Aaron Ashmore

**Aaron Ashmore** (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles on American television series such as Jimmy Olsen on *Smallville*, Steve Jinks on *Warehouse 13* and Johnny Jaqobis on the Canadian television series *Killjoys*. He is the identical twin brother of actor Shawn Ashmore.

## Career

Aaron Ashmore is known for playing Marc Hall in *Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story*. Since then, he has appeared in the films *Safe*, *A Separate Peace*, and *A Bear Named Winnie*. He has also had guest roles on television shows such as *The Eleventh Hour*, *The West Wing*, and *1-800-Missing*. Ashmore played the recurring role of Troy Vandegraff on the UPN television series *Veronica Mars*, as well as the role of Agent Steve Jinks on the Syfyshow *Warehouse 13*.

He was cast as Jimmy Olsen for the sixth season of *Smallville* on the WB television network and continued to play him into its eighth season. Two years after leaving the show, Ashmore returns to play his character's younger brother on the series finale. Ashmore's twin brother appeared on *Smallville* in earlier seasons, and he was offered the role of Jimmy Olsen by director Bryan Singer in *Superman Returns* before Sam Huntington was cast.

Besides his recurring role on *Smallville*, Ashmore had roles in the 2007 films *Palo Alto*, *Privileged*, *The Stone Angel* and *The Christmas Cottage*. He starred in the horror film *Fear Island*. MTV.ca announced on October 6, 2010, that he would have a role in the Maple Pictures comedy film *Servitude*.

In 2010, Ashmore starred as Marcus, one of the three journalists who investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice in a small town in Poland, in the horror film *The Shrine*. He also starred Eric in the romantic comedy *Conception*. In 2011, Ashmore joined season 3 of Syfy series *Warehouse 13*, in which he played the role of ATF agent Steve Jinks, a human polygraph of sorts – who has the unique ability to discern whether someone is lying or not.

In 2014, he starred as Ray in the rom-com thriller *I Put a Hit on You*. In 2015, Ashmore had a supporting role in the thriller film *Regression*. He also starred as Nick Hopewell in the Lifetime original film *Swept Under*. In summer 2015, Ashmore began his role as John Jaqobis in the Syfy original series *Killjoys*. The show was renewed for a fourth and final fifth season by Syfy in September 2017. He plays the role of one of the three interplanetary bounty hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant system on the brink of a bloody, multi-planetary class war. In December 2015, he starred as Jesse in the Christmas-themed Lifetime film *Wish Upon a Christmas*.

## Personal life

Aaron and his identical twin brother Shawn (also an actor) were born in Richmond, British Columbia, the sons of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore, a manufacturing engineer. They were raised in Brampton, Ontario, where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School and Earnscliffe Senior Public School. They have a "GMA" tattoo on their wrists that stands for "Good Man Ashmore"; their grandfather had a similar tattoo. On June 20, 2014, Aaron married Zoë Kate. In 2016, the couple's first child was born, a daughter. Their second daughter was born in 2019.

Ashmore is a fan of *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* and *The X-Files*.