Aaron Poole Explained

Aaron Poole
Birth Date:17 March 1977
Birth Place:Canada
Occupation: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 . 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.

The latest project he worked on was 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

Television

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2008 Best Actor This Beautiful City [8]
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role [9]
2015 Best Actor: Short The Orchard [10]
2016 Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Strange Empire [11]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090403.wgenie0404/BNStory/Entertainment/home "The Genies give a big hand to a tiny film"
  2. Web site: my nonno . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/aaronsghost/1527755072237527686 . 2021-12-25 . registration. www.instagram.com . 15 November 2020.
  3. Web site: beautiful nonna . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/aaronsghost/1529804252497900886 . 2021-12-25 . registration. www.instagram.com . 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. Web site: 'The Void': Review. Screen Daily. February 13, 2017. April 3, 2017. Newman. Kim. Kim Newman.
  8. Web site: The ACTRA Awards in Toronto ACTRA Toronto. www.actratoronto.com. 15 November 2016. 22 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170122040531/http://www.actratoronto.com/performers/community/the-actra-awards-in-toronto/. dead.
  9. Web site: awards database. academy.ca. 15 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015304/http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=person&step=1&byty-award-v=0&byty-winners-v=False&byty-title-v=Strange+Empire&byty-year-v=0&byp-award-v=1&byp-winners-v=False&byp-name-v=Aaron+Poole. 16 November 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: 2015. MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS: Where moviemakers honor moviemakers from all over the world!. 15 November 2016. 11 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170411090421/http://www.maverickmovieawards.com/2015.html. dead.
  11. Web site: awards database. academy.ca. 15 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116015105/http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=titleYear&step=2&byty-award-v=0&byty-winners-v=False&byty-title-v=Strange+Empire&byty-year-v=0. 2016-11-16. dead.