Shane West 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 also portrayed the male leading role o...
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure
Movies
“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” (2003), “Liberty Heights” , “Get Over It”, “Whatever It Takes”, “A Walk to Remember”, “What We Do Is Secret”, “Salem”
TV Shows
“Once and Again, ER”, “A Walk to Remember”, “Nikita”
Star Sign
Gemini
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Quote
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What's not to love about Maggie? I mean, she's the consummate professional, and she can kick some serious butt. She has something that's real- she's very caring. And she brings those emotions to her character.
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While watching the New Orleans Saints (on television), I got angry and punched my bed, and then my remote control flew up and hit me in the head. My girlfriend didn't stop laughing for an hour.
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(On moving when he was younger) " My sister and I were the only white people in school. It was the nicest group of kids I've ever run into."
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(On girls) " The first thing I notice is their eyes and smile. I'm not a big make-up fan; I like them to be natural."
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Fact
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In 2015 he formed the band "Twilight Creeps" with some of his former Jonny Was band members. They have played shows in and around the Los Angeles Area. The debut album is due out in October 2016 with two singles; "Bedroom Eyes" and "Oz" being released prior on iTunes.
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Shane's father was born in Jamaica, of English, Sephardi Jewish (from Spain and Portugal), and distant Scottish, ancestry. Shane's mother is from a Cajun family long resident in Louisiana (she is of French, and distant Spanish, descent).
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Toronto, On, Canada: Filming Nikita season 1 finale [April 2011]
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Los Angeles, CA [May 2013]
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Is good friends with his Nikita (2010) co-star Maggie Q.
At the end of A Walk to Remember (2002), his character had gone off to and was accepted to medical school. Two years later, he played a doctor on ER (1994).
$3 Million
$50 Thousand Per Episode
