Aaron Poole

Aaron Poole
Portrait of Aaron Poole
Born	(1977-03-17) March 17, 1977 (age 48) Canada
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer, director, producer
Years active	1995-present

Aaron Poole (born March 17, 1977) 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] He is of Italian descent. ^{[2] [3]}

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, ^[4] 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. Thereafter, he worked on a film called Forsaken with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland. ^[5]

Dada , his feature film debut as a director, premiered at the 2024 Future of Film Showcase. ^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	All I Wanna Do	Beagle - Flat Critter
2001	The Safety of Objects	Z-100 Judge
2002	The Circle	Smitty Jacobson
2006	The House	Duncan
2007	Killing Zelda Sparks	Ryan Bladder
	This Beautiful City	Johnny
2008	Adoration	Daniel
2010	Gangster Exchange	Big Dave
	Small Town Murder Songs	Jim
2012	The Samaritan	Jake
	The Conspiracy	Aaron
	Margo Lily	Rob	Short film
	The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh	Leon Leigh / Surveillance Expert
2013	The Animal Project	Leo
	Cas & Dylan	Steve
2014	The Captive	Mike
	Relative Happiness	Joss
2015	No Stranger Than Love	Jamie Whyte
	Forsaken	Frank Tillman
2016	The Void	Daniel Carter	[7]
2017	The Definites	Abe
	The Scent of Rain and Lightning	Meryl Tapper
	Mary Goes Round	Pete
2019	Spiral	Liam
	Disappearance at Clifton Hill	The One-Eyed Man
2020	Tainted	Malick
	Flashback	Pierced Man
	Stardust	Mick Ronson
	The Empty Man	Paul
2022	The Young Arsonists	Dale

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Blind Faith	White Kid #1	TV movie
2003-2004	Strange Days at Blake Holsey High	Grant Wheeler	3 episodes
2010-2011	Living in Your Car	Toby	9 episodes
2011	King	Jason Collier	8 episodes
	Flashpoint	Davis Lagosto	1 episode
2011-2014	Republic of Doyle	Chad King	2 episodes
2012-2013	Copper	Robert Cobb Kennedy	9 episodes
2013	The Listener	Jay Levinson	1 episode
2014-2015	Strange Empire	Captain John Slotter	13 episodes
2018	Murdoch Mysteries	Frank Lloyd Wright	1 episode
2019	Frankie Drake	Constable Crowley	1 episode: S3:E2
2021	The Communist's Daughter	Ian McDougald	8 episodes
	Faith Heist	Jack	TV movie

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	ACTRA Awards	Best Actor	This Beautiful City	Won	[8]
	Genie Awards	Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated	[9]
2015	Maverick Movie Awards	Best Actor: Short	The Orchard	Nominated	[10]
2016	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Strange Empire	Nominated	[11]

References

1. "The Genies give a big hand to a tiny film". The Globe and Mail , April 4, 2009.
2. "my nonno". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
3. "beautiful nonna". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. "Movie review: The Conspiracy". criticizethis.ca (Isabel Cupryn). July 16, 2013.
5. "Interview: Christopher MacBride and Aaron Poole talk 'The Conspiracy'". criticizethis.ca (Isabel Cupryn). July 16, 2013.
6. Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Aaron Poole’s Dada to premiere at Future of Film Showcase". Playback , May 27, 2024.
7. Newman, Kim (February 13, 2017). "'The Void': Review". Screen Daily . Retrieved April 3, 2017.
8. "The ACTRA Awards in Toronto | ACTRA Toronto". www.actratoronto.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
9. "awards database". academy.ca. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
10. "2015". MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS: Where moviemakers honor moviemakers from all over the world!. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
11. "awards database". academy.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

External links

• Aaron Poole at IMDb