Aaron Swartz (actor)
Aaron Swartz is a British actor and theatre and film director who has appeared in plays, movies, commercials and television series in the United States and Europe. His first film appearance was in The Lords of Discipline, a 1983 film adaptation of the Pat Conroy novel; Swartz played a senior at an American military academy. In 1994, he played Cutter, the lead role in the video game Burn:Cycle. He appeared in 25 episodes of the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive and has directed two films that were sold to the BBC. He has starred in the film Young Hunters: The Beast of Bevendean.
Swartz also teaches Theatre arts at several English schools of drama.
Academia
Swartz trained at Drama Centre London. He currently teaches Acting for Camera at the Drama Centre and at the Central School of Speech and Drama, in London, and at the Academy for Creative Training, in Brighton. He is also a lecturer in Performing Arts at Bexhill College.Acting and directing
Film
Swartz has appeared in more than 20 films, including The Lords of Discipline, Claudia, The Fourth Protocol, Wild Things, Murder by Moonlight, Entrapment, Do Not Disturb and The 51st State. He has starred in two shorts and in the adventure film Young Hunters: The Beast of Bevendean.His film directing credits include When Will I Be Famous? and The World's Greatest Fan, both sold to the BBC.
Swartz also directed a group of actors playing victims and witnesses in a staged terror attack on London, for a "pioneering" project by Columbia University's Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma intended to train journalists in trauma awareness.