Aaron Poole

Aaron Poole
Poole in 2011
Born	(1977-03-17) March 17, 1977 Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actor, producer
Years active	1995-present

Aaron Poole is a Canadian actor.

Early life

Poole grew up in Barrie, Ontario and attended Barrie Central Collegiate. He is a graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts and George Brown College.[1]

Career

Poole's credits include the films Killing Zelda Sparks, Adoration and This Beautiful City, and the television series Strange Days at Blake Holsey High and ZOS: Zone of Separation. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 29th Genie Awards for his performance in This Beautiful City. Poole starred in Ed Gass-Donnelly's second feature film Small Town Murder Songs in 2010. He also appeared in the movie Fury.

Poole is an executive producer and one of the lead actors in The Conspiracy,[2] a mockumentary thriller which opened at one location in Toronto on July 19, 2013 and is expected to hit other major cities in Canada a few weeks later, followed by some U.S. cities.

The latest project he worked on was a film called Forsaken with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland.[3]

Filmography

Film

• Blind Faith (1998) as White Kid #1
• All I Wanna Do (1998) as Beagle - Flat Critter
• The Safety of Objects (2001) as Z-100 Judge
• The Circle (2002) as Smitty Jacobson
• The House (2006) as Duncan
• Killing Zelda Sparks (2007) as Ryan Bladder
• This Beautiful City (2007) as Johnny
• Adoration (2008) as Daniel
• Gangster Exchange (2010) as Big Dave
• Small Town Murder Songs (2010) as Jim
• The Samaritan (2012) as Jake
• The Conspiracy (2012) as Aaron
• Margo Lily (2012, Short) as Rob
• The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012) as Leon Leigh / Surveillance Expert
• The Animal Project (2013) as Leo
• Cas & Dylan (2013) as Steve
• The Captive (2014) as Mike
• Relative Happiness (2014) as Joss
• No Stranger Than Love (2015) as Jamie Whyte
• Forsaken (2015) as Frank Tillman
• The Void (2016)[4] as Daniel Carter
• The Definites (2017) as Abe
• The Scent of Rain and Lightning (2017) as Meryl Tapper
• Mary Goes Round (2017) as Pete
• Spiral (2019) as Liam
• Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019)
• Tainted (2020) as Malick
• The Education of Fredrick Fitzell (2020) as Pierced Man
• Stardust (2020) as Mick Ronson
• The Empty Man (2020) as Paul

Television

• Living in Your Car (2010-2011) as Toby
• King (2011) as Jason Collier
• Republic of Doyle (2011-2014) as Chad King
• Flashpoint (2011) as Davis Lagosto
• Copper (2012-2013) as Robert Cobb Kennedy
• The Listener (2013) as Jay Levinson
• Strange Empire (2014-2015) as Captain John Slotter
• Murdoch Mysteries (2018) as Frank Lloyd Wright

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2008	ACTRA Awards	Best Actor	This Beautiful City	Won	[5]
	Genie Awards	Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated	[6]
2015	Maverick Movie Awards	Best Actor: Short	The Orchard	Nominated	[7]
2016	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Strange Empire	Nominated	[8]

References

1. "The Genies give a big hand to a tiny film". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 2009.
2. "Movie review: The Conspiracy". criticizethis.ca (Isabel Cupryn). July 16, 2013.
3. "Interview: Christopher MacBride and Aaron Poole talk 'The Conspiracy'". criticizethis.ca (Isabel Cupryn). July 16, 2013.
4. Newman, Kim (February 13, 2017). "'The Void': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
5. "The ACTRA Awards in Toronto | ACTRA Toronto". www.actratoronto.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
6. "awards database". academy.ca. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
7. "2015". MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS: Where moviemakers honor moviemakers from all over the world!. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
8. "awards database". academy.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

External links

• Aaron Poole on IMDb