Shawn Ashmore

 ( 1979 Births ) 

In May 2006, Ashmore reprised his role as Iceman in , the third installment of 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series. He also voiced the character in the tie-in video game , bridging the events between X2 and The Last Stand. In 2008, he starred as Eric in the horror film The Ruins, portraying an American tourist in Mexico who is enticed to visit a remote Mayan ruin in the jungle. The following year, Ashmore starred in the CTV telefilm Diverted (2009), playing an air‑traffic manager dealing with flights grounded in Newfoundland during the 2001 September 11 attacks in the United States. He also voiced Iceman again in several episodes of the animated series The Super Hero Squad Show.

In 2010, Ashmore portrayed Joe Lynch in Adam Green's dramatic thriller Frozen and co‑starred as George Barnum in the ensemble horror remake Mother's Day. Subsequently, he starred as Fitz, a hard-living air-ambulance doctor in the eight-part miniseries Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, which was adapted from Vincent Lam's Giller Prize–winning stories. Ashmore also served as an executive producer on the series, which received nine Gemini nominations. That November, Ashmore and his brother Aaron guest-starred in the Fringe episode "Amber 31422"; Den of Geek praised their performances, describing both actors as "rather good". The episode marked the first project on which the brothers had collaborated in fifteen years. Discussing their decision to work together, Ashmore said: "It's usually because the stuff that came along is kind of hokey, but I think the quality of Fringe is really high and the episode is done well and our characters are intelligent. We're going to have some fun."

In 2011, Ashmore played Adam, one of five survivors who are besieged by cannibals, in the post-apocalyptic thriller The Day. The film premiered in the Midnight Madness programme at Toronto International Film Festival and was later acquired for U.S. distribution by WWE Studios. He next starred in the bilingual road-movie romance Mariachi Gringo (2012), portraying Edward, an aimless Kansan man who relocates to Guadalajara to become a mariachi singer. The film premiered as the opening-night gala of the 29th Miami International Film Festival. From 2013 to 2015, Ashmore starred as FBI special agent Mike Weston on Fox's crime-thriller series The Following. Weston remained a central character throughout the show's three-season run. In 2014, Ashmore reprised his role as Iceman in , appearing alongside both returning cast members from the first three films and the cast of the prequel film . He praised the decision to unite the original and prequel casts into one film, calling it "a very interesting and smart way to continue telling this story".

Ashmore subsequently appeared in several genre films. He starred as Deputy Conrad "Colt" Salter in the science-fiction horror film Devil's Gate, which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, and portrayed troubled brother Officer Darryl Tarasoff in the Canadian mystery Hollow in the Land (2017). In 2018, he appeared in the action thriller Acts of Violence as a Cleveland police officer who is pursuing a human‑trafficking ring. That same year, Ashmore began a recurring role as defense attorney Wesley Evers on the police-procedural television series The Rookie. In 2019, he appeared in Hulu's anthology series Into the Dark, playing migrant‑rights activist Thomas in the Independence Day–themed episode "Culture Shock". He also continued his interactive media work by providing voice, likeness, and motion capture for the playable character Conrad in the horror game (2019).

In 2020, Ashmore had a recurring role as Lamplighter, a former member of the superhero group the Seven, in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video superhero series The Boys. Reflecting on the role, Ashmore noted the contrast with his earlier portrayal of Bobby Drake / Iceman, whom he described as "the quintessential good guy", saying his casting as Lamplighter "wasn't a coincidence". He said: "One of the things I liked about The Boys is that they subvert the genre, and I really got to lean into that". Series creator Eric Kripke said Ashmore initially auditioned for another part, but Kirpke "really wanted to get him into the show" and considered him "perfect" for Lamplighter due to Ashmore's "X-Men pedigree" and strong acting. Ashmore enjoyed the irony, stating it was fun to play "both sides of a superhero".