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Aaron Poole

Aaron Poole

Actor, also producer · Born March 17, 1977 (49) · Canada

Aaron Poole is a classically trained actor who starred in the CBS/Roku series Most Dangerous Game alongside Christoph Waltz. Other television credits include series regular roles in Tom Fontana's "Copper", Netflix's "Strange Empire", as well as numerous guest spots on shows such as "Schitt's Creek", "American Gods", and "Condor". He is next set to recur in season 3 of "Reacher". Aaron's film work has been recognized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for his leading roles in "This Beautiful City" and "Strange Empire". He stars opposite Kiefer and Donald Sutherland in "Forsaken", as Mick Ronson in the Bowie pic "Stardust" and in cult favorites "The Empty Man" and "The Void". He made his directorial debut with the short film "Oracle" that premiered at TIFF and went on to screen at Slamdance 2020, Busan and Palm Springs. He followed that up with the feature "Dada" which was the center point of Toronto's The Future of Film showcase in 2024.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
March 17, 1977 (49)
From
Canada
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 69 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 35% in 30 days

What are Aaron Poole's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
28%
Survival
27%
Self
16%
Bonds
13%
Society
9%
Power
4%
Ideas
3%
Redemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 8 · Dark 12

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 16 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 12 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 7

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 13

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 8
Shadow
2 of 8
Threshold guardian
1 of 8
Ally
1 of 8
Mentor
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
18
Dread
13
Melancholic
12
Hopeful
6
Contemplative
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Unsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Aaron Poole's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 34 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Aaron Poole's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

69 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page.

  • Ithaqua(2026)

    as Hendry

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Vanished in an Instant(2026)

    as Officer Troy Monroe

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Brothers Beastly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as The Brothers

  • Dada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Writer

  • Kill Victoria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Nick

  • The Young Arsonists(2022)

    as Dale

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Faith Heist: A Christmas Caper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Jack

  • Reacher(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · as Springfield

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Between Realities Along the Edge of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Thomas

  • Flashback(2020)

    as Pierced Man

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Faith Heist(2021)

    as Jack

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Communist's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ian McDougald

  • A Dog Cried Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Tex

  • Stardust(2020)

    as Mick Ronson

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Resolve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Older Sam

  • The Empty Man(2020)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Liminal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Steve

  • Tainted(2020)

    as Malick

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Most Dangerous Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 18 episodes · as Connell · as Connell (uncredited)

  • Disappearance at Clifton Hill(2019)

    as The One-Eyed Man

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Oracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Spiral(2019)

    as Liam

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Hudson & Rex(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Billy Mumford

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Mary Goes Round(2017)

    as Pete

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Scent of Rain & Lightning(2017)

    as Meryl

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Frankie Drake Mysteries(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Constable Crowley

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Definites(2017)

    as Abe

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • American Gods(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonial Tyr

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Cardinal(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Incorporated(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Varik

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • The Void(2016)

    as Daniel Carter

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Private Eyes(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Jackson Van Horn

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Orchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Charlie · as Jack

  • Forsaken(2015)

    as Frank Tillman

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • No Stranger Than Love(2015)

    as Jamie Whyte

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Schitt's Creek(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Sean

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Honor Code (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Strange Empire(2014)

    Show 13 episodes · as Captain John Slotter

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Relative Happiness(2014)

    as Joss

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Captive(2014)

    as Mike

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Cas & Dylan(2013)

    as Steve

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Animal Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Leo

  • The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh(2012)

    as Leon Leigh / Surveillance Expert

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Conspiracy(2012)

    Executive Producer · as Aaron

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Samaritan(2012)

    as Jake

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Margo Lily (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Rob

  • Not Over Easy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Ken

  • Befriend and Betray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Willy

  • King(2011)

    Show 21 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Small Town Murder Songs(2010)

    as Jim

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Lost Girl(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Kelly the Hunter

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Gangster Exchange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Big Dave

  • Republic of Doyle(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Chad · as Chad King

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • The Listener(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Jay Levinson

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Adoration(2008)

    as Daniel

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • This Beautiful City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer · as Johnny

  • Killing Zelda Sparks(2007)

    as Ryan Bladder

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Touch the Top of the World(2006)

    as Chris Morris

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Duncan

  • This Is Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Allan Gold · as Jason Gamby

  • The Safety of Objects(2001)

    as Z-100 Judge

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Circle(2002)

    as Smitty Jacobson

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Mutant X(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter Morton

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Relic Hunter(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Vic

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Twice in a Lifetime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Ritchie Patterson

  • All I Wanna Do!(1998)

    as Beagle – Flat Critter

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The X-Files(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Bystander (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Little (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Officer Z

  • Surviving Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Maverick

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 69 titles, 67 of them dated from 1993 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

The Empty Man (2020)

$4.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Mary Goes Round (2017)

Midcredits 74th

Most popular right now

The Empty Man (2020)

Film career

19932026

Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 69: 65 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score44thDirecting2 of 69: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 69: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 69: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

69 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s10 · 10 acting · 1 crew2010s33 · 32 acting · 2 crew2020s20 · 19 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 16% of 19 roles
981318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Aaron Poole's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 45 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed18

Most divisive · actor

The Definites (2017)

89th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Reacher (2022)

Midcredits 89th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Aaron Poole's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles50–85 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles11–54 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles61–79 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles72–84 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Aaron Poole work with?

People who share at least 2 of Aaron Poole's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; A.C. Peterson shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers