Shane West Biography
Shane West is an actor, singer, and songwriter from the United States well known for his roles in the ABC family drama Once and Again, in A Walk, to Remember, the NBC medical drama ER, in The CW spy drama Nikita, and in the WGN fantasy adventure historical drama Salem. West received critical acclaim for his performance portraying Darby Crash in the biopic What We Do Is Secret.
How old is Shane West? – Age
He is 44 years old as of 10 June 2022. He was born in 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. His real name is Shannon Bruce Snaith.
Shane West Family
He is the son of lawyer Leah Catherine (née Launey) and drugstore owner Don Snaith. His parents were both musicians who had their own punk bands. His mother is of Cajun French descent, and his father is of British and Portuguese-Jewish ancestry. He is the eldest of three children, the other two being his sister Simone and half-sister Marli Ann. When he was four years old, his parents divorced. He grew up listening to the Clash, the Jam, Blondie, Elvis Costello, and the Kinks, influenced by his parents. West and his sister Simone moved to Compton, California with their mother when they were ten years old because their mother needed a better job.
Shane West Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Shane West A Walk to Remember
He appeared as Landon Carter in the 2002 American coming-of-age romantic drama film A Walk to Remember. Landon Carter and his friends illegally drank on school grounds in Beaufort, North Carolina. They entice a new student, Clay Gephardt, to a factory in the hopes of “pranking” him. Landon and Jamie form a bond until Landon is rude to Jamie at school in order to impress his friends. Jamie informs Landon that she is not making future plans because she has leukemia and has not responded to treatment. In contrast to his friends, he defends her, and she eventually warms back up to him. Their relationship grows stronger as they genuinely fall for each other, and everything appears to be fine.
Shane West What We Do Is Secret
He appeared as Darby Crash, leader and singer of the Germs. Jonathan Milliken plays the young Beahm in the film’s opening scenes of the 2007 American biographical film What We Do Is Secret.Jan Paul Beahm grew up in Los Angeles, California. At the age of 17, he suggests to his friend Georg Ruthenberg that they form a band. Jan Paul coined the band name Germs to represent the germination of an idea. The Germs play their first show in April 1977, and they are booed and thrown out. Germs formed in Los Angeles in 1978 and made their debut on Halloween 1978 at the Masque Club.
Darby created the Germs’ logo, which is a blue circle, as well as the “Germs burn,” which is a symbolic circular cigarette burn on the wrist. The band is featured in Penelope Spheeris’ film The Decline of Western Civilization.
Shane West Nikita
He appeared as Michael Bishop: An ex-Division agent who fell in love with Nikita and joined forces with her to destroy his former employers in the American action thriller drama television series Nikita. Michael is a former Naval Intelligence officer who served in the Persian Gulf in 2001. In the episode “One Way,” we learn that Kasim Tariq used a car bomb to kill his wife Elizabeth and daughter Haley. We see him recovering in a hospital bed later in the episode. Percy enters as Michael attempts to overdose on morphine, and they meet for the first time.
Percy invites Michael to join Division and make a difference. Michael accepts because he has nothing to lose. He joins Division in the hopes that they will help him find Tariq soon so that he can exact his revenge.
Shane West ER
He appeared as Dr. Ray Barnett in the American medical drama television series ER. Ray is a gifted doctor who has struggled to balance his commitments to medicine and his life as a rock musician. Shane West is the actor who plays him. In season 12, his character fell in love with his roommate and colleague Neela Rasgotra. Ray attempted to get closer to Neela after Gallant died when the truck he was riding in exploded in Iraq.
Ray was hit by a truck late one night while walking home drunk from a bar after a fight with Gates at Luka Kova and Abby Lockhart’s wedding. After being transported to another hospital across town, both of his legs were amputated. His final appearance on the show was in the season 13 finale, “The Honeymoon is Over,” and he left after only one season. He is now employed in the field of disability rehabilitation, caring for amputees and handicapped patients.
Shane West Movies
♦ 2022 – Escape the Field
♦ 2022 – Chariot
♦ 2022 – Mid-Century
♦ 2020 – Gossamer Folds
♦ 2017 – Awakening the Zodiac
♦ 2016 – Here Alone
♦ 2014 – Red Sky
♦ 2010 – El Dorado: City Of Gold
♦ 2010 – The Presence
♦ 2009 – The Lodger
♦ 2009 – Red Sands
♦ 2009 – Echelon Conspiracy
♦ 2007 – What We Do Is Secret
♦ 2006 – The Elder Son
♦ 2003 – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
♦ 2002 – A Walk to Remember
Shane West
♦ 2019 – Gotham
♦ 2014–2017 – Salem
♦ 2010 – The Search for El Dorado
♦ 2010–2013 – Nikita
♦ 2007 – Supreme Courtships
♦ 2004–2009 – ER
♦ 1999–2002 – Once and Again
♦ 1997 – Get a Clue
♦ 1997 – Mr. Rhodes
♦ 1997 – Meego
♦ 1997 – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
♦ 1997 – Sliders
♦ 1997 – To Have & to Hold
♦ 1996 – The Crew
♦ 1996 – Boy Meets World
♦ 1995 – Picket Fences