Aaron Stanford is an American actor. Stanford's first major film role was in the low-budget indie film Tadpole (2002) with Sigourney Weaver. In 2001 and 2002 he appeared multiple times on the television series Third Watch. He was casted as Pyro in the 2003 blockbuster X2, a sequel to X-Men. He continued the role in the third installment, X-Men 3.