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name: "Shannon Leto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shannon-leto"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 March 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
updated: "2026-09-16T21:32:31.171258+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."
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# Shannon Leto

Actor. Born 9 March 1970 in Bossier City, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 March 1970, Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Thirty Seconds to Mars, 30 Seconds to Mars

## Biography

Shannon Leto is an American musician and actor. Born on 9 March 1970 in Bossier City, Louisiana, he is best known as the drummer and co-founder, with his brother Jared Leto, of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, formed in Los Angeles in 1998.

Leto has occasional acting credits, including the role of Shane in two episodes of the television series *My So-Called Life* (1994). He also appeared in *Prefontaine* (1997), *Highway* (2002) and *TRON: Ares* (2025). The band achieved commercial success with albums including *A Beautiful Lie* (2005) and *This Is War* (2009).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *TRON: Ares* (2025), Fi1m 50, as Pizza Parlor Patron — [page](https://film.one/film/tron-ares.md)
- *My So-Called Life* (1994), Fi1m 87, as Shane — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-so-called-life.md)

## Also known for

- *Highway* (2002), Kid #2
- *Prefontaine* (1997), Bar Patron
- *Artifact* (2012), Self
- *Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington* (2017), Self (archive footage)

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