Aaron Abrams | |
---|---|
Education | DePaul University (BFA) |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 2003–present |
Aaron Abrams is a Canadian actor and writer, who has worked in both film and television. [1]
Abrams has appeared as a regular on several series, including Hannibal, Blindspot, The State Within , Slings and Arrows , and Runaway . He also has had supporting roles in dramas Amelia with Hilary Swank, and Flash of Genius with Greg Kinnear. [2] He has also had several comedic roles ( Jesus Henry Christ , Take This Waltz , Children Ruin Everything). He wrote and starred in the films The Go-Getters and Young People Fucking for which he won a Canadian Comedy Award. Abrams also wrote and produced The Lovebirds , starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani. [3] [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | The In-Laws | Student | |
The Gospel of John | Man in temple crowd #3 | ||
2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Assistant | |
Safe | Manny | Short film | |
Siblings | Pastor | ||
2005 | Sabah | Paramedic | |
Cinderella Man | 1928 fan | ||
2006 | Zoom | Corporal Lipscombe | Uncredited |
Couldn't Be Happier | Dwayne | Short film | |
2007 | Firehouse Dog | Policeman at bridge | |
Young People Fucking | Matt | Also writer and executive producer | |
Paradise | Mitch | Short film | |
2008 | Flash of Genius | Ian Meillor | |
Cyborg Soldier | Tyler Voller | ||
2009 | At Home by Myself...With You | Guy | |
Amelia | Slim Gordon | ||
2010 | The Chicago 8 | Lee Weiner | |
2011 | Dave vs Death | Dave Kane | Short film |
Take This Waltz | Aaron | ||
388 Arletta Avenue | Alex | ||
2012 | Jesus Henry Christ | Malcolm's dad / Nurse Stewart | |
2013 | It Was You Charlie | Tom | |
2015 | Closet Monster | Peter Madly | |
Never Happened | Grady | Short film | |
Regression | Farrell | ||
2016 | Code 8 | Freddie Berko | Short film |
The Press Conference | Mark | Short film | |
Enfant Terrible | Jack | Short film | |
2017 | From Jennifer | Ralph Sinclair | |
2018 | Final Offer | Henry | Short Film [5] [6] |
The Open House | Brian Wallace | ||
Nose to Tail | |||
The Go-Getters | Owen | Also writer | |
2019 | Code 8 | Davis | |
2020 | The Lovebirds | Paramedic | Also writer and producer |
2024 | Code 8: Part II | Davis |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole | Patient #2 | Television film |
Tarzan | Ralph | Episode: "Surrender" | |
2003, 2006 | Slings & Arrows | Paul | 6 episodes |
2004 | Kevin Hill | Sexy water delivery guy | Episode: "Making the Grade" |
2005 | This Is Wonderland | Security guard | 2 episodes |
Kojak | Anthony "Tone" Tosetti | Episode: "All That Glitters" | |
Trump Unauthorized | Paparazzi reporter | Television film | |
Stargate Atlantis | Kanayo | 2 episodes | |
2006 | The State Within | Matthew Weiss | 6 episodes |
2006, 2008 | Runaway | Tannen | 4 episodes |
2007 | The Jane Show | Garth Gardiner | Episode: "A Jane in the Crowd" |
'Til Death Do Us Part | Ben Milford | Episode: "Murder Mystery Weekend" | |
Little Mosque on the Prairie | Dave Sharpe | Episode: "Public Access" | |
2008 | MVP | Rob Cartwright | Episode: "Double Overtime" |
2009 | Flashpoint | Joel Graves | Episode: "Business as Usual" |
The Good Times Are Killing Me | Gary | Television film | |
The Dating Guy | Archangel (voice) | Episode: "Bonnie & Mark" | |
12 Men of Christmas | Les Pizula | Television film | |
2009–2011 | Producing Parker | Simon Nolan (voice) | 26 episodes |
2010–2011 | Rookie Blue | Detective Donovan Boyd | 8 episodes |
2011 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Hector Lee | Episode: "Overwatch" |
Mayday | Patrick Harten | Episode: "Hudson River Runway" | |
2012 | The L.A. Complex | Ricky Lloyd | 6 episodes |
2013 | Played | Marcus Jakes | Episode: "Fights" |
2013–2015 | Hannibal | Brian Zeller | 26 episodes |
2014 | Longmire | Vogel | Episode: "Ashes to Ashes" |
Republic of Doyle | Dr. Jon Ronan | 4 episodes | |
NCIS | Todd Price | Episode: "The Searchers" | |
