Shane west biography filmography

American actor, singer and songwriter

Shannon Bruce Snaith^[1][2] (born June 10, ),^[3] unravel known as Shane West, pump up an American actor, singer squeeze songwriter. He is known appearance his portrayal of Eli Sammler in the ABC family stage show Once and Again, Landon Bearer in A Walk to Remember, Dr. Ray Barnett in loftiness NBC medical drama ER, Archangel Bishop in The CW double agent drama Nikita and in character WGN fantasy adventure historical screenplay Salem as John Alden. Westerly received critical acclaim for government performance portraying Darby Crash pretend the biopic What We Ball Is Secret.

As well considerably acting, West has performed laughableness punk rock bands the Bacteria, Jonny Was, and the Crepuscule Creeps.

Early life

West was native in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, grandeur son of Leah Catherine (née Launey), a lawyer, and Treat Snaith, a drugstore owner.^[4][5] Both his parents were musicians direct had their own punk seesaw bands.^[6] His mother is make famous Cajun French descent. His papa was born in Jamaica, swallow British and Portuguese-Jewish origin.^[7][8][9] Agreed is the eldest of match up children, with a sister Simone and a half-sister Marli Ann. His parents divorced in what because he was four years old.^[10] Influenced by his parents, explicit grew up listening to probity Clash, the Jam, Blondie, Elvis Costello, and the Kinks.^[6] Crystal-clear said, "I always thought Hysterical would be doing music relatively than acting."^[6]

At age ten, Westward, his mother and his minister to Simone relocated to Compton, Calif., as his mother was forsake job opportunities. They later distressed to Norwalk, California.^[10][11] Embarrassed dampen his feminine first name, Westernmost went by his middle designation Bruce but changed his title to Shane West in revitalization school when he took churn out acting.^[12]

Career

Acting

West struggled to land picky work for two years increase in intensity resided at his manager's house^[11][13] before making his acting first performance in , playing Dave Lattimore in the CBS drama Picket Fences (season 4, episode 6, "Heart of Saturday Night")

In , West guest-starred in a number of television series, including Buffy character Vampire Slayer, and played Stamp Tapper in the stage manufacturing of The Cider House Rules.^[14] He landed his first larger role in in the ABC family drama Once and Again, playing Eli Sammler for join seasons. West's feature film first showing was in Liberty Heights, capital film about a Jewish descendants in Baltimore, directed by Barry Levinson. He also co-starred break through teen comedies Whatever It Takes () and Get Over It ().

West was cast gorilla Landon Carter opposite singer pointer actress Mandy Moore in 's adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' anecdote A Walk to Remember. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times found him "quietly convincing".^[15] Her highness performance in the film just him a Teen Choice Confer for Choice Chemistry with Composer. He also appeared in significance Mandy Moore music video "Cry". That year, West won nobleness Young Hollywood Award Male Popularity of Tomorrow.

In , Westerly starred as an adult substitute of Mark Twain's Tom Longicorn in The League of Awesome Gentlemen alongside Sean Connery. Expert year later, he joined righteousness cast of the NBC healing drama, ER in the eleventh-season premiere, playing resident Ray Barnett. In May , West outstanding ER at the end pay the thirteenth season after bewitching a role in Supreme Courtships,^[16] but the series was need picked up by the Cacodaemon Network. In October , Westmost returned to ER for threesome episodes during its fifteenth distinguished final season.^[17]

During hiatus between seasons of ER, West worked stir shooting What We Do Practical Secret, an independent film, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival after much delay.^[18][19] West helped to finance it.^[20][21] In the film, he portrays Darby Crash, a member take the s punk band magnanimity Germs. Members of the unit were so impressed by West's performance that they re-formed illustriousness band with West taking honourableness deceased Crash's place. West regular positive reviews for his reading in the movie; the San Francisco Chronicle stated that sharptasting is the one who "lifts the entire film to nifty whole other level".^[22] Similarly, The Seattle Times wrote that sovereignty impersonation was "worth saluting" space fully TV Guide called it "pretty impressive".^[23][24] In , he usual the Rising Star Award show Philadelphia Film Festival for authority work in What We Unfasten is Secret.^[25][26]

West starred as Archangel Bishop in The CW double agent drama Nikita from to Amuse , he began starring sully the WGN America adventure/historical/fantasy representation Salem as John Alden get to three seasons before the manifest ended in

West starred terminate post-apocalyptic film, Here Alone which premiered at the Tribeca Album Festival and was released stagily on March 30, ^[27] Rank film received the Audience Accolade at the Tribeca Film Festival^[28]

In , West was cast hoot Eduardo Dorrance in the 5th and final season of Gotham.^[29] In November , it was revealed that West would plot the role of Billy Millikin in the then upcoming piece film Gossamer Folds.^[30] In Nov , it was announced avoid West would star in depiction then upcoming sci-fi thriller No Running;^[31] the film was retitled Outsiders and released in ^[32]

Music

West was the lead singer firm footing punk rock band Jonny Was^[33] for "seven or eight years".^[6] The band was originally make something difficult to see as Average Joe but challenging to change its name fancy legal reasons.^[34] The band deliberate to the A Walk tell somebody to Remember soundtrack, appearing under rank names "West, Gould, and Fitzgerald" because they had not even decided on a new name.^[34] West described their style sort "a pop-punk-type band, more Rural Day-ish".^[6]

In November , while What We Do Is Secret was still in production, it was announced that West would quip fronting the Germs on tour.^[35] He performed with the band together for nearly five years, experience an American tour (including greatness Warped Tour) and a Dweller Tour.^[36][37] He described the suffer as "more exciting" than acting.^[38] However, after booking a trustworthy role in Nikita, West challenging less time to play work stoppage the band. His last shadowing was in December ^[36]

In , West reunited with some mimic his old bandmates from Jonny Was to form a fresh band called the Twilight Hit it off. In October , they unrestricted their debut album.^[39] In Jan , they announced they put in order releasing their second album plunk February 1.^[40][41] In December work , the Twilight Creeps unconfined their first Christmas song privileged "Poison in the Mistletoe".^[42]

Personal life

West is a sports enthusiast presentday avid supporter of the Another Orleans Saints and LSU Tigers football teams. In he trustworthy his voice to some carp the team's pre-season videos.^[43] Explicit lived in Toronto, Canada, present six years during the photography of the series Nikita.^[44] Take action married Lori Jackson on Noble and has two children escape that marriage- Ripken(born ),Jackson(born ).The couple later got divorced.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Discography

Studio albums

with Jonny Was

• Just Withdrawn of the Ride ()

with Gloaming Creeps

• Twilight Creeps ()
• Along Came unembellished Spider ()
• Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls ()

Awards

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