Shawn Ashmore

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Birthday:

7 October 1979, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Birth Name:

Shawn Robert Ashmore

Height:

180 cm

Shawn Robert Ashmore was born one minute after his twin brother Aaron in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on October 7, 1979. He is the son of Linda, a homemaker, and Rick Ashmore, a manufacturing engineer. By the age of seven, when their mother became a part of the Multiple Births Association in Alberta, Canada, the Ashmore twins were already in front of cameras impressing their elders. But it was Shawn that at the age of 14, stole the hearts of many with his wonderful performance in Guitarman (1994) in which he played the main character and was nominated for a Gemini Award. Since then, his career has skyrocketed. He has done many made-for-television movies and series, and has guest starred on various television shows, but it was his brief appearance in X-Men (2000) that landed him a role in X2 (2003) and got him on the road to stardom. As an added bonus, he even got his own personal action figure modeled after him.After only three months after X2 (2003) he easily earned the very minor role of his brother's double in My Brother's Keeper (2004) with a release date in spring of 2004. Apart from acting, Shawn enjoys spending time with his brother, listening to music, playing guitar and snowboarding. His special skill is that he's fluent in French. His mother Linda, who is a twin herself, is a homemaker, while his father Rick is a manufacturing manager. Shawn has one pet, Jessica, a golden retriever, that he got from his grandmother when he was nine. Show less «

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."

It doesn't get more iconic than Terry Fox.

Our first scene is sort of a reunion between the X-Men characters, which establishes everyone's relationship to one another, sort of like a ...Show more »

Our first scene is sort of a reunion between the X-Men characters, which establishes everyone's relationship to one another, sort of like a recap for all those who have forgotten since the last movie. Show less «

My power is the ability to control water molecules and form them into ice.

Every day on set, there was something to watch and learn.

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.

Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality.

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.

I'm a video game buff.

No designer has really wowed me yet, I'm into other people's recommendations when it comes to fashion.

Above and beyond having the social life, to have a core group of people that you work with and spend time with and learn how to work with is...Show more »

Above and beyond having the social life, to have a core group of people that you work with and spend time with and learn how to work with is a nice thing. Show less «

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.

I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.

Getting to play superheroes is a pretty good job.

Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times.

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.

I read the comics long before I was ever involved with the films.

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.

Why would people spend good money to have my pants?

I think it's more fun to play a hero with an edge.

The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters.

The real excitement and big deal for me started when I got cast in the first X-Men, which was sort of a fluke.

I just got Kill Bill: Vol. 2. I've watched it like eight times in the past two months. I just love the scene at the end between David Carrad...Show more »

I just got Kill Bill: Vol. 2. I've watched it like eight times in the past two months. I just love the scene at the end between David Carradine and Uma Thurman. Show less «

I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in my life, and I'm super happy w...Show more »

I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in my life, and I'm super happy with how everything's going. Show less «

You get bored if you do the same thing too much.

I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested inte...Show more »

I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested interested in what happens to them. Show less «

I'm 25, so I've already gone through what my character Ged goes through, though it's on a general scale because I haven't studied at a wizar...Show more »

I'm 25, so I've already gone through what my character Ged goes through, though it's on a general scale because I haven't studied at a wizard's school. Show less «

Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opp...Show more »

Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities. Show less «

Some people talk about screen kisses being strange or uncomfortable. But I think that I got along with Anna well enough that it just happene...Show more »

Some people talk about screen kisses being strange or uncomfortable. But I think that I got along with Anna well enough that it just happened; it was a fun day of shooting. Show less «

So it wasn't actually that bad, it took a couple of weeks to sort of get used to uh, you know, standing around and pretending to have ice sh...Show more »

So it wasn't actually that bad, it took a couple of weeks to sort of get used to uh, you know, standing around and pretending to have ice shoot out of your hand, but once you got used to that it uh, it was actually not that hard. Show less «

Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that...Show more »

Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it. Show less «

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord...Show more »

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings. Show less «