---
name: "Aaron Ruell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-ruell"
fi1m_id: "aaron-ruell"
imdb_id: "nm1088052"
tmdb_id: 53927
wikidata_id: "Q392126"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 June 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:52:35.629236+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Aaron Ruell

## Identity

Aaron Ruell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aaron-ruell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aaron-ruell
- **IMDb ID:** nm1088052
- **TMDB ID:** 53927
- **Wikidata ID:** Q392126
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ruell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392126, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1088052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53927

Actor. Born 23 June 1976 in Fresno, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 June 1976, Fresno, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Derek Aaron Ruell 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ruell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392126, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1088052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53927

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Napoleon Dynamite*](https://film.one/film/napoleon-dynamite.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Aaron Ruell, also credited as Derek Aaron Ruell, is an American actor, director and photographer. He was born on 23 June 1976 in Fresno, California, and raised in nearby Clovis. He studied film at Brigham Young University.

Ruell is best known for playing Kipland "Kip" Dynamite in the film *Napoleon Dynamite* (2004). He has also acted in *Think Tank* (2006), *On the Road with Judas* (2007) and the animated television series *Napoleon Dynamite* (2012). As a director, he wrote and directed the short films *Everything's Gone Green* and *Mary*, both of which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. He directs commercials and works as a photographer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Napoleon Dynamite* (2004), Fi1m 74, as Kip — [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon-dynamite.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Napoleon Dynamite* (2012), series, as Kip Dynamite (voice)
- *On the Road with Judas* (2007), as Judas - Real
- *Think Tank* (2006), as Donatello
- *Everything's Gone Green* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Mary* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Napoleon Dynamite* (2004), as Kip — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/napoleon-dynamite.md)
- *Pretty Things* (2004), series, as Projectionist

## Gallery

- ![Aaron Ruell at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/98568/gallery-cb4456671c27.jpg) Aaron Ruell at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Aaron_Ruell_%285965895761%29.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Ruell_%285965895761%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Ruell at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/98568/gallery-4228a86f5f6d.jpg) Aaron Ruell at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Aaron_Ruell_%285966446634%29.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Ruell_%285966446634%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Ruell at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/98568/gallery-87065ff2002f.jpg) Aaron Ruell at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Aaron_Ruell_%285966469402%29.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Ruell_%285966469402%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Ruell](https://film.one/media/person/98568/gallery-92a521a59353.jpg) Aaron Ruell — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Aaron_Ruell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Ruell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Ruell](https://film.one/media/person/98568/gallery-1472739894a9.jpg) Aaron Ruell — Image via TMDB
- ![Aaron Ruell](https://film.one/media/person/98568/gallery-008f30e1c1ba.jpg) Aaron Ruell — Image via TMDB
- ![Cast of the Napoleon Dynamite film and television series at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, including Jon Heder, Aaron Ruel](https://film.one/media/person/98568/gallery-0dfeb2845be6.jpg) Cast of the Napoleon Dynamite film and television series at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, including Jon Heder, Aaron Ruel — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Napoleon_Dynamite_cast_%285965887181%29.jpg/1280px-Napoleon_Dynamite_cast_%285965887181%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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