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Shawn Ashmore

Born 1979-10-07
📍 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

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.

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Filmography 69

The Huntsman
as Max Mason
2026
Just Breathe
as Chester
2025
It Feeds
as Randall Harris
2025
The Rookie: Feds
as Wesley Evers
2022
The Free Fall
as Nick
2022
Aftermath
as Kevin
2021
Darkness Falls
as Jeff Anderson
2020
The Boys
as Man In Scrubs
2019
The Boys
as Lamplighter
2019
Culture Shock
as Thomas
2019
The Rookie
as Wesley Evers
2018
Devil's Gate
as Conrad 'Colt' Salter
2018
Acts of Violence
as Brandon
2018
Hollow in the Land
as Darryl
2017
S.W.A.T.
as Liam
2017
Conviction
as Sam Spencer
2016
Relationship Status
as Ben
2016
Quantum Break
as Jack Joyce
2016
Happy Halloween
as David
2014
The Wil Wheaton Project
as Self
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Bobby / Iceman
2014
Breaking the Girls
as Eric
2013
The Following
as Mike Weston
2013
Mariachi Gringo
as Edward
2012
The Barrens
as Dale
2012
Already Gone
as Jude Mulvey
2012
The Day
as Adam
2011
Hatchet II
as Fisherman #1
2010
Mother's Day
as George Barnum
2010
Frozen
as Joe Lynch
2010
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
as Fitz
2010
The Super Hero Squad Show
as Iceman
2009
Diverted
as Mike Stiven
2009
Fringe
as Joshua Rose
2008
The Ruins
as Eric
2008
Solstice
as Christian
2008
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Bobby Drake / Iceman
2006
The Quiet
as Connor
2005
Terry
as Terry Fox
2005
3 Needles
as Denys
2005
Underclassman
as Rob Donovan
2005
Legend of Earthsea
as Ged
2004
My Brother's Keeper
as Twin Double (uncredited)
2004
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
as Self
2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
as Self
2003
X2: United Colors of X
as Self (archive footage)
2003
X2
as Bobby Drake / Ice Man
2003
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
Cadet Kelly
as Brad
2002
Smallville
as Eric Summers
2001
Wolf Girl
as Beau
2001
Blackout
as First Son
2001
In a Heartbeat
as Tyler Connell
2000
X-Men
as Bobby Drake
2000
At the Mercy of a Stranger
as Danny
1999
The City
as Tyler
1999
Animorphs
as Jake
1998
Strike!
as Photographer
1998
Earth: Final Conflict
as Max
1997
Melanie Darrow
as David Abbott
1997
Any Mother's Son
as Billy
1997
Fast Track
as Young Chandler
1997
Promise the Moon
as Leviatus Bennett
1997
Flash Forward
as Gord
1995
The Outer Limits
as Morris Shotwell
1995
Guitarman
as Waylon Tibbins
1994
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
as Young Brian Spencer
1993
Married to It
as Student in Pageant
1991
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Charlie
1985