A dynamic and handsome young actor who burst onto the screen with a fearless performance as a 15-year-old prep-school student who falls in love with his stepmother in Tadpole (2002), Aaron Stanford was probably better known for his role as comic-book fire starter Pyro in director Bryan Singer’s X2: X-Men United in 2003. Born to a publishing executive father and an English professor mother in Westford, MA, Stanford and his family remained in the small town for most of his youth. Following his first professional theater role in a 1995 production of +Equus, the burgeoning actor opted to expand his skills at Rutgers University, from which he graduated magna cum laude. Continuing his studies abroad at the London Academy of Theater, Stanford returned to the States to land a recurring role in the weekly television drama Third Watch in 2001. As a result of his feature debut in Tadpole, Stanford was cited by both Variety and Entertainment Weekly as a young actor to watch. Supporting roles in Woody Allen’s Hollywood Ending and Spike Lee’s 25th Hour (both 2002) were quick to follow, although it was the following year’s X2 that found Stanford gaining his most exposure. On the heels of that film, he began preparing for roles in Spartan and Rick in 2003, and Winter Solstice (2004).

Filmography:
2007 Traveler [TV Series]
2007 Flakes
2007 The Cake Eaters
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 Live Free or Die
2006 The Hills Have Eyes
2005 Standing Still
2005 Runaway
2004 Winter Solstice
2004 Spartan
2003 Rick
2003 X2: X-Men United
2002 Hollywood Ending
2002 Tadpole

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