Aaron Ashmore

Aaron Ashmore was born one minute before his twin brother, Shawn Ashmore, on October 7, 1979, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Their parents are homemaker Linda and manufacturing engineer Rick. The twins began their careers in commercials after being discovered by a talent agent through their mother’s ‘Multiple Births Association’ support group when they were 10 years old. While initially appearing in commercials individually and sometimes together, Aaron’s career trajectory began to diversify as he developed a reputation for taking on roles that often depicted ‘the tough guy, the bully’ characters, finding these more complex than more heroic parts. He lives in Toronto, sharing an apartment with his brother, and is 6’0″ tall.

Ashmore’s early notable screen appearance was in 2004, starring as Marc Hall in the TV movie ‘Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story’. During this period, he also featured in Canadian TV films such as ‘Safe’ and ‘A Bear Named Winnie’, alongside guest appearances in series like ‘The Eleventh Hour’ and ‘1-800-Missing’. From 2004 to 2005, he held a recurring role as Troy Vandegraff on ‘Veronica Mars’. His breakthrough in the U.S. came with a significant role as Jimmy Olsen on ‘Smallville’, beginning in its sixth season and continuing through the eighth, later reprising a role as Jimmy Olsen’s younger brother in the 2011 series finale. In 2009, he starred in the eco-horror thriller ‘The Thaw’, which earned him a Leo Award nomination for Best Lead Performance.

From 2011 to 2014, Ashmore joined Syfy’s ‘Warehouse 13’ as ATF agent Steve Jinks, a recurring character who became a main role in later seasons. He also had a six-episode recurring arc on ‘In Plain Sight’ from 2010 to 2012. More recently, from 2015 to 2019, he co-starred as John Jaqobis on Syfy’s space drama ‘Killjoys’, a role that earned him a Canadian Screen Award nomination in 2019. From 2020 to 2022, he played Duncan Locke in ‘Locke & Key’, and since 2022, he has been part of the main cast in the Canadian medical drama ‘SkyMed’ as Chief Pilot Wheezer, a role for which he was promoted to series regular in 2024. He also joined the second season of ‘Ginny & Georgia’ in 2023 as Gil Timmins and co-stars in ‘The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries’ franchise, playing Jake Trenton in ‘A Case for the Winemaker’ (2024) and ‘A Case for the Yarn Maker’ (2025).