Shane West
Encyclopedia
Shane West is an American
actor
, musician
and songwriter
. West is best known for portraying Eli Sammler in Once and Again
, Landon Carter with Mandy Moore
in A Walk to Remember, Darby Crash
in What We Do Is Secret
, and Dr. Ray Barnett
in ER
.
He is currently portraying Michael in The CW
's action drama Nikita
.
, the son of Leah Catherine (née Launey) and Don Snaith, both of whom were musicians. He has a younger sister Simone and a much younger half-sister Marli Ann. His parents divorced in 1982. At the age of 10, West moved to California
temporarily with his mother and Simone. He is of Cajun French
descent through his mother.
series ER
as Dr. Ray Barnett
and Once and Again
as Eli Sammler and had a small appearance in the television
series Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the episode "Go Fish" and a leading role as Landon Carter opposite Mandy Moore
in the film A Walk to Remember
.
West won the Young Hollywood Award Male Superstar of Tomorrow in 2002. He also won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry with Mandy Moore
for A Walk to Remember
.
and is the lead singer of the punk rock
band "Jonny Was".
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. West is best known for portraying Eli Sammler in Once and Again
Once and Again
Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father...
, Landon Carter with Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
in A Walk to Remember, Darby Crash
Darby Crash
Darby Crash was an American punk musician who, along with long time friend Pat Smear , co-founded The Germs...
in What We Do Is Secret
What We Do Is Secret (film)
What We Do Is Secret is a 2008 American biographical film about Darby Crash, singer of the late-1970s Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs. Rodger Grossman directed the film and wrote the screenplay, based on a story he had written with Michelle Baer Ghaffari, a friend of Crash's and co-producer of...
, and Dr. Ray Barnett
Ray Barnett
Dr. Ray Barnett is a fictional doctor portrayed by actor Shane West on the television show ER. The character first appeared in fall 2004 at the start of the 11th season...
in ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
.
He is currently portraying Michael in The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
's action drama Nikita
Nikita (TV series)
La Femme Nikita is a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Brothers. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow...
.
Early life
Shane West was born in Baton Rouge, LouisianaLouisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, the son of Leah Catherine (née Launey) and Don Snaith, both of whom were musicians. He has a younger sister Simone and a much younger half-sister Marli Ann. His parents divorced in 1982. At the age of 10, West moved to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
temporarily with his mother and Simone. He is of Cajun French
Cajun French
Cajun French is a variety or dialects of the French language spoken primarily in Louisiana, specifically in the southern and southwestern parishes....
descent through his mother.
Career
West has had regular roles in the televisionTelevision
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
series ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
as Dr. Ray Barnett
Ray Barnett
Dr. Ray Barnett is a fictional doctor portrayed by actor Shane West on the television show ER. The character first appeared in fall 2004 at the start of the 11th season...
and Once and Again
Once and Again
Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father...
as Eli Sammler and had a small appearance in the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
series Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the episode "Go Fish" and a leading role as Landon Carter opposite Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
in the film A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember (film)
A Walk To Remember is a 2002 American romance film based on the 1999 romance novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Shane West and Mandy Moore, was directed by Adam Shankman, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros...
.
West won the Young Hollywood Award Male Superstar of Tomorrow in 2002. He also won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry with Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
for A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember (film)
A Walk To Remember is a 2002 American romance film based on the 1999 romance novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Shane West and Mandy Moore, was directed by Adam Shankman, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros...
.
In music
He has performed with The GermsThe Germs
The Germs are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1977 to 1980. The band's early lineup consisted of singer Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom, and their most consistent drummer Don Bolles. Germs have since reformed in 2005 with Shane...
and is the lead singer of the punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band "Jonny Was".
