---
name: "Aaron Staton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-staton"
fi1m_id: "aaron-staton"
imdb_id: "nm1837590"
tmdb_id: 41296
wikidata_id: "Q302794"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 August 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T13:46:50.249950+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 Staton

## Identity

Aaron Staton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aaron-staton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aaron-staton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1837590
- **TMDB ID:** 41296
- **Wikidata ID:** Q302794
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Staton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302794, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1837590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41296

Actor. Born 2 August 1980 in Huntington, West Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 August 1980, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 2007–2019
- **SAG Awards:** 2 SAG Awards (2 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 82 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Staton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302794, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1837590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41296

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*Unbelievable*](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md) (85)

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## Biography

Aaron Staton is an American actor. He trained at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a BFA in theatre in 2004, and made his Broadway debut that year in *Mamma Mia!*. He is best known for playing Ken Cosgrove in the AMC series *Mad Men* (2007–2015).

Staton provided the voice and facial performance for the protagonist Cole Phelps in the video game *L.A. Noire* (2011), for which he received a BAFTA nomination. He has appeared in films including *August Rush* (2007) and *The Nanny Diaries* (2007), and in television series such as *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *Person of Interest* and *9-1-1*. He has won two Screen Actors Guild Awards as part of the *Mad Men* ensemble cast.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Unbelievable* (2019), Fi1m 85, as Curtis McCarthy — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Hayden Price — [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, as Ken Cosgrove — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Anesthesia* (2026), as Michael
- *Based on a True Story* (2023), series, as Simon
- *Big Sky* (2020), series, as Scott
- *The Right Stuff* (2020), series, as Wally Schirra
- *Partisan* (2020), series, as Robert
- *Unbelievable* (2019), series, as Curtis McCarthy — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md)
- *Alive* (2019), as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
- *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), series, as Butch Sears
- *God Friended Me* (2018), series, as Alfie
- *Castle Rock* (2018), series, as Reverend Appleton
- *Alex & the List* (2018), as Michael
- *For the People* (2018), series, as Todd Hardart
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, as Daniel Buckley
- *My Mother and Other Strangers* (2016), series, as Captain Ronald Dreyfuss
- *Preservation* (2014), as Mike Neary
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Mr. Donellen
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Hayden Price — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Todd Roda — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *August Rush* (2007), as Nick
- *The Nanny Diaries* (2007), as John
- *Descent* (2007), as Jared's Friend
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, as Ken Cosgrove — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *I Believe in America* (2007), as Rodney
- *One Night* (2007), as Leroy
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Hugh Dolan
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Andy Wall
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Daniel

## Gallery

- ![Aaron Staton](https://film.one/media/person/61027/gallery-142785019968.png) Aaron Staton — Aaron_Staton_and_wife_at_a_Night_on_the_Town.jpg: watchwithkristin
derivative work: Rhain1999, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Aaron_Staton_%282008%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actor Aaron Staton and wife Connie Fletcher at Chivas Regal Presents a Night on the Town with "Mad Men" - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/61027/gallery-e52b5fd7a9da.jpg) Actor Aaron Staton and wife Connie Fletcher at Chivas Regal Presents a Night on the Town with "Mad Men" - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles. (2012) — Aaron_Staton_and_wife_at_a_Night_on_the_Town.jpg: watchwithkristin
derivative work: César, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Aaron_Staton_and_Connie_Fletcher_%282008%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actor Aaron Staton and wife Connie Fletcher at Chivas Regal Presents a Night on the Town with "Mad Men" - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/61027/gallery-e7fe0b20a06b.jpg) Actor Aaron Staton and wife Connie Fletcher at Chivas Regal Presents a Night on the Town with "Mad Men" - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles. (2008) — watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Aaron_Staton_and_wife_at_a_Night_on_the_Town.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Staton_and_wife_at_a_Night_on_the_Town.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Staton](https://film.one/media/person/61027/gallery-08f69998c9e7.jpg) Aaron Staton — Image via TMDB
- ![Aaron Staton](https://film.one/media/person/61027/gallery-2a18b4b0e291.jpg) Aaron Staton — Image via TMDB
- ![Aaron Staton](https://film.one/media/person/61027/gallery-9fad10f932d4.jpg) Aaron Staton — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### SAG Awards — 2 won, 3 nominated

- 2013: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (nominated), for *Mad Men*
- 2011: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (nominated), for *Mad Men*
- 2010: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (won), for *Mad Men*
- 2009: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (won), for *Mad Men*
- 2008: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (nominated), for *Mad Men*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- British Academy Games Award for Performer 2012: British Academy Games Award for Performer (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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