Shane Emmett (born 4 January 1976) is an Australian actor, presenter and film-maker.

Early life

Emmett was born in

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, to Michael and Laraine Emmett, and grew up in Umina Beach on the Central Coast of New South Wales. He is the third of four children (Lesley,

Belinda Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian ''bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright linde ...

, and Matthew). Emmett attended St John The Baptist primary school in

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and St Edward's Christian Brothers College and Corpus Christi College, graduating in 1993.

Career

Emmett began acting while completing a degree in Communications at Macquarie University in 1998. He first gained recognition in 2003 for his performance of the lead Frank Marlow in the musical ''Get Happy'' in Sydney. Emmett has also performed as Frank Sinatra in the musical ''From Here To Eternity'', Marius in ''

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'' and Captain Von Trapp in ''

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''. In 2006 Emmett performed at the annual

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following the death of his sister Belinda. He performed "

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" accompanied by footage of Belinda singing behind him. Emmett also acted on television, playing Aiden O'Hara in '' All Saints'', Colin Lowndes in '' Rush'', Dr Patrick in ''

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'' and

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in '' Home and Away''. He portrayed the editor of ''

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'' Max Newton in the

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miniseries '' Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War'' and Clayton Timms in the Universal TV series ''Precinct 13''. Emmett is also known for his work as a presenter on the television morning show ''

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'' in 2009 as well as '' Good Morning Australia'', ''GMA'' and '' The Morning Show'' in 2009 and 2011. Emmett has produced and created several internationally recognized short films with his filmmaking partner Jason Van Genderen. He won both 'Best Film' and 'People's Choice Award' in

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New York in 2008 with the film "Mankind Is No Island". The film was shot entirely on a cell phone and won Best Short Documentary at the

Inside Film Awards The Inside Film Awards (now known as the IF Awards) is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, developed by the creators of Inside Film Magazine, Stephen Jenner and David Barda, and originally produced fo ...

in 2009.

References

External links

Official Website
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