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
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| 1995 | Picket Fences Picket Fences Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States... |
Dave Lattimore | TV series - "Heart of Saturday Night" |
| California Dreams California Dreams California Dreams is an American teen-oriented sitcom that aired from 1992 to 1996 on Saturday mornings during NBC's TNBC programming block. It was created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon and executive produced by Peter Engel, all known for their work on Saved by the... |
Doug | TV series - "Community Service" (voice) | |
| 1996 | The Crew The Crew (TV series) The Crew is an American television sitcom that aired from August 31, 1995 to June 30, 1996 on the FOX Network.-Synopsis:The show followed the lives of a group of flight attendants working for the fictitious Regency Airlines. Jess Jameson and Maggie Reynolds are roommates and work together and... |
Store Manager | TV series - "Retail Slut" |
| Boy Meets World Boy Meets World Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the... |
Nick | TV series - "A Kiss Is More Than a Kiss" | |
| 1997 | Mr. Rhodes Mr. Rhodes Mr. Rhodes is an American television situation comedy which was aired by NBC as part of its 1996-97 lineup.Mr. Rhodes starred comedian Tom Rhodes as an eponymous character who taught at a small-town preparatory school after having failed as a novelist... |
Mick | TV series - "The Valentine Show" |
| Get a Clue Get a Clue (1997 film) Get a Clue is a 1997 film based on the Newbery Medal winning book The Westing Game.Based on the acclaimed children's book The Westing Game, the movie version of this tale, Get a Clue!, draws young viewers into the strange mysteries encountered by 13-year-old "Turtle" Wexler... |
Chris Theodorakis | TV movie of the book The Westing Game The Westing Game The Westing Game is a 1979 Newbery Medal winning novel by Ellen Raskin. It has been adapted into a movie, released under both the names The Westing Game and Get a Clue... |
|
| Meego | Guy with Big Hat | TV series - "Saturday Night Fever" | |
| 1998 | Clips' Place | TV movie | |
| The Closer The Closer (1998 TV series) The Closer was an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS for 10 episodes in 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive.-Plot summary:... |
Tad | TV series - "Morality Bites" | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Sean | TV series - "Go Fish" | |
| Sliders Sliders Sliders is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast for five seasons, beginning in 1995 and ending in 2000. The series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to "slide" between different parallel universes. The show was created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé... |
Kirk | TV series - "California Reich" | |
| To Have & to Hold To Have & to Hold To Have & to Hold was a short-lived American television series that aired on CBS during the fall of 1998.The drama series starred Moira Kelly as Annie Cornell, an attorney, and Jason Beghe as her husband, an Irish police officer, Sean McGrail... |
Mitch Maloney | TV series - "Tangled Up in You" | |
| The Cider House Rules The Cider House Rules (film) The Cider House Rules is a 1999 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on John Irving's novel of the same name. The film won two Academy Awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with four other nominations at the 72nd Academy Awards... |
Mark Taper | ||
| 1999 | Liberty Heights Liberty Heights Liberty Heights is a 1999 comedy-drama film by writer-director Barry Levinson. It is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. It marked the last appearance of Ralph Tabakin, who appeared in cameo roles in every Levinson movie since his first, Diner , a... |
Ted | |
| 1999-2002 | Once and Again Once and Again Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father... |
Eli Sammler | Series regular - 54 episodes |
| 2000 | A Time for Dancing A Time for Dancing A Time for Dancing is a 2000 American drama film starring Larisa Oleynik and Shiri Appleby, and directed by Peter Gilbert. The movie is an adaptation based on the novel of the same title by Davida Wills Hurwin.... |
Paul, the DJ | |
| Whatever It Takes Whatever It Takes (film) Whatever It Takes is a teen comedy starring Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and James Franco. It was first released in America on 31 March 2000... |
Ryan Woodman | ||
| Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000 Dracula 2000, also known internationally as Dracula 2001, is a 2000 horror film written and directed by Patrick Lussier. The film stars Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jeri Ryan, and Jennifer Esposito.Dracula 2000, the... |
JT | ||
| 2001 | Get Over It! Get Over It (film) Get Over It is a 2001 American romantic comedy film about a teenage boy whose girlfriend ends their relationship. The film was directed by Tommy O'Haver for Miramax Films. The film stars Ben Foster, Kirsten Dunst, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Colin Hanks, Shane West, and Martin Short. R. Lee Fleming,... |
Bentley "Striker" Scrumfeld | |
| Ocean's Eleven Ocean's Eleven (2001 film) Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 American comedy-crime caper and remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper film of the same name. The 2001 film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and features an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy García, and Julia Roberts. The film was... |
