After graduating from Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida, Ashby took a degree in psychology and business administration at Fort Lewis College in Durango in the state of Colorado, and then moved to New York where he took drama classes in the Neighborhood Playhouse. Early in his career he took part in the soap opera Loving, and an episode of MacGyver, also got a small role in the 1990 movie Mr. & Mrs. Bridge with Paul Newman and again in 1990 he starred in the independent film The queen of hell alongside Karen Black.
Aaron Pearl, (born May 11, 1972 in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada) came to screen notice in 1996 with the romantic sports drama Annie O (1995). During that same year, Aaron found supporting roles in such TV-movies as Susie Q (1996), Home Song (1996) and Titanic (1996). Contrasting his strong television credentials, Aaron's work also includes appearances within such better-known films as X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Man of Steel (2013). In 1999 he wrote, directed, and executive produced his first film Little Boy Blues (1999).