2015 | CSI: Cyber | Patrick Murphy | Episode: "Killer En Route" |
2016 | Faking It | Josh | Episode: "Third Wheels" |
Murder in the First | Doug Schwartz | Episode: "Follow the Money" | |
Masters of Sex | Randy | 3 episodes | |
2016–2020 | Blindspot | Matthew Weitz | 23 episodes |
2017 | Grey's Anatomy | Lance | Episode: "In the Air Tonight" |
2018 | Spider-Man | Tinkerer / Old Baseball Fan / Police Officer (1) (voice) | 2 episodes |
2022 | Children Ruin Everything | James | Main role |
2023 | Quantum Leap | Sgt. Ronny Abrams | Episode: "This Took Too Long!" |
Jerry O'Connell is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me (1986), Joe in Joe's Apartment (1996), Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire (1996), Derek in Scream 2 (1997), Michael in Tomcats (2001), Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack (2003), and Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC drama Crossing Jordan. He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the single 2010–2011 season of The Defenders. He also had a starring role in the comedy horror film Piranha 3D (2010). Currently, he voices Commander Jack Ransom on the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, is co-host of The Talk, and hosts a version of Pictionary syndicated on Fox stations.
Stephen Root is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010).
Bruce Ian McCulloch is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, musician and film director. McCulloch is best known for his work as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, including starring in the TV series of the same name. He was also a writer for Saturday Night Live. McCulloch has appeared on other series including Twitch City and Gilmore Girls. He directed the films Dog Park, Stealing Harvard and Superstar.
Aaron Richard Ashmore is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles on American television series such as Jimmy Olsen on Smallville, Steve Jinks on Warehouse 13 and Johnny Jaqobis on the Canadian television series Killjoys. He is the identical twin brother of actor Shawn Ashmore.
Kevin Zegers is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Framm in the Air Bud film series, Toby Osbourne in Transamerica (2005), Damien Dalgaard in the CW teen drama Gossip Girl, and as rookie FBI Agent Brendon Acres on the ABC crime drama The Rookie: Feds. He has also starred in the films Dawn of the Dead (2004), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008), Frozen (2010), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and Nighthawks (2019).
Matthew Paul Walsh is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Mike McLintock in Veep for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He is a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, with which he co-starred in its original television series and the 2015 reboot. He also previously starred in short-lived comedy programs such as Dog Bites Man and Players, and was a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has also appeared in films such as Road Trip (2000), Bad Santa (2003), School for Scoundrels (2006), Role Models (2008), The Hangover (2009), and The Do-Over (2016).
Caterina Scorsone is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2010–present) and its spin-offs Private Practice (2010–2013) and Station 19 (2018–present). Prior to this, she made her debut as a child actor on the Canadian children's program, Mr. Dressup. She also appeared in a number of films, including 2010's Edge of Darkness and 2014's The November Man. Other television credits include Jess Mastriani on Missing, Callie Wilkinson on Crash, and Alice Hamilton on Alice.
Joe Anderson is an English film actor and singer best known for his work in Across the Universe, Becoming Jane, Control, The Ruins, The Crazies, Horns and as Alistair in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) and Asa Farrell in the WGN America drama series Outsiders. He also played Joseph in The Reckoning.
