A prolific Australian performer, Shane's career spans nearly 20 years in film, theatre and television. A Victorian College of the Arts graduate, Shane has earned several industry awards including: the 1984 Penguin Award for Best Actor, 1995 Green Room Award for Outstanding Fringe Performer and a nomination for the 1998 AFI Showtime Award for Best ...
Currently starring in Derek Benfield's smash hit comedy 'Anyone for Breakfast?' at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK. His co-stars are Ross Davidson ('Hollyoaks' and 'Eastenders') and Ann Marie Davis ('Brookside'). [September 2004]
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His father emigrated to Australia from the UK.
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Daughter Jessica born in 1988.
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On November 30, 2005 he was awarded $196,709 in damages by a court which ruled that Grundy television had unfairly terminated his Neighbours contract.
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As of October 2003, he lost his job on the Australian soap "Neighbours" where he has played Joe Scully for 4 years. He arrived for work on a Monday morning and was told by the show's executives that his contract was being terminated with immediate effect, even though there was months to run.
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His children, twins Thomas and Grace, were born on 21st March 1995.
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Meet his future wife, actress Nell Feeney, on the set of the television series, Phoenix.