PROFILE | BIOGRAPHY | FILMOGRAPHY | CONTACT

PROFILE | BIOGRAPHY | FILMOGRAPHY | CONTACT

PROFILE | BIOGRAPHY | FILMOGRAPHY | CONTACT

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Shannon Bruce West was born on the 10th of June, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA). Since the age of fifteen he knew that he had a passion for the performance industry. With doubts in his mind over the next couple of years, he thought constantly over whether acting was a possible and intelligent path to take. It wasn't until 1995 that he decided that it was the right thing to do, and moved to Los Angeles, California. While moving to the new city he chose to change his name to "Shane".

From 1995 to present, Shane West has starred in several roles on television and on the big screen. Due to his obvious gifts and talents for acting, Shane West established his career on TV'S "Once And Again" (1999) as Eli Sammler, a young rebellion causes many problems due to his bad ways. His role on the dramatic soap opera lead him to his debut leading role in the motion picture, Whatever it Takes (2000), starring alongside James Franco (TV'S "Freaks and Geeks"), Marla Sokoloff ("The Baby-Sitters Club") and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe ("She's All That"). He appeared in 2000's "Dracula", then made a cameo appearance in 2001's recent rendition of Ocean's Eleven, appearing beside a-list actors Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, George Clooney & Julia Roberts. 

Fortunately, it wasn't until his role as Landon Carter in "A Walk To Remember", which was based on the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name, that gave him the publicity he wanted. Shane's character, another bad boy, begins to change his bad ways, after falling for conservative, Jamie Sullivan who is played by pop princess Mandy Moore. Although the film brought West to teen stardom, he is trying hard to steer clear of teen roles and instead, change Hollywood's outlook on his previous roles.

Although having a great obsession for acting, Shane spends plenty of his time writing music for his pop-punk group "Jonny Was". Formerly known as "Average Joe", due to legal reasons the name had to be changed. The band was lucky enough to have one of their songs featured on the "A Walk To Remember" soundtrack, with it being one of their biggest exposures to date. Jonny Was seemed to have caught more fans with the soundtrack doing extremely well on Billboard charts.

Now, the man who formerly had an infatuation with Courteney Cox-Arquette (TV'S Friends), will not likely be seen in another teen movie, but instead in much more mature roles on the big screen. Maybe soon critics will see past his roles and understand that Shannon Bruce West is a very talented actor and musician, and certainly has a very bright future ahead of him.

PROFILE | BIOGRAPHY | FILMOGRAPHY | CONTACT

PROFILE | BIOGRAPHY | FILMOGRAPHY | CONTACT

Email address (Jonny Was Email Address): 
avrgejo@aol.com

Postal Address:
Shane West
c/o Innovative Artists
1999 Ave. of the Stars #2850
Los Angeles CA 90067