{{Short description|Irish actor (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Aaron Doyle-Heffernan | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Aaron Doyle-Heffernan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|02|23|df=yes}}{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Trinity College Dublin | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2005–present | spouse = | children = 1<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/DM6EaVgMtFa/</ref> }} '''Aaron Doyle-Heffernan''' (born 23 February 1990) is an Irish actor known for his roles in ''Love/Hate'', ''Brassic'', ''Obsession: Dark Desires'' and ''War of the Worlds''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/love-hates-latest-recruit-aaron-heffernan-reveals-more-about-his-role-221232/ |title=Love Hate's latest recruit Aaron Heffernan reveals more about his role |website=Entertainment|date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/lovehates-aaron-heffernan-joins-sam-worthington-for-big-screen-sci-fi-blockbuster-34577355.html |title=Love/Hate's Aaron Heffernan joins Sam Worthington for big screen sci-fi blockbuster |website=Irish Independent|date=28 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1313409/war-of-the-worlds-season-2-release-date-cast-trailer-plot-when-is-the-new-series-out-fox |title=War of the Worlds season 2 release date, cast, trailer, plot: When is the new series out?|first=Hayley |last=Anderson |date=23 July 2020 |website=Express}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=January 2025}}
==Early life== Heffernan grew up in Dublin, Ireland. His father, David, is a radio producer and his mother Tina is a model. He is of Dominican descent through his mother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/BlackandIrish/posts/hello-im-aaron-im-30-and-im-from-dublin-my-two-brothers-and-i-are-mixed-irishdom/148588160249447/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Facebook}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=January 2025}} Heffernan has two older brothers: Simon, a personal trainer and online coach, and Jesse, a hip hop artist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2013 |title=The Fit Brothers |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20131101/283442074221196 |access-date=13 March 2023 |website=Irish Independent |via=PressReader}}</ref> His first cousin is model Thalia Heffernan.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/its-all-in-the-genes-lovehates-new-heartthrob-aaron-is-top-model-thalia-heffernans-cousin-29662159.html |title=It's all in the genes! Love/Hate's new heartthrob Aaron is top model Thalia Heffernan's cousin |website=Irish Independent|date=15 October 2013}}</ref>
He studied drama and classics at Trinity College Dublin.
==Career== In 2012, he co-founded the Collapsing Horse Theatre Company with fellow student and actor Jack Gleeson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://collapsinghorsetheatre.com/company/ |title=Company |website=Collapsing Horse}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lisarichards.ie/actorsm/aaron-heffernan-actor#.XznI6BNKgWo |title=Aaron Heffernan [actor] : The Lisa Richards Agency |website=Lisa Richards |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618183910/http://lisarichards.ie/actorsm/aaron-heffernan-actor#.XznI6BNKgWo |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/movember-spawned-a-monster-hot-press-meets-aaron-heffernan-12893698|title=Movember Spawned A Monster - Hot Press meets Aaron Heffernan |first=Paul |last=Nolan |website=Hotpress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lovindublin.com/interview/lovin-lunch-lovehate-aaron-heffernan-perfect-day-dublin |title=Lovin Lunch: Love/Hate's Aaron Heffernan talks steak, nudity and his perfect day in Dublin |website=Lovin Dublin |date=20 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/first-encounters-jack-gleeson-and-matt-smyth-1.1488351 |title=First encounters: Jack Gleeson and Matt Smyth|first=Frances|last=O'Rourke |newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 2005 | ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' | Dragon Handler | Uncredited |- | 2013 | ''Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'' | Danny's Posse | |- | 2014 | ''Poison Pen'' | Kurt | |- | rowspan="4"|2018 | ''Metal Heart'' | Alan | |- | ''Dublin Oldschool'' | Aaron | |- | ''Solo: A Star Wars Story'' | Imperial Mudtrooper | |- | ''The Titan'' | Corporal Zane Gorski | |- | 2019 | ''Supervized'' | Flynn | |- | rowspan="2"|2023 | ''Femme'' | Oz | |- | ''The Inventor'' | Crowd | Voice role |- | 2024 | ''Bring Them Down'' | Lee | |- | 2026 | ''Cold Storage'' | Mike | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 2013–2014 | ''Love/Hate'' | Detective Gavin | 6 episodes |- | 2016 | ''Obsession: Dark Desires'' | Ramon | Episode: "Beauty in the Bronx" |- | 2016–2018 | ''Mum'' | Ryan | 3 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|2017 | ''The Fear'' | The Fear | Miniseries |- | ''Into the Badlands'' | Dury | Episode: "Chapter XII: Leopard Stalks in Snow" |- | rowspan="2"|2018 | ''The Looming Tower'' | Marine | Episode: "9/11" |- | ''Women on the Verge'' | Facilitator | Episode #1.5 |- | 2019 | ''This Time with Alan Partridge'' | Gino | Episode #1.3 |- | 2019–2021 | ''War of the Worlds'' | Ash Daniel | Main role |- | 2019–2025 | ''Brassic'' | Ash Dennings | Main role |- | 2022 | ''Atlanta'' | DeMarco | Episode: "White Fashion" |}
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