Shane Thomas Van Dyke (born August 28, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is the son of Barry Van Dyke and grandson of

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Early life

Van Dyke was born in

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, the son of Mary (née Carey) Van Dyke and actor Barry Van Dyke. He has two brothers, Wes and Carey, and a sister, Taryn Van Dyke. He is the paternal grandson of the entertainer

. 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 pop ...

and first cousin once removed of Jerry's daughter, Kelly Jean Van Dyke. Van Dyke's professional acting career began after graduating from high school when he became involved with the theatre program at Moorpark College 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 '' Annie''.

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''. 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 '' Shark Swarm'', 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 '' The Silence''. Van Dyke was the director and writer of the movie '' Titanic II'' (2010) and portrayed the ship's owner, Hayden Walsh. In 2011, Van Dyke appeared as a lifeguard in the SyFy film '' Super Shark'', 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 '' Chernobyl Diaries''. 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

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titled ''

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

Acting credits

Film

Television

Filmmaking credits

References

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