Portrait of Shane Connor

Shane Connor

Acting

Biography

A prolific Australian performer, Shane's 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. Shane's 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, Gary's 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, Carson's Law, Cop Shop, The Keepers, A Country Practice, Emerging, Prime Time, Matthew's Passion, Harp in the South, Army Wives, Sons & Daughters, Poor Man's 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 f.p., Blue Heelers, WIldside and most recently, Stingers.

Born: April 3, 1959

Place of Birth: Woodville, South Australia, Australia

Filmography

2015
Dawn

as Carl

2013
Wolf Creek 2

as Senior Sergeant Gary Bulmer Jr

2013
Wentworth

as Ray Houser

2012
House Husbands

as Farmer Todd

2011
Killing Time

as Strawhorn

2009
Dirt Game

as Max Mees

2008
Playing for Charlie

as Joe Ruddock

2007
2005
Twisted Tales

as Ben Kettle

1998
Moby Dick

as Mr. Flask

1995
Fire

as David "Giraffe" Simpson

1995
Rainbow's End

as George

1994
1994
1993
Blue Heelers

as Danny Hobson

1992
Phoenix

as Manny

1991
1988
Tender Hooks

as Wayne

1988
Breaking Loose

as Sampson

1987
Poor Man's Orange

as Charlie Rothe

1987
Army Wives

as Grant

1986
The Flying Doctors

as Ross Bechner