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Birthday:

04-19-1966 (58 years)

Birthplace:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Shane was born and raised in Brampton, Canada and graduated from Bramalea Secondary School. He briefly attended Sheridan college under the business program but quickly found that was not a career path he would enjoy.

He started late in the acting field after a car accident in 1989. After visiting an actor friend on set, he was bitten by the acting bug. He has trained with many coaches over the years including Harold Guskin who was the private coach of the late James Gandolfini.

During one of his acting classes, his first acting coach said he would do what he could to help Shane begin his career. He arranged for Shane to meet his agent who quickly signed him to the roster.

His first appearance in front of the camera was on various commercials before landing a spot on the popular CBC series Street Legal.

The last decade has been a whirlwind with appearances on such shows as Flashpoint, The Firm, Blue Mountain State, Transporter, and many other popular t.v. shows. Movie roles have included Exit Wounds, Kick Ass 2, and Detroit Rock City

He can also be seen opposite Susan Sarandon in The Calling, Jamie Foxx in the movie Redemption, and the with popular Canadian Bruce Greenwood in Firehouse Dog.

Aside from acting, Shane is an accomplished guitar player and during breaks in his busy career, he is a competent Futures trader following in the footsteps of James Brolin who traded Stocks between gigs. - IMDb Mini Enjoyed the book "Stop Acting" by acting coach Harold Guskin so much, Shane tracked Harold down through his publisher in order to work through the book personally. Shane met up with Harold in the summer of 2006 in NYC.

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Brian's Song

Act like Bill Filbert

event2001 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

The story of professional football players Gale Sayes and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease

Firehouse Dog

Act like Burr Baldwin

event2007 star_border 6 top_panel_open

Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid to get the station back on its feet.

Kick-Ass 2

Act like Mother Russia Cop

event2013 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

Danger Beneath the Sea

Act like Lt. Commander Gary Reynolds

event2001 star_border 4.7 top_panel_open

Following a nuclear weapons testing accident in North Korea, the crew of a US Navy submarine experiences a communications breakdown. Believing that a nuclear war has started, the senior officers prepare for retaliation, but one man is not so sure.

Hostel Part II: The Next Level

Act like Self

event2007 top_panel_open

Behind the scenes of Eli Roth's horror sequel Hostel 2 (2007).

Dirty Work

Act like Door Henchman

event1998 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.

Code Breakers

Act like Doug Kenna (uncredited)

event2005 star_border 4.6 top_panel_open

In 1951, a cheating scandal rocks West Point academy, as 83 cadets -- including the son of the school's football coach (Glenn) -- are implicated and ultimately dismissed.

Reviving Ophelia

Act like Terry Stenwyck

event2010 star_border 7.4 top_panel_open

No one listens when a teenager suspects that her cousin is in an abusive relationship.

Face Down

Act like Vince

event1997 star_border 3 top_panel_open

When blonde bombshell Meredith Lake breezes into his office, New York private eye Bob Signorelli can't resist giving her "personal" attention. But their one-night stand becomes a deadly liaison when they are linked to a homicide; and a night of steamy passion snowballs into a marathon of madness and murder...

Sorority Surrogate

Act like Arresting Officer

event2014 star_border 3.7 top_panel_open

A surrogate mother faces an uncertain future when the couple who hires her dies in an accident.

The Calling

Act like Dale Varney

event2014 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.

Critical Choices

Act like Cop #1

event1996 star_border 6 top_panel_open

A Milwaukee Women's Health Clinic becomes the battleground between pro-choice activists and right-to-life demonstrators over and Easter Sunday weekend and involves three different women, each representing different sides of the issue.

Bad to the Bone

Act like Hank

event1997 star_border 6.1 top_panel_open

A murderous sociopath (and former battered child) uses her naive younger brother in a scheme to do away with her inconvenient lover.

Angels in the Infield

Act like Indians Base Chaser

event2000 star_border 5.6 top_panel_open

Bob "Bungler" Bugler is the celestial coach called in to assist struggling pitcher Eddie Everett. Laurel finds her prayers answered when a flock of outrageous angelic teammates crash her father's roster for what may be their best season yet.

Detroit Rock City

Act like Chongo's Friend

event1999 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!

The Cheetah Girls

Act like Officer #1

event2003 star_border 6 top_panel_open

A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a big-time producer named Jackal Johnson, who tries to make the group into superstars, but the girls run into many problems.

Exit Wounds

Act like Fitz

event2001 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives secretly operating a drug ring, Boyd joins forces with an unlikely ally -- gangster Latrell Walker -- to bring down the rotten cops.

Mobile Homes

Act like Mick

event2017 star_border 5.9 top_panel_open

In forgotten towns along the American border, a young mother drifts from one motel to the next with her intoxicating boyfriend and her 8-year-old son. The makeshift family scrapes by, living one hustle at a time, until the discovery of a mobile home community offers an alternative life.

