Aaron Stanford Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned a Golden Satellite Award nomination for his work on 2002's "Tadpole․"
• Named the Rising Star of Tomorrow in 2004 at the Hamptons Film Festival
• Spent time studying acting at Rutgers University where he participated in showcases in front of professionals from the entertainment industry
• Quote: "'12 Monkeys' was absolutely a favorite movie of mine growing up, so you carry that weight and you want to respect the material, you want to do the absolute best that you can with it, but the idea of going back and being able to open that movie up and explore it, make it bigger and go deeper into the characters and deeper into the universe․ Exploring that seemed really exciting to me․"
• Quote: "I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing ․․․ Despite all the negativity, for some reasons I just kept pursuing it ․․․ Luckily, things fell into place․"
• While not pursuing film roles, he has guest starred on such television series as "Mad Men," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Nikita․"
• Despite usually gravitating toward independent film roles, he accepted a larger role as Pyro in 2003's big budget action film, "X-Men 2․"
• His voice was featured in the zombie mode of the video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II․"