Aaron Stanford

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Aaron Stanford
State University of New York, Purchase
  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA
    • )
    OccupationActor
    Years active2001–present

    Aaron Stanford (born December 27, 1976) is an American actor known for his roles as Pyro in X2, X-Men: The Last Stand and Deadpool & Wolverine, and Doug in the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes. From 2010 to 2013, he starred as Birkhoff in Nikita. He has also starred as James Cole on the television series 12 Monkeys, based on the 1995 film of the same name.

    Early life and education

    Stanford was born in

    magna cum laude.[1][2]

    Career

    Stanford's first major film role was in the low-budget indie film

    television series Third Watch as Russian teen Sergei. In the same year he was named as one of Daily Variety's "Top Ten Actors to Watch" and included on Entertainment Weekly's "It List". In 2004 he appeared in Christopher Shinn's play Where Do We Live at the Vineyard Theatre. Stanford also starred as Anthony LaPaglia's son in the 2004 film Winter Solstice
    .

    Director Bryan Singer was impressed with Stanford's performance in Tadpole, and cast him as Pyro in the 2003 blockbuster X2, a sequel to X-Men. He continued the role in the third installment, X-Men: The Last Stand, released in May 2006. Both movies are based on the Marvel Comics series X-Men. Stanford is set to reprise the role of Pyro in the 2024 Marvel Studios film Deadpool & Wolverine. Stanford also starred in ABC's midseason replacement Traveler, a drama about two friends who believe they are set up by their good friend (Stanford) in order to make them look like the conspirators of a terrorist attack.

    Stanford appeared in the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes. He also won the "One To Watch" award at the 2006 Young Hollywood Awards. And in that same year, he starred in the New Hampshire–based comedy, Live Free or Die, playing a wannabe tough-guy criminal named John Rudgate. Aaron also was the voice actor for Pvt. Polonsky in Call of Duty: World at War. In 2009, he played a troubled poker genius in a season eight episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, as well as Horace Cook Jr. in an episode of AMC's acclaimed show Mad Men. In 2010, he joined the CW's Nikita as Birkhoff. His character from the film The Hills Have Eyes appears in the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II via Zombies Mode.

    Stanford played the lead role of James Cole in the

    Jim
    , first appearing in the episode that aired on August 26, 2018.

    Filmography

    Film

    Year Title Role Notes
    2002 Tadpole Oscar Grubman Nominated—Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical—
    Satellite Award
    Hollywood Ending Actor
    25th Hour Marcuse
    2003 X2 John Allerdyce / Pyro
    Rick Duke
    2004 Winter Solstice Gabe Winters
    Spartan Michael Blake
    2005 Runaway Michael Adler
    Standing Still Rich
    2006 The Hills Have Eyes Doug Bukowski Bloodiest Beatdown—Fangoria Chainsaw Award
    Live Free or Die John "Rugged" Rudgate
    X-Men: The Last Stand John Allerdyce / Pyro
    2007 Flakes Neal Downs
    The Cake Eaters Dwight "Beagle" Kimbrough
    2008 Holy Money Anthony
    How I Got Lost Andrew Peterson NY Emerging Talent Award—Big Apple Film Festival
    2016 We’ve Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew Daniel
    2017 Furthest Witness Kyle Braddock
    Clinical Miles Richardson
    2020 Horse Girl Hades
    2023 Finestkind Skeemo
    2024 Deadpool & Wolverine John Allerdyce / Pyro

    Television

    Year Title Role Notes
    2001–02 Third Watch Sergei 5 episodes
    2007 Traveler Will Traveler 8 episodes
    Numb3rs Brett Chandler Episode: "Hollywood Homicide"
    2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Josh Snow Episode: "All In"
    Mad Men Horace Cook Jr. Episode: "The Arrangements"
    Fear Itself Stephen Episode: "Echoes"
    2010–13 Nikita Seymour Birkhoff / Lionel Peller Main role, 64 episodes
    2015–18 12 Monkeys James Cole Lead role, 47 episodes
    2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Tom Holtby / Johnny Appleseed 2 episodes
    2018 Fear the Walking Dead Jim Brauer 6 episodes
    2020 Perry Mason George Gannon 4 episodes
    2022 Westworld Peter Myers 2 episodes
    2023 Star Trek: Picard Sneed Episode: "Disengage"

    Video games

    Year Title Voice role Notes
    2008 Call of Duty: World at War Private Polonsky

    References

    1. ^ "Shawn-Ashmore.com // The Ashmore Archives". Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
    2. ^ "Search Results". Retrieved August 31, 2016.
    3. ^ Surette, Tim (July 20, 2018). "Fear the Walking Dead Adds 12 Monkeys' Aaron Stanford". TV Guide. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

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