Aaron Stanford grew up in Westford, Massachusetts, a small town about 30 minutes away from Boston. He got his first serious theatre role playing Alan Strang in the 1995 production of "Equus" directed by Michael Towers at the Roudenbush Community Center in Westford. Stanford was never too interested in the Westford Academy theatre department but he performed in community and college productions before being chosen for the lead role of Oscar in "Tadpole" five months after graduating magna cum laude from Rutgers University in 2000. He has most recently been seen in X2 (2003) where he plays John Allerdyce (Pyro).