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Biography #2 (for X-Men: The Last Stand)
A graduate of Rutgers University, Aaron Stanford received critical acclaim for his feature film debut in Tadpole starring opposite Sigourney Weaver and Bebe Neuwirth.Stanford received the Rising Star of Tomorrow award from the 2004 Hamptons Film Festival for his performance in Winter Solstice. Runaway Boys, which he starred in and produced, was an official selection at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.
Stanford's other film credits include Spike Lee's 25th Hour, Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending, and David Mamet's Spartan.
Stanford played a starring role in Fox Searchlight's remake of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes, released earlier this year, and the independent films, Flakes and Live Free or Die, the latter premiering at the 2006 SXSW and GEN ART film festivals.
He is currently in production on ABC-TV's and Warner Bros. Television's new pilot Traveler, in which he plays the title role of Will Traveler. The thriller is in the vein of Enemy of the State and Three Days of the Condor, and asks the question, do you really know who your friends are? Three Yale graduate students set out on a road trip only to become wrapped up in a national security emergency after one of them frames the other two for the bombing of a famous New York art museum. The two friends on the run (Matthew Bomer, Logan Marshall-Green) must clear their names by determining the true identity of their betrayer (Aaron Stanford), whom they suspect has set them up as part of a larger conspiracy. Flashbacks to the trio's lives together in academia help illuminate the lie that was their friendship.
Stanford began his career with an intense focus in theatre, beginning with a local theatre in his small Massachusetts hometown, college theatre, and work with the London Academy of Theatre. Stanford returned to the stage in 2004, performing to rave reviews in Where Do We Live, at the Vineyard Theatre in Manhattan.
Bio courtesy Fox for "X-Men: The Last Stand" (09-Jul-2006)
Biography #3 (for The Hills Have Eyes)
Aaron Stanford received critical acclaim for his feature film debut in TADPOLE opposite Sigourney Weaver and Bebe Neuwirth. Since that breakout performance, he has continued to tackle a variety of roles including: Gabe Winter in WINTER SOLSTICE (for which he received the Rising Star of Tomorrow Award at The 2004 Hamptons Film Festival) opposite Anthony LaPaglia; and supporting roles in David Mamet's SPARTAN, Woody Allen's HOLLYWOOD ENDINGS and Spike Lee's 25TH HOUR.Following THE HILLS HAVE EYES, Stanford will reprise his role as Pyro in Fox's X MEN 3, the conclusion to the blockbuster trilogy, opening worldwide on May 26th. He also stars in three independent films: RUNAWAY, opposite Robin Tunney, which he also produced, and which was an official selection at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival; FLAKES opposite Zooey Deschanel for Indigent Pictures and director Michael Lehmann; and, LIVE FREE OR DIE, which will premiere at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival) opposite Paul Schneider.
He began his career with an intense focus in stage p erformance, beginning with local theatre in his Massachusetts hometown and continuing with work at the London Academy of Theatre. He returned to the stage in 2004 to star in the Vineyard Theatre's off-Broadway production of Where Do We Live, for which once again, he received rave reviews. Stanford is a graduate of Rutgers University.
Bio courtesy Fox for "The Hills Have Eyes" (01-Apr-2006)
Biography #4 (for Tadpole)
Aaron Stanford was cast as the lead in Tadpole after graduating from Rutgers University where he studied theatre. He was recently seen in Woody Allen's latest film Hollywood Ending, with Debra Messing and Tea Leoni. Stanford can also be seen as the recurring character Sergei on the NBC drama Third Watch. He will next be seen in Spike Lees The 25th Hour, and is about to go into production as Pyro in X-Men 2.Bio courtesy Miramax for "Tadpole" (25-Apr-2003)