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]

Shane McRae
Born (1977-07-23) July 23, 1977 (age 47)
EducationNew York University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Early life and education

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

Career

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 All Over Again Nelson
2008 Killer Pad Brody
The Collective Conor
2009 Bottleworld Wilson
2011 The Adjustment Bureau Adrian Troussant
The Help Raleigh Leefolt
2012 Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty Lloyd
2013 One Small Hitch Josh Shiffman
2014 Still Alice Charlie Howland-Jones
2016 Better Off Single Vince
2020 Modern Persuasion Owen Jasper
2021 Lansky Lucky Luciano
Encounter Lance Dunn
2022 Midday Black Midnight Blue Cody

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Promised Land Ryan Episode: "Balancing Act"
2004 Hack Chris Olshansky Episode: "Fog of War"
One Life to Live Paul Cramer 3 episodes
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Wesley Burkhartz Episode: "The War at Home"
Four Kings Bobby 13 episodes
2006, 2008 Robot Chicken Various roles 2 episodes
2007 Cold Case Nathan O'Donnell Episode: "That Woman"
The Mastersons of Manhattan Bobby Television film
2009 Medium Eric Rogich Episode: "The Talented Ms. Boddicker"
Gossip Girl PJ Buckley Episode: "Enough About Eve"
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Justin Jennings Episode: "Bully"
2012 Blue Bloods Johnny Evans Episode: "Scorched Earth"
2013 Chicago Fire Eric Whaley 3 episodes
Rewind Shaun Knox Television film
2014 The Following Robert 8 episodes
Manhattan Love Story Colin Episode: "Let It Go"
2015 Forever Detective Hugh Dunn Episode: "Diamonds Are Forever"
2015, 2016 Nashville Patrick 2 episodes
2015–2019 Sneaky Pete Taylor Bowman 30 episodes
2016 Game of Silence Benjamin Todd Episode: "Hey"
2020 Paradise Lost Dickie Barrett 10 episodes
2022 Alaska Daily Aaron Pritchard 9 episodes
2023 Silo Knox 4 episodes

References

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  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.
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