Shane Hart is a British actor and producer. He appeared in ''
World War Z
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'' (2014).
He played the role of The Guvnor in British Gangster Movie ''Gatwick Gangsters'' (2014), Jeremiah in ''The Singleton'' (2015), Elmer Spore in ''Witch'' (2015), Andrew Carter, Aryan's Lawyer, in feature film ''1603'' (2015), PC Pepper in ''Golden Years'' (2015), Richardson Heavy in ''Legend'' (2015), is confirmed to join the cast of '' Adam Jones'' (2015), has been announced to play the lead role of Eddie Ward in the upcoming action film ''The Levellers'' (2015) and can be seen as Albert Anastasia in ''Mafia´s Greatest Hits''.
Early life
Shane was born to English parents in the South West UK and was raised within the care system. He has three brothers and three sisters. His mother was one of eighteen children and his father's siblings have professional history in the music and performing arts industry. At 7 years old Shane won 3rd place as
Oliver Twist
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in a fancy dress competition during the Queen of England's Silver Jubilee celebrations before he, At the age of 11 years, performed in front of the school as an impressionist for a talent contest and later went on to take on his first role in a play, organized by the drama department at the school theatre.
Career
In 2011, Hart became actively involved with some student films and music videos, met and conversed with
Jason Statham
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on set of ''
Hummingbird
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'' who is said to have inspired him to further his acting skills and abilities on his craft. He later went on to appear in
Charlie Brooker
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's ''
Black Mirror
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'' on
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Chris Pine
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,
Kevin Costner
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and
Keira Knightley
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. Hart continued his education and attended many workshops, courses and seminars, studying the art of acting using mainly on the teachings of
Michael Chekhov
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. In 2014, he joined the cast of ''
Closed Circuit
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'' (2014), starring
Eric Bana
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as well as ''The Anomaly'' (2014), starring
Noel Clarke
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.
The same year, he has performed in and was involved with many mainstream television Channel Productions such as ''The Politicians Husband'' and ''Broadchurch'', both starring
David Tennant
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, Crimewatch & C&I CHANNEL real life crime investigations, ''Talking to the Dead'', '' The Royals'', starring
Elizabeth Hurley
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Kiefer Sutherland
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, ''
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'', ''
A Poet in New York
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'' and ''Lewis''.
Also in 2014, Hart was chosen for the role of Mr. Windsor in ''Coolio – Time Travel Gangster'' (2014),Andrew Carter in ''1603'' (2015), alongside Danny Darren, Bent's Crispian Belfrage and Rachel Marquez, a Disciple in ''Londinium'' (2015), as Jeremiah in ''The Singleton'' (2015) as well as additional roles in ''A Fistful of Bullets'' (2016),starring ''
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''`s Geoff Bell, PC Pepper in ''Golden Years'' (2015) alongside ''
Titanic
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s
Bernard Hill
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,
Una Stubbs
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and
Virginia McKenna
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, the role of Elmer Spore in feature film ''Witch'' (2015), A police officer in ''Honeytrap'' (2015), the UK Prime Minister in ''Star Gods of Terra'' (2015), The Guvnor in ''Gatwick Gangsters'' (2015) and appeared in Nollywood film ''International Games'' (2015).
In late 2014, Hart's script for his own movie ''The Levellers'' entered pre-production, which is set to also feature
Brian Croucher
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Career
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In January 2015, Hart was announced to play the role of a Richardson Heavy in ''Legend'' (2015), starring Tom Hardy. In 2017, Hart has been announced to direct an eight part series ''Blame'' (2017) and upcoming motion picture ''Palatable''. In 2018, Hart teamed up with Lionhawk Picture´s producer Pamala Hall, together with Hart´s Hartfelt Media Film Productions, to collaborate towards a movie adaption for ''Desuba-On Reflection''.
Humanitarian Activism
In 2015, Shane Hart teamed up with friend Sarah Archer to support charities and events with personal appearances raising awareness of Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support among others.
Hart also has a book in development designed to raise awareness of issues involving innocent children in suffering which aims to support children's charities in the UK and beyond. Known as a Humanitarian and active Advocate for
World Peace
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he published his book ''Desuba-On Reflection'' on amazon.com in early 2017.