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Shane West
Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his roles on the television series ER and Once and Again and in the film A Walk to Remember. He is currently performing with The Germs and has his own band called Jonny Was, and lives in L.A. His latest film, Red Sands, has just been completed.West was born as Shannon Bruce Westgarth Snaith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Catherine, a lawyer, and Don, a drugstore manager. He has two sisters, Simone and Marli Ann. West began to get into acting leaving early for auditions.Career
West's first major role was in a 1999 television series, Once and Again, playing Eli Sammler. West's film debut was a supporting role in the 1999 film Liberty Heights, director Barry Levinson's film about a Jewish family in Baltimore. He also co-starred in the teen comedies Whatever It Takes (2000) and Get Over It (2001). West was subsequently cast opposite singer/actress Mandy Moore in 2002's A Walk to Remember, which was a box office success, grossing $41 million in the United States.[2] He also was in the Mandy Moore music video Cry. In 2003, West appeared in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and in 2004, he joined the cast of NBC's long running medical television series, ER as resident Ray Barnett. West left at the end of the 2007 season for Supreme Courtships, but the series was not picked up by the Fox Network. He has hinted that he may be back to ER for a couple of episode as his storyline was deliberately left open-ended. In an interview with USA Weekend, he says he has heard from fans who were unhappy that his character never got together with Parminder Nagra's character on the show and it means a lot to him and Parminder. He also says that he has "loyalty" to ER and would go back if they wanted him to. He recently starred in the independent film What We Do Is Secret, playing Darby Crash, a member of the 1970s punk band The Germs; the film has not yet been released. Members of the band were impressed by West's performance and re-formed the band with West taking the deceased Crash's place. West has also fronted an original band, Jonny Was, who have frequented the LA scene. In West's absence the remaining members of the group have formed the dance rock quintet Lunar Fiction. But a Jonny Was reunion may still be on the horizon. West has also recently completed filming three movies; Red Sands, Elchelon Conspiracy and The Lodger. He completed the film Untitled Fairytale, where West played 16 year old Brandon Smith. He is currently in talks to star in the upcoming horror movie High Moon. A Little Message from Shane:
I'm just your average everyday guy. No need to be afraid :] I don't bite. I love talking to people and having a good time. I think some people resent that about me, because I'm just a care free kid of guy. I don't like to sit around, because I know that one day this world is gonna end and I want to die knowing that I lived life all that I could. If you have a problem with it THEN GET OFF MY PAGE. I'm definitely not here to take hate mail and shit from anyone here on myspace. I love talking to my fans and getting to know them a bit. And as for posers I just think it's so funny how people actually believe them. And NO I will not be putting on proof, because it'll probably get stolen anyways and plus, if you don't believe me; then that's your problem and you're the one missing out. I don't get on everday , but I try to update as much as possible. :] And to let you guys know, I really do try to respond, but please, if it's a little shout out COMMENT ME. I reply to almost all comments. But please just like.. One comment per person unless your replying. Getting the same comment 5 times, it get's really ridiculous and makes me not want to respond. Messages are just annoying.
But sometimes it does get a little frustrating getting just comments that say "What's up? Comment back!" No offense, but if you're going to talk to me let's at least get off to a good start and have ourselves a conversation. ;D Thank you so much to all the fans that have gotten me this far! I love you guys! - Shane W.
Interests: Breakfast, coffee(and lots of it), Frankenberry cereal, cajun food, beignets, Quizno's, Sonic Burger, Ameci Pizza, Mr. Pibb, Old Milwaukee beer, Red Stripe, absinth, JACK DANIELS, coca cola (fuck pepsi), 80's cartoons and toys, rock n' roll, punk rawk, goth, horror movies, Halloween, Xmas, ESPN, playing basketball and tennis, LSU sports, New Orleans Saints, Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Braves, travelling ANYWHERE, tattoos, playing Playstation,hanging out, throwing massive parties, having fun, living life one day at a time. :]