Dear Viola

Act like Officer (Dave)

event2014 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

Katie, a shy newspaper accountant submits a reply to a "Dear Viola" letter to the editor that she works for, anonymously. She has a real knack for writing to people and getting to the heart of the matter. Soon, she takes over the newspaper's advice column and falls in love with one of her correspondents. The whole town becomes involved in the romantics.

Earthquake in New York

Act like Officer #2

event1998 star_border 5.4 top_panel_open

A cop is after a nasty serial killer. Cop's wife and kids are somewhere in the city too. Then a disastrous earthquake hits the city.

Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire

Act like Muscle Man

event2000 star_border 5.8 top_panel_open

The Hansen kids are in a jam. Adam and his best friend Duffy have gotten their hands on some tickets for the Headless Horseman concert, and his sister Chelsea has a date with her dreamy boyfriend Peter. The only problem is they're both grounded. Chelsea and Adam will do whatever it takes to get their mom Lynette out of the house, even if it includes a chance meeting with a very mysterious man. Everything seems to go according to plan until their little brother Taylor realizes that this stranger might be a vampire.

Mutant X

Act like Cody (1 ep.)

event2001 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.

Blue Mountain State

Act like Connor/Thad's Dad (3 ep.)

event2010 star_border 7.6 top_panel_open

Three incoming freshman in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class and nonstop hazing.

Flashpoint

(1 ep.)

event2008 star_border 7.3 top_panel_open

The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.

Kevin Hill

Act like Staff Sgt. Gerry Anderson (1 ep.)

event2004 star_border 5.3 top_panel_open

Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season. It was filmed and produced in Toronto, Canada.

Murdoch Mysteries

Act like Vincent Newcombe (1 ep.)

event2008 star_border 7.7 top_panel_open

A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

Street Time

Act like Sylvester (2 ep.)

event2002 star_border 2.5 top_panel_open

Follows a fair parole officer and his parolee who wants to go straight but his former business associates are after him.

Alphas

Act like Kent Zelanski (1 ep.)

event2011 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.

Frankie Drake Mysteries

Act like Mr. Macdonald (1 ep.)

event2017 star_border 6.5 top_panel_open

Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out.

Pretty Hard Cases

Act like Officer Taylor (1 ep.)

event2021 star_border 6.4 top_panel_open

A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics detective Kelly, who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and ruthless. But by night, they’re both grappling with loneliness, dysfunctional families, screwed-up love lives, and a sense that their professional ambitions may not be totally in line with their personal needs.

The Firm

Act like Eugene Whitaker (3 ep.)

event2012 star_border 5.7 top_panel_open

As a young associate, Mitchell McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob—and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade, which included a stay in the Federal Witness Protection program, Mitch and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future—only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere.

The Mist

Act like Duncan Garf (1 ep.)

event2017 star_border 6.2 top_panel_open

A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other.

The Handmaid's Tale

Act like Joe Bradley (1 ep.)

event2017 star_border 8.2 top_panel_open

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

Act like Bomb Squad Member (1 ep.)

event2002 star_border 7 top_panel_open

Based on a true story, this family-friendly series follows the adventures of a young, hearing impaired woman who has a special gift and goes to work for the FBI in Washington, D.C. She's one hard-headed, soft-hearted woman whose talent for reading lips helps crack crimes and bag the bad guys in places listening devices can't penetrate. With her hearing-ear dog, Levi, Sue's a glutton for jeopardy – and there's (almost) nothing she won't do to bring notorious criminals to justice. This remarkable, edge-of-your-seat drama is an inspiring tribute to the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity and achieve great things.

Earth: Final Conflict

Act like Commando (1 ep.)

event1997 star_border 6.7 top_panel_open

Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.

Republic of Doyle

Act like Michael Stewart (1 ep.)

event2010 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Act like Curtis Sanders (1 ep.)

event2024 star_border 7 top_panel_open

An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.

Conviction

Act like John Bianchi (1 ep.)

event2016 star_border 6.8 top_panel_open

A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She and her team investigate cases where people may have been wrongly convicted.

The Listener

Act like Martin Bolt (1 ep.)

event2009 star_border 6.9 top_panel_open

Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby has kept his ability hidden, exploring its possibilities only with his long time mentor and confidante Dr. Ray Mercer.

Playmakers

(1 ep.)

event2003 star_border 4.8 top_panel_open

The series is a gritty ensemble drama about the off-field lives of a group of players on a pro football team and how they deal with the pressure of being on the professional level.

This Is Wonderland

Act like Luke Danby (2 ep.)

event2004 star_border 9 top_panel_open

Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.

Runaway

Act like Chicago Cop (1 ep.)

event2006 star_border 7.5 top_panel_open

The Raders are a normal middle-class American family on the run hiding from the legal system that unjustly accused Paul Rader of a terrible and violent crime. Adding to the danger, the real killer is now threatening the lives of the Rader children.

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