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|movie = ''[[X-Men 2]]''<br>''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' |
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| − | + | '''Aaron Stanford''' portrayed [[Pyro]] in ''[[X2: X-Men United]]'' and ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]''. |
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| − | Stanford's first major film role was in the low-budget indie film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadpole_(film) Tadpole]'' (2002), in which he portrays Oscar Grubman, a precocious 15-year-old with a crush on his stepmother, played by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigourney_Weaver Sigourney Weaver]. At the time of filming, (2000) he was 23 years old. For this performance he earned a nomination for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Satellite_Award Golden Satellite Award]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001 2001] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002 2002] he appeared multiple times on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_series television series] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Watch Third Watch]'' as Russian teen Sergei. In the same year he was named as one of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(magazine) Daily Variety's]'' "Top Ten Actors to Watch" and included on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly Entertainment Weekly]'''s "It List". In 2004 he appeared in Christopher Shinn's play "Where Do We Live" at the Vineyard Theatre. Stanford also starred as Anthony LaPaglia's son in the 2004 film Winter Solstice. |
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| − | Director [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Singer Bryan Singer] was impressed with Stanford's performance in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadpole_(film) Tadpole]'', and cast him as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro_(comics) Pyro] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003 2003] blockbuster ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X2_(film) X2]'', a sequel to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_(film) X-Men]''. He continued the role in the third installment, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_The_Last_Stand X-Men: The Last Stand]'', released in May 2006. Both movies are based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics Marvel Comics] series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men X-Men]''. Stanford also starred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company ABC]'s midseason replacement ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveler_(TV_series) Traveler]'', a drama about two friends who believe they are set up by their good friend (Stanford) in order to make them look like the conspirators of a terrorist attack. |
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| − | Stanford appeared in the 2006 remake of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven Wes Craven]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hills_Have_Eyes_(2006_film) The Hills Have Eyes]''. He also won the "One To Watch" award at the 2006 Young Hollywood Awards. And in that same year, he starred in the New Hampshire–based comedy, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Free_or_Die_(film) Live Free or Die]'', playing a wannabe tough-guy criminal named John Rudgate. Aaron also was the voice actor for Pvt. Polonsky in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_World_at_War Call of Duty: World at War]''. In 2009, he played a troubled poker genius in an episode of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Criminal_Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent]'''s season 8 as well as Horace Cook Jr. in an episode of AMC's acclaimed show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men Mad Men]. In 2010, he joined the CW's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_(2010_TV_series) Nikita]'' as Birkhoff, a series regular role. |
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Revision as of 11:29, 10 April 2020
Aaron Stanford portrayed Pyro in X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand.