Himself | Cameo | |
| 2002 | A Walk to Remember A Walk to Remember (film) A Walk To Remember is a 2002 American romance film based on the 1999 romance novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Shane West and Mandy Moore, was directed by Adam Shankman, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry for Warner Bros... |
Landon Carter | Main role |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 superhero film adaptation loosely based on characters from the comic book limited series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore, who is also famous for Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. It was released on July 11, 2003, in the... |
Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer Thomas "Tom" Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Tom Sawyer Abroad , and Tom Sawyer, Detective .Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom... |
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| 2004–2009 | ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television... |
Dr. Ray Barnett Ray Barnett Dr. Ray Barnett is a fictional doctor portrayed by actor Shane West on the television show ER. The character first appeared in fall 2004 at the start of the 11th season... |
Series regular - 70 episodes |
| 2006 | The Elder Son The Elder Son The Elder Son is a comedy-drama film directed by Marius Balchunas and written by Marius Balchunas and Scott Sturgeon.-Plot:Maxim Sarafanov has just been fired from the orchestra he played clarinet in, his son Nikita is in love with his schoolteacher Susan and his daughter Lolita is getting... |
Bo | |
| 2007 | Supreme Courtships | TV movie | |
| What We Do Is Secret What We Do Is Secret (film) What We Do Is Secret is a 2008 American biographical film about Darby Crash, singer of the late-1970s Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs. Rodger Grossman directed the film and wrote the screenplay, based on a story he had written with Michelle Baer Ghaffari, a friend of Crash's and co-producer of... |
Darby Crash Darby Crash Darby Crash was an American punk musician who, along with long time friend Pat Smear , co-founded The Germs... |
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| 2009 | The Lodger The Lodger (2009 film) The Lodger is an 2009 mystery/thriller film directed by David Ondaatje and starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis and Simon Baker. It is based on the novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, filmed previously by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944, and as Man in... |
Street Wilkenson | |
| Red Sands Red Sands Red Sands is a 2009 horror film movie set in Afghanistan in 2002. The film is directed by Alex Turner, whose previous effort was Dead Birds, in 2004.-Plot:... |
Spc. Jeff Keller | ||
| Echelon Conspiracy Echelon Conspiracy Echelon Conspiracy is a 2009 science fiction action thriller film directed by Greg Marcks and starring Shane West, Edward Burns, and Ving Rhames.-Plot:... |
Max Peterson | ||
| 2010 | The Love Affair | Carter Troy | Short film |
| El Dorado | Jack Wilder | Miniseries | |
| The Presence The Presence (film) The Presence is a 2010 horror thriller film written and directed by Tom Provost. This film is the directorial debut for Tom Provost.-Cast:* Tony Curran as The Man In Black* Justin Kirk as The Man* Deobia Oparei as Woodsman* Mira Sorvino as The Woman... |
Ghost | ||
| Kerosene Cowboys Kerosene Cowboys Kerosene Cowboys is a yet-to-be-released action/thriller film directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Cam Gigandet, Shane West and Rachael Leigh Cook. Adam Prince wrote the screenplay based on a story by Nikolay Suslov and Dave Riggs, who in turn based the story on characters from the novel... |
Tom Craig | ||
| Nikita Nikita (TV series) La Femme Nikita is a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Brothers. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow... |
Michael Michael (Nikita character) Michael is a main character and the tritagonist of the the CW television series Nikita, portrayed by Shane West. He is the primary romantic interest to Nikita, and was recruited by Percy after the death of his wife and daughter by previous "low-level snitch" Kasim Tariq... |
Series regular |
Awards
| Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teen Choice Awards Teen Choice Awards The Teen Choice Awards, are an annual awards show that air on the Fox cable channel, that honor the year's biggest biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, voted by teen viewers aged 14 through 17. Winners receive an authentic full size surfboard designed with... | ||||
| 2002 | Film - Choice Chemistry | "A Walk to Remember" | Winner | |
| 2002 | TV - Choice Actor, Drama | "Once and Again" | Nominated | |
| 2011 | TV - Choice Actor, Action | "Nikita" | Winner | |
| Young Hollywood Awards | ||||
| 2002 | Superstar of Tomorrow - Male | Winner | ||
| Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award | ||||
| 2003 | Best Male Performance | "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Best Male Performance | "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" | Nominated | |
| Rising Star Award Rising Star Award Rising Star Award may refer to:*AFL Rising Star award*Rising Star Award, BAFTA... | ||||
| 2008 | Film | "What We Do Is Secret" | Winner | |