Shane McRae

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Shane McRae
Born (1977-07-23) July 23, 1977 (age 46)
Education New York University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Shane McRae (born July 23, 1977) is an American actor. In 2017, he joined the cast of the Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete in the role of Taylor. He also played Dickie Barrett in the Spectrum Original series Paradise Lost. [1]

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Early life and education

McRae was born in Gainesville, Florida, and grew up in Starkville, Mississippi. He earned his MFA from New York University in 2003. [2]

Career

McRae played Bobby in NBC's Four Kings and has appeared in Hack , One Life to Live , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Cold Case , and Nashville , and had a recurring role in Chicago Fire and The Following as Robert. [3]

Onstage, McRae played the part of Jason Chenier in the play Take Me Out . In 2005, McRae appeared in The Public Theater's Richard III as Richard's nemesis, Richmond. McRae also voiced various characters in Seth Green's Robot Chicken .

He starred in the 2008 film The Collective and co-starred with Kelly Overton in the music video for the song "Terrified" by Katharine McPhee with Zachary Levi. In 2011, he appeared in The Help as Raleigh Leefolt. [4] In 2012, he had a starring role as Josh Shiffman in One Small Hitch . He also appeared in the CW series Gossip Girl . In 2021, he played Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano in Lansky. other film roles include Still Alice , The Adjustment Bureau , and Modern Persuasion. In 2023, he had a recurring role in the Apple TV series Silo as Knox.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001All Over AgainNelson
2008 Killer Pad Brody
The Collective Conor
2009BottleworldWilson
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Adrian Troussant
The Help Raleigh Leefolt
2012Lefty Loosey Righty TightyLloyd
2013 One Small Hitch Josh Shiffman
2014 Still Alice Charlie Howland-Jones
2016 Better Off Single Vince
2020Modern PersuasionOwen Jasper
2021 Lansky Lucky Luciano
Encounter Lance Dunn
2022Midday Black Midnight BlueCody

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Promised Land RyanEpisode: "Balancing Act"
2004 Hack Chris OlshanskyEpisode: "Fog of War"
One Life to Live Paul Cramer3 episodes
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Wesley BurkhartzEpisode: "The War at Home"
Four Kings Bobby13 episodes
2006, 2008 Robot Chicken Various roles2 episodes
2007 Cold Case Nathan O'DonnellEpisode: "That Woman"
The Mastersons of ManhattanBobbyTelevision film
2009 Medium Eric RogichEpisode: "The Talented Ms. Boddicker"
Gossip Girl PJ BuckleyEpisode: "Enough About Eve"
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Justin JenningsEpisode: "Bully"
2012 Blue Bloods Johnny EvansEpisode: "Scorched Earth"
2013 Chicago Fire Eric Whaley3 episodes
Rewind Shaun KnoxTelevision film
2014 The Following Robert8 episodes
Manhattan Love Story ColinEpisode: "Let It Go"
2015 Forever Detective Hugh DunnEpisode: "Diamonds Are Forever"
2015, 2016 Nashville Patrick2 episodes
2015–2019 Sneaky Pete Taylor Bowman30 episodes
2016 Game of Silence Benjamin ToddEpisode: "Hey"
2020 Paradise Lost Dickie Barrett10 episodes
2022 Alaska Daily Aaron Pritchard9 episodes
2023 Silo Knox4 episodes

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References

  1. "Paradise Lost (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb". IMDb .
  2. Shane McRae profile, IMDb.com; accessed April 22, 2014.
  3. "Listings – Following, The on Fox". TheFutonCritic. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  4. Gonzalez, Sandra (February 4, 2013). "'Chicago Fire' First Look: Severide squares off with (shirtless) Shane McRae". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 22, 2014.