Aaron
Smolinski made his acting debut at the age of 3 playing “Baby Superman” in Superman: The Movie (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.
He is currently married with a 2 year old son and living in Los Angeles where
he is still acting and producing/directing.