Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor, most famously known in his role as Jake in the Animorphs_(TV_series) and Iceman in the X-Men films. He is easily confused with his twin brother Aaron Ashmore.
Ashmore was born in Richmond, British Columbia, the son of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore, a manufacturing engineer. He was raised in Brampton, Ontario where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School...
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Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor, most famously known in his role as Jake in the Animorphs_(TV_series) and Iceman in the X-Men films. He is easily confused with his twin brother Aaron Ashmore.
Ashmore was born in Richmond, British Columbia, the son of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore, a manufacturing engineer. He was raised in Brampton, Ontario where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School. His identical twin brother, Aaron Ashmore, is also an actor. Aaron and Shawn have played twins in several movies, but have also pursued roles independently. Aaron is slightly taller than Shawn and, according to Aaron, Shawn often gets cast as the nice guy while Aaron himself is cast as the bully.
Ashmore's most famous role may be as Iceman in X-Men and its sequels X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. While many of the minor characters were portrayed by different actors, Ashmore was kept for all the movies since his character was major in the first...
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