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    Shane West was born Shannon Bruce Snaith in 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Leah (Launey), a lawyer, and Don Snaith, a drugstore owner. Shane began to pursue an acting career at the age of fifteen, gaining bit parts on various television shows, but it was not until 1999 when West appeared in ABC's Once and Again (1999) that he got his major breakthrough. Aside from catapulting to teen heart-throb status with the success of the show, West has made his mark on the screen within such films as Liberty Heights (1999) and Whatever It Takes (2000). He starred opposite Mandy Moore in the hit teen romance A Walk to Remember (2002), played Tom Sawyer in the action film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), and then depicted the short life of musician Darby Crash in the biopic What We Do Is Secret (2007). From 2010 to 2013, he starred as Michael on the show "Nikita" (2010)_, and since 2014, has played John Alden on the show "Salem" (2014)_.

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    Shane West

    American actor, singer and songwriter

    Shane West

    West in 2015

    Born

    Shannon Bruce Snaith


    (1978-06-10) June 10, 1978 (age 46)

    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

    Occupations
    Years active1995–present
    Musical career
    GenresPunk rock
    InstrumentVocals

    Musical artist

    Shannon Bruce Snaith[1][2] (born June 10, 1978),[3] better known as Shane West, is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He is known for his portrayal of Eli Sammler in the ABC family drama Once and Again, Landon Carter in A Walk to Remember, Dr. Ray Barnett in the NBC medical drama ER, Michael Bishop in The CW spy drama Nikita and in the WGN fantasy adventure historical drama Salem as John Alden. West received critical acclaim for his performance portraying Darby Crash in the biopic What We Do Is Secret.

    As well as acting, West has performed with punk rock bands the Germs, Jonny Was, and the Twilight Creeps.

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    Shane West Biography

    Date of Birth:
    Jun 10, 1978Birth Place:
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    Biography

    Though he appeared at first blush to be the latest in a long line of handsome but brooding leading dock, actor Shane West proved to be a capable and adventurous actor who pursued roles of substans after a brief run as an idol in "Whatever it Takes" (2000) and "A Walk to Remember" (2003). Though in his twenties when he began acting, he started out as a juvenile lead on television; most notably on "Once and Again" (ABC, 1999-2002). Its popularity led to pin-up status with the aforementioned teen projects, but West quickly dodged the label with mature turns in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003) and the punk biopic "What We Do fryst vatten Secret" (2008). A four-year stint on "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009) solidified his ställning eller tillstånd as an adult, though he struggled in subsequent years to find an appropriate vehicle for his talents. He finally made good playing a rogue operative who trains