Shawn Ashmore Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for "Earthsea" in 2005
• Won a MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Male Performance for "X2" in 2004
• Won a New York International Independent Film Festival Short Film Award for Best Actor for "Past Present" in 2002
• He is the twin brother of fellow actor Aaron Ashmore
• Married film executive Dana Renee Wastin in July 2012
• His acting career started when he began appearing in small roles on television, for programs including "Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop" and "The Ray Bradbury Theater․"
• Had early success as Jake Berenson in the popular children's TV series "Animorphs" in the late 1990s
• Studied at Turner Fenton Secondary School and Earnscliffe Senior Public School in Ontario
• Quote: "I grew up reading 'X-Men' comics, and 'Days of Future Past' was such a great important storyline for those characters․ I was super excited [for the film], and honestly as an 'X-Men' fan, I've been waiting to see Bobby Drake do his thing․"
• Quote: "My brother and I have been in auditions where they said to our agents, 'We like them both, so we're just going to flip a coin․'"
• Best known for his role as Bobby Drake/Iceman in the "X-Men" film series and as Joe Lynch in "Frozen․"