Shane Jacobson
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Shane Jacobson is an Australian actor and writer best known for his performance as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth in the film Kenny. In 2006 he won the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for that performance. He reprised the role for the TV series Kenny's World.
In April 2008, he began his role of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the major stage production Guys and Dolls, currently playing at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne. For this role, he won a 2008 Helpmann Award for "Best Supporting Actor in a Musical."
Jacobson began his acting career performing in the Melbourne Gang Show. He also performs stand-up comedy and has appeared on education lighting videos.
[edit] Biography
Better known for his warm and charismatic portrayal of the “fairdinkum Aussie bloke”, Kenny, Shane Jacobson won the 2006 AFI Award for Best Lead Actor, the 2006 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role, the 2007 Film Ink Magazine Awards for Best New Comer and recently won 2007 Australian Star of the Year Award at the Australian International Movie Convention.
Shane Jacobson began his career on the stage at the tender age of 10 with amateur theatre, performing in Australia and overseas. At age 18 Shane began his comedy career with regular theatre restaurant, musical theatre, stand-up and MC gigs. It wasn’t long until the corporate world caught onto his talent for characterization and a quick quip, hiring him to play to huge corporate functions impersonating business icons and luminaries.
His sharply honed performance and character skills were noticed by Melbourne’s Gold FM radio station, who in 1999 gave him a regular segment called The 60 Minute Challenge. Shane also created the colorful character voice of Sergio the Hairdresser. Sergio featured regularly on Gold FM’s Breakfast show. Shane’s focus eventually moved towards the camera and he began acting in prominent Music Videos, Short Films and TV Commercials whilst continuing to perform audience Warm-Ups for all the major TV networks.
Shane and his Brother/director Clayton Jacobson shared the 2006 IF Awards for both Best Feature Film and Best Script and the 2006 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In 2007 Shane filmed two Australian feature films - CACTUS, Directed by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan which was released in cinemas May and NEWCASTLE, directed by Dan Castle which is due for cinematic release later in 2008.
Shane is currently performing with Kath and Kim’s Magda Szubanski, Sea Patrol’s Lisa McCune and Ian Stenlake, Mother and Son’s Garry McDonald and singing star Marina Prior in the classic Hollywood musical - Guys and Dolls at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.
On April 24, 2009, Shane will guest co-host Australian television program The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies, while the program's regular male co-host Larry Emdur is on holidays.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Kenny |
| 2008 | Cactus |
| Nescastle |
