First Name
Shane
Last Name
West
Birthday
1978-06-10
Height
71.75
Build
Athletic
Eye Color
Green
Hair Color
Brown - Light
Birthplace
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Ethnicity
White
Claim to Fame
Once and Again, A Walk to Remember, and ER
Gender
Male
Religion
Roman Catholic
Nationality
American
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Role ID
Actor/Actress, Soundtrack, Producer
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Profile Bio Text
Young sandy-haired actor Shane West got his start with guest roles on the small screen that made the most of his boy-next-door good looks and unimposing presence. He quickly worked his way up the television ladder to series regular on the surprise hit ABC drama "Once and Again" in 1999.
West played Eli, the teenage son of a man (Billy Campbell) who gets involved with a divorced mother (Sela Ward) following his own divorce. The actor capably handled the part`s emotional range, with a role as a burdened young man struggling with a learning disability and carrying on a teen romance while trying to fill the void left in his household by looking out for his younger sister (Evan Rachel Wood) and shielding his mother (Susanna Thompson) from her ex-husband`s new relationship.
Deciding to pursue an acting career at age 15, West did some local stage work before a 1995 move to Los Angeles in the hopes of securing acting jobs in film and television. That year he landed a guest role in CBS` "Picket Fences" and went on to appear on the series "Boy Meets World" (ABC) and "The Crew" (Fox) in 1996.
In 1997 West made his TV-movie debut playing speech impaired computer whiz kid Christopher Theodorakis in Showtime`s original "The Westing Game", a thriller based on Ellen Raskin`s popular children`s mystery novel. The ambitious performer made his Los Angeles stage debut soon after, playing Angel, the illegitimate son of primary character Homer in the Mark Taper Forum`s six hour production of John Irving`s "The Cider House Rules" (1998). More television work followed, including guest stints on "The Closer" and "To Have and To Hold" on CBS, Sci-Fi Channel`s "Sliders" and The WB`s "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
A familiar face to audiences for his work on the highly-rated "Once and Again", West made his film debut with a role in Barry Levinson`s "Liberty Heights" (1999), a look at a Jewish family in 1954 Baltimore. Early the following year he starred as a brainy unpopular high schooler who teams up with an inarticulate jock in a ploy to win the respective girls of their dreams in "Whatever It Takes", a modern teen reworking of "Cyrano de Bergerac".
Full Name at Birth
Shannon Bruce Snaith
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Count - Awards
8
Father
Don West
Mother
Catherine West
Sister
Simone, Marli Ann
Favorite Bands
Sex Pistols
Age
34
Occupation Text
Actor, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, writer
Wikipedia Text
Shane West (born Shannon Bruce Snaith; June 10, 1978) is an American actor, punk rock musician and songwriter. West is best known for portraying Eli Sammler in Once and Again, Landon Carter in A Walk to Remember, Darby Crash in What We Do Is Secret, and Dr. Ray Barnett in ER. He is currently portraying the role of Michael in The CW action drama television series Nikita. Aside from acting, West has performed with punk rock band The Germs.
Current Partner
595205
Friend
Maggie Q
Favorite Foods
Pepperoni Pizza
Distinctive Feature
pouty lips, Le Fleur tattoo on on his right shoulder
Has Videos
1
Middle Name
Bruce
Friend
Trisha Cummings, Rumer Willis, Zelda Williams
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