Shane West
Shane West ( born June 10, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as Shannon Bruce Snaith ) is an American actor and musician.
Career
West sought at the age of 15 years at an acting career. He had his first major role from 1999 to 2002 in the family series Once and Again, and from 2004 he plays in the hospital drama ER - the role of the medical assistant Dr. Ray Barnett the emergency room. His last regular appearance as Ray Barnett had West in the last episode of the 13th season of ER, after he got out of the TV series. However, he made a guest appearance in episode 5 of the final 15th season.
Aside from acting, writes Shane, who comes from a musical family, songs for his band Jonny What, in which he sings and plays guitar. Since 2005, West is also known as singer of the punk band The Germs go. He was part of the band as he in the film What We Do Is Secret, which deals with the history of the band, the late Darby Crash so convincingly portrayed that guitarist Pat Smear offered him to join the band in real life.