Daniel Kevin Fogler is an American actor, comedian and writer. He has appeared in films including Balls of Fury, Good Luck Chuck, the Fantastic Beasts film series and has done voice acting for Kung Fu Panda, Horton Hears a Who!, and Mars Needs Moms. He also appeared on The Walking Dead as Luke and played Francis Ford Coppola in miniseries, The Offer.
Douglas Alexander Smith is a Canadian actor known for his work on the HBO series Big Love as Ben Henrickson. His other work includes Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), Terminator Genisys (2015), Vinyl, Miss Sloane, When We Rise (2017), The Alienist (2018–2020) and the second season of HBO's Big Little Lies (2019).
Laura Dianne Vandervoort is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Sadie Harrison in the CTV teen drama series Instant Star, Arla "The Bolt-Gun Killer" Cogan in the Syfy supernatural drama series Haven, Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) in The CW serial drama series Smallville, and as Lisa in the ABC science fiction series V (2009). In 2014, she starred in the Space channel drama series Bitten, a television adaptation of Kelley Armstrong's book series Women of the Otherworld as Elena Michaels.
Ennis Esmer is a Turkish-Canadian actor, comedian, voice actor, writer, producer and presenter. He is best known for his roles as Osman 'Oz' Bey in The Listener (2009–2014), Nash in Red Oaks (2014–2017), Rich Dotcom in Blindspot (2015–2020) – a role that was specifically written for him, and Kurtis 'Maz' Mazhari in Private Eyes (2016–2021).
Young People Fucking is a 2008 Canadian sex comedy film directed by Martin Gero, who co-wrote it with Aaron Abrams. The film's story is told in a linear fashion, alternating through a series of single-location vignettes connected by theme but with characters representing different archetypes. In each vignette, the characters try to have an evening of uncomplicated sex but are unable to separate sex from love.
Calum Worthy is a Canadian actor, writer, and producer, known for his roles as Dez on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally, Alex Trimboli in the Netflix series American Vandal, Nicholas Godejohn in the Hulu series The Act, and himself in The Coppertop Flop Show. He has won two Young Artist Awards in the Leading Young Actor category for his performances in the comedy film National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion (2003) and the science fiction television series Stormworld (2009). He also won the Leading Actor award at the 2010 Leo Awards for his performance in Stormworld.
Louis Gabriel Basso III is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and from 2010 to 2013, he had a regular role on the Showtime series The Big C. In film, he starred in the 2011 science fiction film Super 8 and the 2013 comedy-drama The Kings of Summer. In 2020, he portrayed J. D. Vance in the drama Hillbilly Elegy and in 2023, he played the title role in the action thriller series The Night Agent, both for Netflix.
Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger, known professionally as Jake Johnson, is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred as Nick Miller in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–2018), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He has also voiced a version of Spider-Man in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and its 2023 sequel.
Hannibal is an American psychological horror-thriller television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels Red Dragon (1981), Hannibal (1999), and Hannibal Rising (2006) and focuses on the relationship between Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special investigator Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy and at the same time, the only person who can understand him.
Lara Jean Chorostecki is a Canadian actress known for her role as Fredricka "Freddie" Lounds in the American psychological thriller–horror television series Hannibal, and as Sergeant Krystina Breeland on the critically acclaimed Canadian series X Company.
Jean-Paul Manoux is an American actor, director and writer. He is perhaps best known for his work on multiple Disney television series. He played S.T.A.N. the android in Aaron Stone, both Curtis the Caveman and Vice Principal Hackett in Phil of the Future, and voiced Kuzco in The Emperor's New School. Before fame, Manoux was a contestant on Jeopardy!, Family Feud, and Wheel of Fortune. He also starred in the CTV sitcom Spun Out.
Austin Noah Abrams is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Ron Anderson in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television series The Walking Dead (2015–2016), as Ethan Daley in Euphoria and as Dash in Dash & Lily (2020). He has also appeared in films such as The Kings of Summer (2013), Paper Towns (2015), Brad's Status (2017), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) and Chemical Hearts (2020).