Shane Van Dyke (born August 28, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director, television writer, and film producer. He is the son of

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and grandson of Dick Van Dyke.

Early life

Van Dyke was born in

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, the son of Mary (née Carey) Van Dyke and actor

. He has two brothers, Wes and Carey, and a sister, Taryn Van Dyke. He is the

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grandson of the entertainer Dick Van Dyke. He is also a grandnephew of

Jerry Van Dyke Jerry McCord Van Dyke (July 27, 1931 – January 5, 2018) was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke had a long and successful career mostly as a character actor in supporting and guest roles on po ...

and first cousin once removed of Jerry's daughter,

Kelly Jean Van Dyke Kelly Jean Van Dyke (June 5, 1958 – November 17, 1991) was an American actress and adult film performer. She was the daughter of actor Jerry Van Dyke, niece of the actor Dick Van Dyke, and first cousin once removed of Shane Van Dyke. As an a ...

. Van Dyke's professional acting career began after graduating from high school when he became involved with the theatre program at

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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 ''

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''.

Career

In the years following his role on ''Diagnosis: Murder'', Van Dyke worked on other television shows including the long-running

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'', as well as the independent film ''

Arizona Summer ''Arizona Summer'' is a family film directed by Joey Travolta. The plot is about Brent Butler (Gemini Barnett), a wiser-than-his years youngster. A modern-day Tom Sawyer. The majority of the story takes place at a boys and girls camp owned and ope ...

''. In the summer of 2007, Shane rejoined his grandfather and father in a series of

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Original Movies titled '' Murder 101''. Around the same period, he also co-starred in the mini-series ''

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'', opposite John Schneider and

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. Van Dyke has performed screenwriter duties for various films including '' Transmorphers 2'', ''Street Racer'', '' Paranormal Entity'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Van Dyke was the director and writer of the movie ''

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'' (2010) and portrayed the ship's owner, Hayden Walsh. In 2011, Van Dyke appeared as a lifeguard in the SyFy film ''

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'', 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

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) the horror film ''

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''. As of 2009, Van Dyke resides in

and is a film and television faculty member with Hollywood for Kids. In 2019, he and his brother Carey Van Dyke released a

spec script A spec script, also known as a speculative screenplay, is a non-commissioned and unsolicited screenplay. It is usually written by a screenwriter who hopes to have the script optioned and eventually purchased by a producer, production company, or ...

titled ''

Don't Worry Darling ''Don't Worry Darling'' is a 2022 American psychological thriller film directed by Olivia Wilde from a screenplay by Katie Silberman, based on a spec script by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, and Silberman. The film stars Florence Pugh, Har ...

''; the screenplay appeared on the 2019 Black List. 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

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;

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won the auction, and the film was released in 2022.

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was brought on to rewrite what became the film's screenplay.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dyke, Shane Living people 1979 births American male television actors American male film actors American male screenwriters Male actors from Los Angeles County, California 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors

Shane Shane may refer to: People * Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress * Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946) * iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer * Shane (name), a masculine given name and a sur ...

Screenwriters from California