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Aaron Stanford (born April 18, 1977 in Westford, Massachusetts) is an American actor.

After graduating high school, he tried very hard to get into the Juilliard School, 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 the television series Third Watch as Russian teen Sergei. In the same year he was named as one of Daily 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 on the Marvel Comics series X-Men. He is set to appear in the third installment, X-Men 3 which is scheduled to be released in May 2006.

Future Roles

Live Free or Die (2006) -- Rugged (Now in post-production)
X-Men: The Last Stand
(2006) -- John Allerdyce/Pyro

Filmography

The Hills Have Eyes
(2006) — Doug Bukowski
Runaway (2005) — 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

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