Shane Thomas Van Dyke[1] (born August 28, 1979) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is the son of Barry Van Dyke and grandson of Dick 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.[clarification needed]
Career
In the years following his role on Diagnosis: Murder, Van Dyke worked on other television shows including the long-running soap operaThe Bold and the Beautiful, as well as the independent film Arizona Summer.
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 Oren Peli) the horror film Chernobyl Diaries.[3]
As of 2009, Van Dyke resides in Los Angeles and is a film and television faculty member with Hollywood for Kids.[4]
In 2019, he and his brother Carey Van Dyke released a spec script titled Don't Worry Darling; the screenplay appeared on the 2019 Black List.[5][6] 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 Olivia Wilde; New Line Cinema won the auction, and the film was released in 2022.[7][6]Katie Silberman was brought on to rewrite what became the film's screenplay.[6][8][9]
