Shane is a highly accomplished Australian performer with a career spanning nearly two decades, encompassing a wide range of mediums, including film, theatre, and television. With a solid educational foundation from the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts, Shane has garnered numerous industry accolades, including the 1984 Penguin Award for Best Actor, the 1995 Green Room Award for Outstanding Fringe Performer, and a nomination for the 1998 AFI Showtime Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama.
Throughout his illustrious theatre career, Shane has had the privilege of being part of numerous productions, including The Doll Trilogy, Backbeat, Harp in the South, And the Big Men Fly, Fool For Love, Byzantine Flowers, The Custodians, The Old Man Comes, Rolling Home, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Coast Mongrels, Nil, Cat and Buried, The Snake Pit, Gary's House, The Shifting Heart, and Wonderful Ward.
In addition to his thriving theatre career, Shane has also made a significant impact on the small screen, appearing in numerous Australian television series, such as Prisoner (1979),Carson's Law (1983),Cop Shop (1977),The Keepers (1984),A Country Practice (1981),Emerging (1985),Prime Time, Matthew's Passion, The Harp in the South (1987),Army Wives (1986),Sons and Daughters (1982),Poor Man's Orange (1987),The Flying Doctors (1986),Living With The Law, No Hard Feelings, GP, Phoenix (1992),Police Rescue (1989),Heartland (1994),Fire (1995),Feds, The Man From Snowy River, Good Guys Bad Guys (1997),Raw FM (1997),Moby Dick (1998),Halifax f.p. (1994),Blue Heelers (1994),Wildside (1997),and Stingers (1998).
