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Actor

1977-07-23 · Gainesville, Florida, USA · Male

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Shane McRae (born July 23, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Knox in the Apple TV science fiction series Silo. He previously played Taylor in the Amazon Prime Video series Sneaky Pete and Dickie Barrett in the Spectrum Original series Paradise Lost.

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.

Career

McRae has played a variety of characters in film and television, including Bobby in NBC's Four Kings, and Aaron Pritchard in ABC's Alaska Daily. Other television credits include Gossip Girl, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Cold Case, Syfy's Rewind and Nashville, and recurring roles in Chicago Fire and The Following. He played Charlie "Lucky" Luciano in Lansky. Other film roles include The Help, Bad Teacher, Still Alice, The Adjustment Bureau, Encounter, One Small Hitch, and Modern Persuasion. McRae also voiced various characters in Seth Green's Robot Chicken.

Onstage, McRae has starred in plays such as Take Me Out, The Public Theater's Richard III, and Lucy Thurber's Killers and Other Family