Shane West

Known for: Acting

Born: 1978-06-10 (age 48)

From: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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.

Filmography (65)

MOVIE
Last Chance Motel
2026
MOVIE★ 10.0
Holo
2026
as Jared
MOVIE
Labyrinth
2025
MOVIE
Theater Is Dead
2025
as Matthew
MOVIE★ 5.2
Pig Hill
2025
as Andy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Deadly Vows
2025
as Max
MOVIE★ 5.1
Last Night on Earth
2024
as Gene
MOVIE★ 6.0
Walden
2023
as Detective Bill Kane
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Dirty South
2023
as Dion
MOVIE★ 7.5
La Usurpadora
2023
as Chad
MOVIE★ 4.6
Maneater
2022
as Will Coulter
MOVIE★ 4.5
Mid-Century
2022
as Tom Levin
MOVIE★ 4.9
Escape the Field
2022
as Ryan
MOVIE★ 4.5
Chariot
2022
as Rory Calhoun
MOVIE★ 5.8
Outsiders
2022
as Sheriff O'Hare
MOVIE★ 4.3
Gossamer Folds
2020
as Billy
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Awakening the Zodiac
2017
as Mick Branson
MOVIE★ 5.4
Here Alone
2016
as Jason
TV★ 7.6
Gotham
2014
as Eduardo Durrance / Bane
TV★ 5.6
The Wil Wheaton Project
2014
as Self
TV★ 7.3
Salem
2014
as John Alden
MOVIE★ 4.4
Red Sky
2014
as Tom Craig
TV★ 6.4
Halloween Wars
2011
as Self - Guest Judge
TV★ 7.3
Nikita
2010
as Michael Bishop
MOVIE
El Dorado
2010
as Jack Wilder
TV★ 5.3
El Dorado
2010
as Jack Wilder
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Presence
2010
as Ghost
MOVIE★ 6.1
Echelon Conspiracy
2009
as Max Peterson
MOVIE★ 4.3
Red Sands
2009
as Jeff Keller
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Lodger
2009
as Street Wilkenson
MOVIE★ 5.2
What We Do Is Secret
2007
as Darby Crash
TV
Supreme Courtships
2007
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Elder Son
2006
as Bo
TV★ 4.6
Made in Hollywood
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003
as Tom Sawyer
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Time for Dancing
2002
as Paul, the DJ
MOVIE★ 7.8
A Walk to Remember
2002
as Landon Carter
MOVIE★ 7.5
Ocean's Eleven
2001
as Shane West (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Get Over It
2001
as Bentley 'Striker' Scrumfeld
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dracula 2000
2000
as JT
MOVIE★ 5.8
Whatever It Takes
2000
as Ryan Woodman
MOVIE★ 6.7
Liberty Heights
1999
as Ted
TV★ 6.7
Once and Again
1999
as Eli Sammler
TV★ 9.1
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 9.5
To Have & to Hold
1998
as Mitch Maloney
TV★ 7.0
The Closer
1998
as Tad
MOVIE★ 4.2
Hollyweird
1998
as Jack Siegler
TV★ 3.4
Meego
1997
as Guy With Big Hat
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Westing Game
1997
as Chris Theodorakis
TV★ 8.1
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Sean
TV★ 10.0
Mr. Rhodes
1996
as Mick
TV★ 8.5
The Crew
1995
as Store Manager
TV★ 7.6
Sliders
1995
as Kirk
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Ray Barnett
TV★ 8.3
Boy Meets World
1993
as Nick
TV★ 7.5
Picket Fences
1992
as Dave Lattimore
TV★ 6.7
California Dreams
1992
as Doug (voice)
MOVIE
Faceless
—
MOVIE
She's Still Here
—
as Mark
MOVIE
You Don’t Belong Here
—
as Park Ranger
MOVIE★ 10.0
Every Other Animal
—
as Hoyt
MOVIE
Hollywood Rules
—
as Donald P. Meyers
MOVIE
The Soul Trader
—
as Damien
MOVIE
The Rise & Decline of Punk Rock
—
as Clarence