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Was born 1 minute after his twin brother in Richmond, British Columbia. He grew up in Alberta, Toronto, and British Columbia. He attended Leo Nickerson Elementary School and started his acting career when his mother became a part of the multiple birth association. The twins started out doing commercials sometimes by themselves, sometimes together. When Shawn was 10 years old he got a acting role on Guitarman (1994) (TV). Ever since then his acting career has skyrocketed. He has a golden retriever, named Jessica, which Shawn got for his 9th birthday. His parents are Rick (a manufacturer manager) and Linda (a homemaker). Shawn plays the guitar and he's fluent in French. His recent role was in X2, in which he plays Bobby Drake/Iceman

1. X2 (2003) .... Bobby Drake/Iceman
   ... aka X-Men 2 (2003) (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
   ... aka X-2 (2003) (USA: poster title)
   ... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (2003) (USA: promotional title)
   ... aka X2: X-Men United (2003) (USA: promotional title)
2. Cadet Kelly (2002) (TV) .... Brad Rigby
3. Big House, The (2001) (TV) .... Trevor Brewster
   ... aka Being Brewster (2001) (TV) (USA)
4. Wolf Girl (2001) (TV) .... Beau
   ... aka Blood Moon (2001) (TV) (Canada: video title English title) (USA: DVD title)
5. Blackout (2001/I) (TV) .... First Son
6. "In a Heartbeat" (2000) TV Series .... Tyler Connell
7. X-Men (2000) .... Iceman - Bobby Drake
   ... aka X-Men 1.5 (2003) (USA: DVD title)
   
   
8. Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow (1999) (TV) .... Ben Valentine
9. At the Mercy of a Stranger (1999) (TV) .... Danny
10. "Animorphs" (1998) TV Series .... Jake Berenson
    ... aka "AniTV" (1998) (USA: promotional title)
11. Strike! (1998) .... Photographer
    ... aka Hairy Bird, The (1998) (Australia) (USA: working title)
    ... aka All I Wanna Do (2000) (USA: new title)
    ... aka College femminile (1998) (Italy)
    ... aka Filles font la loi, Les (1998) (Canada: French title)
12. Promise the Moon (1997) (TV) .... Leviatus Bennett
13. Melanie Darrow (1997) (TV) .... David
14. Any Mother's Son (1997) (TV) .... Billy
15. Guitarman (1994) (TV) .... Waylon Tibbins
16. Gross Misconduct (1993/II) (TV) .... Young Brian Spencer
17. Married to It (1991) .... Student in Pageant