Shawn Ashmore

Shawn Ashmore
Ashmore at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	Shawn Robert Ashmore (1979-10-07) October 7, 1979 (age 37) Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Dana Renee Wasdin (m. 2012)
Relatives	Aaron Ashmore (identical twin brother)

Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Jake in the television series Animorphs, Agent Mike Weston in the television drama series The Following, and Bobby Drake/Iceman in the X-Men film series. Ashmore also plays the main character, Jack Joyce, in the 2016 video game Quantum Break. On 3 October 2016, he debuted in his role of Sam Spencer in the new U.S. drama series on ABC, Conviction. Shawn is the identical twin brother of actor 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 St. Albert, Alberta and Brampton, Ontario, where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School, and Earnscliffe Senior Public School. His 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.

One of Ashmore's notable roles was as Iceman in X-Men and its sequels X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. Ashmore also reprised his role as Iceman in the animated series The Super Hero Squad Show, as well as voicing the role for X-Men: The Official Game.