Shane McRae

Shane McRae (born July 23, 1977) is an American actor. In 2017, he joined the cast of the Amazon Studios series Sneaky Pete in the role of Taylor. He also played Dickie Barrett in the Spectrum Original series Paradise Lost.^[1]

Shane McRae
Born	(1977-07-23) July 23, 1977 (age 47) Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Education	New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present

Early life and education

McRae was born in Gainesville, Florida, and grew up in Starkville, Mississippi. He earned his MFA from New York University in 2003.^[2]

Career

McRae played Bobby in NBC's Four Kings and has appeared in Hack, One Life to Live, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Cold Case, and Nashville, and had a recurring role in Chicago Fire and The Following as Robert.^[3]

Onstage, McRae played the part of Jason Chenier in the play Take Me Out. In 2005, McRae appeared in The Public Theater's Richard III as Richard's nemesis, Richmond. McRae also voiced various characters in Seth Green's Robot Chicken.

He starred in the 2008 film The Collective and co-starred with Kelly Overton in the music video for the song "Terrified" by Katharine McPhee with Zachary Levi. In 2011, he appeared in The Help as Raleigh Leefolt.^[4] In 2012, he had a starring role as Josh Shiffman in One Small Hitch. He also appeared in the CW series Gossip Girl. In 2021, he played Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano in Lansky. other film roles include Still Alice, The Adjustment Bureau, and Modern Persuasion. In 2023, he had a recurring role in the Apple TV series Silo as Knox.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	All Over Again	Nelson
2008	Killer Pad	Brody
	The Collective	Conor
2009	Bottleworld	Wilson
2011	The Adjustment Bureau	Adrian Troussant
	The Help	Raleigh Leefolt
2012	Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty	Lloyd
2013	One Small Hitch	Josh Shiffman
2014	Still Alice	Charlie Howland-Jones
2016	Better Off Single	Vince
2020	Modern Persuasion	Owen Jasper
2021	Lansky	Lucky Luciano
	Encounter	Lance Dunn
2022	Midday Black Midnight Blue	Cody

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Promised Land	Ryan	Episode: "Balancing Act"
2004	Hack	Chris Olshansky	Episode: "Fog of War"
	One Life to Live	Paul Cramer	3 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Wesley Burkhartz	Episode: "The War at Home"
	Four Kings	Bobby	13 episodes
2006, 2008	Robot Chicken	Various roles	2 episodes
2007	Cold Case	Nathan O'Donnell	Episode: "That Woman"
	The Mastersons of Manhattan	Bobby	Television film
2009	Medium	Eric Rogich	Episode: "The Talented Ms. Boddicker"
	Gossip Girl	PJ Buckley	Episode: "Enough About Eve"
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Justin Jennings	Episode: "Bully"
2012	Blue Bloods	Johnny Evans	Episode: "Scorched Earth"
2013	Chicago Fire	Eric Whaley	3 episodes
	Rewind	Shaun Knox	Television film
2014	The Following	Robert	8 episodes
	Manhattan Love Story	Colin	Episode: "Let It Go"
2015	Forever	Detective Hugh Dunn	Episode: "Diamonds Are Forever"
2015, 2016	Nashville	Patrick	2 episodes
2015–2019	Sneaky Pete	Taylor Bowman	30 episodes
2016	Game of Silence	Benjamin Todd	Episode: "Hey"
2020	Paradise Lost	Dickie Barrett	10 episodes
2022	Alaska Daily	Aaron Pritchard	9 episodes
2023	Silo	Knox	4 episodes

References

1. "Paradise Lost (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb". IMDb.
2. Shane McRae profile, IMDb.com; accessed April 22, 2014.
3. "Listings – Following, The on Fox". TheFutonCritic. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
4. Gonzalez, Sandra (February 4, 2013). "'Chicago Fire' First Look: Severide squares off with (shirtless) Shane McRae". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 22, 2014.

External links

• Shane McRae at IMDb