---
name: "Shane West"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shane-west"
fi1m_id: "shane-west"
imdb_id: "nm0922342"
tmdb_id: 81295
wikidata_id: "Q239415"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 June 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T03:17:26.463786+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Shane West

## Identity

Shane West

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shane-west
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shane-west
- **IMDb ID:** nm0922342
- **TMDB ID:** 81295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q239415
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922342/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81295

Actor. Born 10 June 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 June 1978, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2003
- **Also known as:** شین وست
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 36 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $179m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922342/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81295

## Coming up

- *Last Chance Motel* (2026-10-06)

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*](https://film.one/film/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Shane West is an American actor and musician. Born Shannon Bruce Snaith on 10 June 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he began acting in the mid-1990s.

He is known for his roles as Eli Sammler in the series *Once and Again* (1999–2002), Landon Carter in the film *A Walk to Remember* (2002), Tom Sawyer in *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* (2003), Dr Ray Barnett in *ER* (2004–2009) and Michael Bishop in *Nikita* (2010–2013). He has also performed with punk rock bands including the Germs.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* (2003), Fi1m 36, as Tom Sawyer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, as Sean — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Ray Barnett — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Last Chance Motel* (2026), Actor
- *Holo* (2026), as Jared
- *The Birthday Party* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Labyrinth* (2025), Actor
- *Theater Is Dead* (2025), as Matthew
- *Pig Hill* (2025), as Andy
- *Deadly Vows* (2025), as Max
- *Last Night on Earth* (2024), as Gene
- *Walden* (2023), as Detective Bill Kane
- *The Dirty South* (2023), as Dion
- *La Usurpadora* (2023), as Chad
- *Maneater* (2022), as Will Coulter
- *Mid-Century* (2022), as Tom Levin
- *Escape the Field* (2022), as Ryan
- *Chariot* (2022), as Rory Calhoun
- *Outsiders* (2022), as Sheriff O'Hare
- *Gossamer Folds* (2020), as Billy
- *Awakening the Zodiac* (2017), as Mick Branson
- *Here Alone* (2016), as Jason
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Eduardo Durrance / Bane
- *Salem* (2014), series, as John Alden
- *Red Sky* (2014), as Tom Craig
- *Nikita* (2010), series, as Michael Bishop
- *El Dorado* (2010), series, as Jack Wilder
- *El Dorado* (2010), as Jack Wilder
- *The Presence* (2010), as Ghost
- *Echelon Conspiracy* (2009), as Max Peterson
- *Red Sands* (2009), as Jeff Keller · Co-Producer
- *The Lodger* (2009), as Street Wilkenson
- *What We Do Is Secret* (2007), as Darby Crash · Executive Producer
- *Supreme Courtships* (2007), series, Actor
- *The Elder Son* (2006), as Bo
- *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen* (2003), as Tom Sawyer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.md)
- *A Time for Dancing* (2002), as Paul, the DJ
- *A Walk to Remember* (2002), as Landon Carter
- *Ocean's Eleven* (2001), as Shane West (uncredited) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven.md)
- *Get Over It* (2001), as Bentley 'Striker' Scrumfeld
- *Dracula 2000* (2000), as JT
- *Whatever It Takes* (2000), as Ryan Woodman
- *Liberty Heights* (1999), as Ted
- *Once and Again* (1999), series, as Eli Sammler
- *To Have & to Hold* (1998), series, as Mitch Maloney
- *The Closer* (1998), series, as Tad
- *Hollyweird* (1998), as Jack Siegler
- *Meego* (1997), series, as Guy With Big Hat
- *The Westing Game* (1997), as Chris Theodorakis
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, as Sean — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Mr. Rhodes* (1996), series, as Mick
- *The Crew* (1995), series, as Store Manager
- *Sliders* (1995), series, as Kirk
- *ER* (1994), series, as Ray Barnett — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, as Nick
- *Picket Fences* (1992), series, as Dave Lattimore
- *California Dreams* (1992), series, as Doug (voice)
- *Every Other Animal*, as Hoyt
- *Hollywood Rules*, as Donald P. Meyers
- *She's Still Here*, as Mark
- *You Don’t Belong Here*, as Park Ranger
- *The Soul Trader*, as Damien
- *The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock*, as Clarence
- *Faceless*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Shane West](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-7218268a3021.jpg) Shane West — Sue Lukenbaugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Shane_West_April_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Shane_West_April_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adam Simon, Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute ](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-29f193dd4509.jpg) Adam Simon, Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Adam_Simon%2C_Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2813909451501%29.jpg/1280px-Adam_Simon%2C_Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2813909451501%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brannon Braga, Shane West and Janet Montgomery speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attr](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-f9fc2a44a6e9.jpg) Brannon Braga, Shane West and Janet Montgomery speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attr — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Brannon_Braga%2C_Shane_West_%26_Janet_Montgomery_%2816869496250%29.jpg/1280px-Brannon_Braga%2C_Shane_West_%26_Janet_Montgomery_%2816869496250%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skid](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-5cb94e870037.jpg) Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2014 WonderCon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skid — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2813932931544%29.jpg/1280px-Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2813932931544%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Shane West](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-cd3391343626.jpg) Shane West — Image via TMDB
- ![Shane West](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-9d7db480eaf4.jpg) Shane West — Image via TMDB
- ![Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skid](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-8f35d9434db9.jpg) Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skid — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2816849635627%29.jpg/1280px-Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2816849635627%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skid](https://film.one/media/person/288337/gallery-1f25943eb1b7.jpg) Brannon Braga and Shane West speaking at the 2015 Wondercon, for "Salem", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skid — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2816869437450%29.jpg/1280px-Brannon_Braga_%26_Shane_West_%2816869437450%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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