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.

Filmography

• 2026The Huntsman — Max Mason
• 2025It Feeds — Randall Harris
• 2025Just Breathe — Chester
• 2022The Free Fall — Nick
• The Rookie: Feds — Wesley Evers
• 2021Aftermath — Kevin
• 2020Darkness Falls — Jeff Anderson
• 2019Culture Shock — Thomas
• The Boys — Man In Scrubs, Lamplighter
• 2018Acts of Violence — Brandon
• 2018Devil's Gate — Conrad 'Colt' Salter
• The Rookie — Wesley Evers
• 2017Hollow in the Land — Darryl
• S.W.A.T. — Liam
• Conviction — Sam Spencer
• 2016Home Invasion — Executive Producer
• Quantum Break — Jack Joyce
• Relationship Status — Ben
• 2014Happy Halloween — David
• 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past — Bobby / Iceman
• 2013Breaking the Girls — Eric
• The Following — Mike Weston
• 2012Already Gone — Jude Mulvey
• 2012Mariachi Gringo — Edward
• 2012The Barrens — Dale
• 2011The Day — Adam
• Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures — Fitz
• 2010Frozen — Joe Lynch
• 2010Hatchet II — Fisherman #1
• 2010Mother's Day — George Barnum
• 2009Diverted — Mike Stiven
• The Super Hero Squad Show — Iceman
• Fringe — Joshua Rose
• 2008Solstice — Christian
• 2008The Ruins — Eric
• 2006The Quiet — Connor
• 2006X-Men: The Last Stand — Bobby Drake / Iceman
• 20053 Needles — Denys
• 2005Terry — Terry Fox, Executive Producer
• 2005Underclassman — Rob Donovan
• 2004Earthed
• Legend of Earthsea — Ged
• 2004My Brother's Keeper — Twin Double (uncredited)
• 2003Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
• 2003X2 — Bobby Drake / Ice Man
• 2002Cadet Kelly — Brad
• 2001Blackout — First Son
• Smallville — Eric Summers
• 2001Wolf Girl — Beau
• In a Heartbeat — Tyler Connell
• 2000X-Men — Bobby Drake
• 1999At the Mercy of a Stranger — Danny
• The City — Tyler
• Animorphs — Jake
• Real Kids, Real Adventures
• 1998Strike! — Photographer
• 1997Any Mother's Son — Billy
• Earth: Final Conflict — Max
• Fast Track — Young Chandler
• 1997Melanie Darrow — David Abbott
• 1997Promise the Moon — Leviatus Bennett
• Flash Forward — Gord
• The Outer Limits — Morris Shotwell
• 1994Guitarman — Waylon Tibbins
• 1993Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer — Young Brian Spencer
• 1991Married to It — Student in Pageant
• The Ray Bradbury Theater — Charlie

Appearances as themselves (6)

• The Wil Wheaton Project — Self
• 2011FEARnet's Movies with More Brains — Self
• 2006Brett Ratner's X-Diaries — Self
• 2003The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 — Self
• 2003X2 Global Webcast Highlights — Self
• 2003X2: United Colors of X — Self (archive footage)