A prolific Australian performer Shanes 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 Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Shanes previous theatre credits include The Doll Trilogy Backbeat Harp in the South And the Big Men Fly Fool For Love Byzantine Flowers The Custodians The Old Man Comes Rolling Home Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Coast Mongrels Nil Cat and Buried The Snake Pit Garys House The Shifting Heart and Wonderful Ward Also a recurring presence on the small screen Shane has appeared in countless Australian television series including Prisoner Carsons Law Cop Shop The Keepers A Country Practice Emerging Prime Time Matthews Passion Harp in the South Army Wives Sons Daughters Poor Mans Orange Flying Doctors Living With The Law No Hard Feelings GP Phoenix Police Rescue Heartlands Fire Feds The Man From Snowy River Good Guys Bad Guys Raw FM Moby Dick Halifax fp Blue Heelers WIldside and most recently Stingers