Shane has starred in 36 films in the U.S.A, the U.K., Europe and Australia,14 television plays and mini series for the B.B.C. and I.T.V; and in the USA starred in 3 Prime Time networked telemovies, playing Dorian Gray in Glenn Jordan's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', a three hour special for the...
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Shane has starred in 36 films in the U.S.A, the U.K., Europe and Australia,14 television plays and mini series for the B.B.C. and I.T.V; and in the USA starred in 3 Prime Time networked telemovies, playing Dorian Gray in Glenn Jordan's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', a three hour special for the ABC produced by Dan Curtis; starring with Timothy Dalton in 'The Flame is Love' for NBC; and guest starring opposite Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland in NBC's 'Murder is Easy'He worked with Paul Newman and James Mason in 'The Mackintosh Man', played Jack Palance's son in 'Hawk the Slayer,' starred opposite Academy Award winner Cliff Robertson in 'Shaker Run' to name but a few films during this period.His most notable television appearances in the U.K. are Jack Gold's 'The Naked Civil Servant' with John Hurt, and starring with Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons in Warris Hussein's 'Notorious Woman' which won Rosemary Harris the Emmy that year.Following a promotional tour of Australia for Columbia Pictures to promote 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' in '82, Shane continued to work in the U.K. and America. In Australia he has starred in 13 feature films including 'Bruce Morrison's award-winning 'Constance', 'Shaker Run' co-starring with Academy Award winner Cliff Robertson, Simon Wincer's 'The Lighthorsemen', 'Minnimurra', starring with Jeff Fahey, Mark Joffe's 'Grievous Bodily Harm', and John Seale's 'Till There Was You', starring with Mark Harmon and Jeroen Krabbé. He's also made several mini series, including George Miller's 'Anzacs' and Pino Amenta's 'Nancy Wake'. Also two-hander 'Twisted Tales' with Geoffrey Rush.In 2007 he was cast as Appsley in 'The Children of Huang Shi', U.K. director Roger Spottiswoode's new epic, starring Jonathon Rhys Meyers, Rhada Mitchell and David Wenham.He is also the author of 6 best selling novels - "The Webber Agenda" (1994), "The Chasen Catalyst" (1996), "Hitkids" (2000), and "Bite of the Lotus" (2001). All have been optioned for film. His sixth novel, already optioned, was published in October 2005 - "GRAPHIC."His sixth novel, 'WorstNightmares' was published by publisher of the year 2008, Vanguard Press in America in May 2009.
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