
Shane West
Department: Acting
Biography
Shane West (born Shannon Bruce Snaith) is an American actor, punk rock musician and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Eli Sammler on ABC's family drama Once and Again, Landon Carter in A Walk to Remember, Michael Bishop in The CW spy drama Nikita, and Dr. Ray Barnett on NBC's medical drama ER. West made his acting debut in 1995, appearing in the CBS drama Picket Fences in season 4: episode 6 titled "Heart of Saturday Night", where he played Dave Lattimore.
Known For

A Walk to Remember
2002

Get Over It
2001

Dracula 2000
2000

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003

La Usurpadora
2023

Red Sands
2009

The Lodger
2009

Mid-Century
2022

A Time for Dancing
2002

Whatever It Takes
2000

Echelon Conspiracy
2009

What We Do Is Secret
2007

The Presence
2010

The Dirty South
2023

Maneater
2022

Red Sky
2014

She's Still Here
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You Don’t Belong Here
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Walden
2023

The Westing Game
1997

The Elder Son
2006

Here Alone
2016

Last Night on Earth
2024

Awakening the Zodiac
2017

Liberty Heights
1999

Ocean's Eleven
2001

Hollywood Rules
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Gossamer Folds
2020

Escape the Field
2022

Hollyweird
1998

Chariot
2022

Outsiders
2022

Every Other Animal
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The Soul Trader
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The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock
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Last Chance Motel
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Deadly Vows
2025

Pig Hill
2025

El Dorado
2010

Theater Is Dead
2025

Faceless
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Holo
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California Dreams
1992

Once and Again
1999

Sliders
1995

Boy Meets World
1993

The Closer
1998

Meego
1997

To Have & to Hold
1998

The Crew
1995

Mr. Rhodes
1996

Nikita
2010

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997

El Dorado
2010

Salem
2014

ER
1994

Halloween Wars
2011

Supreme Courtships
2007

Picket Fences
1992

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Gotham
2014

The Wil Wheaton Project
2014

Teen Choice Awards
1999

Made in Hollywood
2005