Shawn Ashmore
Known For
Acting
Born
1979-10-07 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
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). 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.
Most Known For
The Rookie
as Wesley Evers
Smallville
as Eric Summers
S.W.A.T.
as Liam
The Boys
as Man In Scrubs
The Boys
as Lamplighter
Fringe
as Joshua Rose
The Following
as Mike Weston
The Outer Limits
as Morris Shotwell
Earth: Final Conflict
as Max
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Bobby / Iceman
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Charlie
The Rookie: Feds
as Wesley Evers
The Huntsman
as Max Mason
Frozen
as Joe Lynch
The Super Hero Squad Show
as Iceman
It Feeds
as Randall Harris
Animorphs
as Jake
Conviction
as Sam Spencer
Wolf Girl
as Beau
Legend of Earthsea
as Ged