Shane Van Dyke

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Shane Van Dyke
Born
Shane Thomas Van Dyke

(1979-08-28) August 28, 1979 (age 44)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • director
Years active1993–present
SpouseJulie Schreiner
Children1
Parent
Relatives Dick Van Dyke (grandfather)
Jerry Van Dyke (great-uncle)
Kelly Jean Van Dyke (first cousin, once removed)

Shane Thomas Van Dyke [1] (born August 28, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is the son of Barry Van Dyke and grandson of Dick Van Dyke.

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Early life

Van Dyke was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mary (née Carey) Van Dyke and actor Barry Van Dyke. He has two brothers, Wes and Carey, and a sister, Taryn Van Dyke. He is the paternal grandson of the entertainer Dick Van Dyke. He is also a grandnephew of Jerry Van Dyke and first cousin once removed of Jerry's daughter, Kelly Jean Van Dyke.

Van Dyke's professional acting career began after graduating from high school when he became involved with the theatre program at Moorpark College in California. He launched his television career with a recurring minor role (14 episodes) as medical student Alex Smith on the CBS television show Diagnosis: Murder . In 2002, he starred in the musical Annie .

Career

In the years following his role on Diagnosis: Murder, Van Dyke worked on other television shows including the long-running soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful , as well as the independent film Arizona Summer .

In the summer of 2007, Shane rejoined his grandfather and father in a series of Hallmark Channel Original Movies titled Murder 101 . Around the same period, he also co-starred in the mini-series Shark Swarm , opposite John Schneider and Daryl Hannah.

Van Dyke has performed screenwriter duties for various films including Transmorphers 2 , Street Racer, Paranormal Entity , The Day the Earth Stopped [2] and The Silence .

Van Dyke was the director and writer of the movie Titanic II (2010) and portrayed the ship's owner, Hayden Walsh. In 2011, Van Dyke appeared as a lifeguard in the SyFy film Super Shark , about a giant shark released from stone by an oil-drilling rig off the California coast. In 2012, he produced (with his brother Carey Van Dyke and Oren Peli) the horror film Chernobyl Diaries . [3]

As of 2009, Van Dyke resides in Los Angeles and is a film and television faculty member with Hollywood for Kids. [4]

In 2019, he and his brother Carey Van Dyke released a spec script titled Don't Worry Darling ; the screenplay appeared on the 2019 Black List. [5] [6] A film based on the spec script was announced in August of that year, after a bidding war amongst 18 studios to acquire the project, set to be directed by Olivia Wilde; New Line Cinema won the auction, and the film was released in 2022. [7] [6] Katie Silberman was brought on to rewrite what became the film's screenplay. [6] [8] [9]

Acting Credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Arizona Summer Mike
2009 Transmorphers: Fall of Man Jake Van RybergDirect-to-video
Paranormal Entity Thomas Finley
2010 6 Guns
Titanic II Hayden Walsh
2011 Super Shark Greg

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997, 1999–2001 Diagnosis: Murder Shane Marshall, Jake Hallman, Tommy Anders, Alex Smith16 episodes
2002 Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning Alex SmithTV film
2003 The Bold and the Beautiful FanEpisode: "Episode #1.4019"
2007 - 2008 Murder 101 Ben Manners2 episodes
2008 Shark Swarm ChrisTV film

Filmmaking credits

YearTitleWriterDirectorProducerNotes
2008Street RacerYesNoNo
The Day the Earth Stopped YesNoNo
2009 Transmorphers: Fall of Man YesNoNo
Paranormal Entity YesYesNo
2010 6 Guns NoYesNo
Titanic II YesYesNo
2011 A Haunting in Salem NoYesNo
2012 Chernobyl Diaries YesNoNo
The SacredYesNoNo
2013 Battledogs YesNoNoTV film
2019 The Silence YesNoNo
Into the Dark YesNoNoEpisode: "They Come Knocking"
2022 Don't Worry Darling YesNoYesStory

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  2. ↑ "Shane Van Dyke Summary". TV.com. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "New Chernobyl Diairies Image Has its Back Up to the Wall". Dread Central. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
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  6. 1 2 3 Fleming, Mike Jr. (August 12, 2019). "New Line Wins Olivia Wilde-Directed Spec Package 'Don't Worry Darling; Auction Drew 18 Bids". Deadline Hollywood .
  7. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (July 31, 2019). "Hot Auction Update: 18 Offers On 'Don't Worry Darling' With 'Booksmart's Olivia Wilde To Star, Direct". Deadline Hollywood .
  8. ↑ "What Is 'Don't Worry Darling' Even About?". W Magazine . March 2, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
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