Aaron Stanford

Aaron Stanford is an American actor. He was born April 18, 1977 in Westford, Massachusetts.

After graduating high school, he tried very hard to get into Julliard, but was not accepted. He attended the State University of New York, but soon transferred to Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Arts. He graduated in 2000 magna cum laude.

In his first serious theatre role, he was cast as Alan Strang in the 1995 production of Equus.

Stanford's first major film role was in the low-budget indie film Tadpole (2002), in which he portrays Oscar Grubman, a precocious 15-year-old with a crush on his stepmother (played by Sigourney Weaver). At the time of filming, (2000) he was 23 years old. For this performance he earned a nomination for the Golden Satellite Award.

In 2001 and 2002 he appeared multiple times on Third Watch as Russian teen Sergei. In the same year he was named as one of Variety's "Top Ten Actors to Watch" and included on Entertainment Weekly's "It List".

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. Both are based off of the Marvel comics series X-men.

Future Roles

2006:

• Live Free or Die (2006) — Rugged (Now in post-production)
• X-Men 3 (2006) — John Allerdyce/Pyro

Filmography

• Runaway (2005) (post-production)-- Michael Addler
• Standing Still (2004) — Rich
• Spartan (2004) — Michael Blake
• Winter Solstice (2004) — Gabe Winters
• Rick (2003) — Duke
• X2 (2003) — John Allerdyce/Pyro
• 25th Hour (2002) — Marcuse
• Hollywood Ending (2002) — Actor
• Tadpole (2002) — Oscar Grubman

External links

• The Brothers Stanford (Here you can find Stanford's official website)
• Aaron Stanford at the Internet Movie Database
• Aaron Stanford Online (A large fansite)