Channel, 2000-2001
• Miniseries
• Ged, Earthsea, Sci-Fi Channel, 2004
• Movies
• Young Brian "Spinner" Spencer, Gross Misconduct, CBC, 1993
• Waylon Tibbins, Guitarman, CBC, 1994
• Billy Schindler, Any Mother's Son, Lifetime, 1997
• Leviatus Bennett, Promise the Moon, Odyssey, 1997
• Danny, At the Mercy of a Stranger, CBS, 1999
• Jake, Changes: An Animorphs Movie, Nickelodeon, 2000
• Beau, Wolf Girl (also known as Blood Moon and Freakshow), USA Network, 2001
• First son, Blackout, CBS, 2001
• Brad Rigby, Cadet Kelly, The Disney Channel, 2002
• Specials
• Ben Valentine, Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow (also known asThe Winter of Red Snow), HBO, 1999
• Himself, X-pose: X2 Mutants Uncovered, Fox, 2003
• Awards Presentations
• Himself, 2004 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2004
• Episodic
• "Mistaken Identity," Katts and Dog (also known as Rin Tin Tin:K-9 Cop), CTV and The Family Channel, 1989
• Charlie, "Colonel Stonesteel and the Desperate Empties," The Ray Bradbury Theater, USA Network, 1992
• Gord, "Mud Pack," Flash Forward, The Disney Channel, 1997
• Aaron Hall, "Mountain Lion," Real Kids, Real Adventures, CanWest Global Television, 1999
• Chet, "What You Wish For," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 2000
• Max, "Sanctuary," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's Battleground Earth, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated, 2000
• Morris Shottwell, "Lion's Den," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2001
• Eric Summers, "Leech," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2002
• Guest, The Michael Essany Show, E! Entertainment Television, 2003
• Guest, Total Request Live (also known as TRL), MTV, 2003
• Eric Summers, "Asylum," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2004
• Appeared as Shawn in the children's program Mr. Dressup (also known as Mr. Dress-Up), CBC; appeared in episodes of The City, CTV;and Fast Track, Showtime.
• Pilots
• Donny, Long Island Fever, ABC, 1996
• David Abbott, Melanie Darrow, USA Network, 1997
• Trevor Brewster, The Big House (also known as Being Brewster), ABC, 2001
• Aces, The WB, 2002
• Television Work
• Episodic
• Provided voices for Le Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita),USA Network.
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making "X2" (also known as The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2003
• Albums
• Song featured on compilation album.
• WRITINGS
• Albums
• Song featured on compilation album.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Toronto Sun, June 16, 2001

Electronic

• British Broadcasting Corporation Web Site, http://www.bbc.co.uk/films, November 9, 2004
• Comics 2 Film, http://www.comics2film.com, October 9, 2002
• E! Online, http://www.eonline.com, November 9, 2004
• The Gate, http://www.thegate.ca, November 9, 2004