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Aaron Smolinski
Aaron Smolinski made his acting debut at the age of 3 playing "Infant Clark Kent" in Superman: The Movie (actor Lee Quigley played the role of "Baby Kal-El" earlier in the film). He also returned in Superman: II & Superman: III. While growing up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his parents and brother, Aaron continued acting doing numerous commercials and movies such as Superman II and Superman III. During this time, he had the opportunity of working with some great actors including Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Louis Gossett, Jr., as well as some great directors namely Richard Donner and Richard Lester.
While attending primary school, Aaron enjoyed many sports including gymnastics, soccer and ice hockey. After moving with his family to southern California, Aaron gave up his acting career to pursue his love of gymnastics, his perseverance and tenacity resulted in the opportunity of competing in a couple of State finals and Junior Olympics. Later, Aaron and his family moved back to Calgary and he entered the University of Calgary to pursue a career in Child Psychology.
When Lonesome Dove filmed in the country surrounding Calgary, Aaron left University to pursue acting, his first real passion. Here he landed the job of being a Stand in for the lead actor who played Newt Call on Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years. In addition to his stand in role, Aaron also appeared in numerous episodes. After the show wrapped its final season, Aaron decided to move to Vancouver. It is in Vancouver where Aaron's career really took off. Here he appeared in several Films, TV shows and made for TV movies including Outer Limits, MVP, Someone to Love Me, Wes Craven's Don't Look Down, Wishmaster 3, Ice Angel, Gallows Hill, Viper, JAG, Mysterious Ways, Someone To Love Me, Night Man, Poltergeist: The Legacy and many others.
After several years in Vancouver as a sought after actor, Aaron decided to make the move to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Aaron has booked several pilots (unfortunately none of them made it on the air), an episode of JAG and recently finished an independent movie called C.A.R.T.S. Aaron has a featured cameo in "Man Of Steel" and is one of only two people to be in 5 of the Superman movies
He is currently married with a 2 year old son and living in Los Angeles where he is still acting and producing/directing.
