Breakthrough and television roles (2007–2014)
Ashmore broke through in the U.S. with a major role on Smallville . He was cast as photographer Jimmy Olsen beginning in the sixth season and continued to play him into its eighth season. [7] He returned, portraying the younger brother of Jimmy Olsen, in the 2011 series finale, following his first character's earlier departure. In 2009, Ashmore headlined the eco-horror thriller The Thaw [8] . His performance earned him a Leo Award nomination for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama the following year. [9]
From 2010 to 2012, Ashmore had a six-episode recurring arc on series In Plain Sight as Scott Griffin, Mary Shannon's newly discovered half-brother. [10] In 2011, Ashmore joined Syfy's Warehouse 13 as ATF agent Steve Jinks, a recurring character with the ability to detect lies introduced in the third season who appeared through the show's fifth and final season in 2014. [11] He also made guest appearances on series like Lost Girl and Private Practice during this period. [12]
Recent work (2014–present)
From 2015 to 2019, Ashmore co-starred as John Jaqobis on Syfy's space drama Killjoys . [13] He was one of the three leads in the series, portraying a bounty hunter. Killjoys ran for five seasons, ending in 2019. That same year, Ashmore received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work on the show. [14]
In film, Ashmore had a supporting role in Regression (2015) and appeared in TV movies such as Lifetime's Swept Under (2015) [15] and Wish Upon a Christmas (2015). [16] He later starred as Sean, a morally ambiguous tow-truck driver, in the Toronto-set crime thriller 22 Chaser (2018). [17]
In 2020, Ashmore appeared as Duncan Locke in the fantasy television series Locke & Key , first in a recurring role during the first season and later as part of the main cast in the second season. [18] He went on to appear in the second season of Ginny & Georgia (2023) as Gil Timmins, Georgia's ex-boyfriend and the father of her son, Austin. Since 2022, Ashmore has co-starred as Captain William "Wheezer" Heaseman in the Canadian medical drama series SkyMed , which follows the lives of air ambulance crews in remote Northern Canada. The series was renewed for a third season in 2024, when he was promoted to series regular. [19]
Ashmore also co-stars in the Great American Media's mystery franchise The Ainsley McGregor Mysteries. He plays Jake Trenton, the love interest of Ainsley McGregor, in A Case for the Winemaker (2024) [20] and A Case for the Yarn Maker (2025). [21]
