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events & notices

• 7/13/2012   In addition to participating in the Nikita panel discussion at Comic-Con 2012, Aaron Stanford gave plenty of interviews. The links below will take you to the discussion and to a sampling of the interviews.
• 7/11/2012   Aaron Stanford will attend Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego as part of the Nikita contingent. He and Melinda Clarke (Amanda) will participate in the Nikita panel discussion and Q&A, 6-7 p.m. Thursday July 12, and at an autograph signing with the cast at the convention center at 6 p.m. on Friday, yes, the 13th. Aaron and Melinda were last-minute additions, so they have not yet appeared in Comic-Con's website listings.  Comic-Con 2012 Site
• 6/28/2012   Second season Nikita DVD and Blu-ray to be issued October 2, 2012. It can be pre-ordered through Amazon
• 5/11/2012   The CW renews Nikita for a third session with an order for 22 episodes. More information at The Futon Critic.
• 2/1/2012   Aaron Stanford is now Tweeting @AaronAStanford.
• 8/30/2011   DVD for first season of Nikita is available through Amazon
• 5/17/2011   The CW renews Nikita for a second season. More Info
• 10/24/2010   Nikita is extended to the full 2010-2011 season. The CW has ordered nine new episodes. More Info

new and recent roles

• Aaron Stanford continues in his role as the ace techie hacker Seymour Birkhoff in Nikita, a TV series renewed for the 2012-2013 season on The CW.  Role Description Season 1
• Horace (Ho-Ho) Cook, Jr. in The Arrangements, the September 6, 2009 episode of AMC's award-winning television series Mad Men.  Role Description
• Josh Snow (the poker prodigy) in All In, the July 19, 2009 episode of the USA Network television series Law and Order: Criminal Intent. The same episode was shown on NBC on August 31.  Role Description
• Stephan in Echoes, an episode of the NBC TV horror anthology series Fear Itself. Filming completed July 2008, but the episode, along with four others, was not broadcast when the series was interrupted by coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games and national political conventions. The complete series, including Echoes, was issued on DVD in September 2009. It is available from Amazon.
• Aaron Stanford is the voice of Pvt. Polonsky in the videogame Call of Duty: World at War. Developed by Treyarch. Distributed by Activision November 2008.  Official Site.
• Andrew Peterson in How I Got Lost. Filming completed May 2008.
• Anthony Tregoni in Holy Money, a film based on the novel Holy Smoke, by Tonino Benacquista. Produced by a Belgian company, Moviestream, and filmed in 2007 in Italy, Belgium and England.
• Dwight "Beagle" Kimbrough (the younger brother) in The Cake Eaters. Produced by The 7th Floor and 57th & Irving. Distributed by 7-57 Releasing March 2009.

recent publicity, features & interviews

• 9/20/2012   This insightful article by Lauren Taylor in the horror genre website Bloody Disgusting focuses on Aaron Stanford's history of creating believable, often appealing, characters in a wide variety of acting situations.
• You'll find handy links here to You Tube videos of the Nikita panel discussion at Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego.
• These are a sampling of interviews given by Aaron Stanford about his role as Nikita's Seymour Birkhoff at Comic-Con 2012 on July 12:  TV For The Rest of Us   Seat42f   TV Fanatic
• The Huffington Post, Screencrave, and TV Fanatic regularly recap and review Nikita episodes. Here they look at season two's episode 20, Shadow Walker, which features Birkhoff.
• Some enthusiastic shoutouts to Aaron Stanford and the 16th episode of Nikita's 2nd season. TV Guide  TV Fanatic  CliqueClack TV
• These takes on the second season premier of Nikita talk about the development of Aaron Stanford's Birkhoff. TV Fanatic  tv equals  Aol TV
• In this June 27, 2011 posting to AMCTV's Mad Men Blog, Aaron Stanford talks about his guest role as aspiring entrepreneur Horace (Ho Ho) Cook, and his non-decision to become an actor.
• Lars Trodson's review of How I Got Lost focuses on the film's strong sense of place and memorable characterizations. Roundtable Pictures review
• Thanks to stanfordwank for finding this early Nikita teaser for the first season which contains a few glimpses of Aaron Stanford's character, Birkhoff.
• Nikita is on facebook and twitter
• The Futon Critic weighs in with their "First Look" at Nikita. Futon Critic review
• This insightful and informative February 2010 review of Runaway by Robert Bell on the Canadian site Exclaim.ca, was occasioned by the release of the DVD.
• Director Joe Leonard talks about the development of How I Got Lost and the work of Aaron Stanford and Jacob Fishel on the film.  Stereosubversion.com interview
• A French-language fan site for Aaron Stanford in blog format contains (as of July 2012) up-to-date entries, responses/comments, and some nicely chosen images.
• The fan site stanfordwank contains postings which are (as of May 2012) accurate, up-to-date, interesting and informative.
• The fan site Aaron Stanford Online features (as of June 2012) a rich gallery of images and a forum.