Aaron Poole

Aaron Poole
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995-present

Aaron Poole is a Canadian actor.

Early life

Poole, who grew up in the Ontario city of Barrie, attended Barrie Central Collegiate, and is a graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts and George Brown College.^[1]

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,^[2] 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.^[3]

Filmography

• This Beautiful City (2007)
• Killing Zelda Sparks (2007)
• Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
• Margo Lily (2012)
• The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)
• Fury (2012)
• The Conspiracy (2012)
• Cas & Dylan (2013)
• The Animal Project (2013)
• Forsaken (2014)
• Relative Happiness (2014)
• The Captive (2014)
• No Stranger Than Love (2015)
• Forsaken (2016)
• The Scent of Rain and Lightning (2016)

Television

• Living in Your Car (2010-2011)
• Republic of Doyle (2011)
• King (2011)
• Flashpoint (2011)
• Scrotum Flesh (2012)
• Copper (2012-2013)
• The Listener (2013)
• Strange Empire (2014-2015)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2008	ACTRA Awards	Best Actor	This Beautiful City	Won	[4]
	Genie Awards	Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated	[5]
2015	Maverick Movie Awards	Best Actor: Short	The Orchard	Nominated	[6]
2016	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Strange Empire	Nominated	[7]

References

1. "The Genies give a big hand to a tiny film". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 2009.
2. "Movie review: The Conspiracy". criticizethis.ca (Isabel Cupryn). July 16, 2013.
3. "Interview: Christopher MacBride and Aaron Poole talk 'The Conspiracy'". criticizethis.ca (Isabel Cupryn). July 16, 2013.
4. "The ACTRA Awards in Toronto | ACTRA Toronto". www.actratoronto.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
5. "awards database". academy.ca. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
6. "2015". MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS: Where moviemakers honor moviemakers from all over the world!. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
7. "awards database". academy.ca. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

External links

• Aaron Poole at the Internet Movie Database