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Roe & Renee ( Shane Taylor and Lucie Jeanne) - Band Of Brothers

David Gyasi, Christopher Goh and Shane Taylor in Hunter Killer.

Captain Thomas Preston


* 'Sons Of Liberty'


Dougray Scott and Shane Taylor - Day Of The Triffids

Robin Laing and Shane Taylor in Band of Brothers (2001)

Ben Caplan, Dale Dye, Damian Lewis, and Shane Taylor in Band of Brothers (2001)

Dexter Fletcher, Kirk Acevedo, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Frank John Hughes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Ross McCall, Neal McDonough, Richard Speight Jr., and Shane Taylor in Band of Brothers (2001)

Kirk Acevedo, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Matthew Leitch, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Ross McCall, Neal McDonough, Richard Speight Jr., Shane Taylor, and Rick Warden in Band of Brothers (2001)

Ben Kingsley and Shane Taylor in Walking with the Enemy (2013)

Ben Kingsley, Shane Taylor, and Burn Gorman in Walking with the Enemy (2013)

Shane Taylor and Philip Winchester in Strike Back (2010)

Shane Taylor and Benjamin Whitrow - Bomber

Sir Ben Kingsley and Shane Taylor - Walking With The Enemy

Shane Taylor and Sir Ben Kingsley - Walking With The Enemy

Kirk Acevedo, Michael Cudlitz, Scott Grimes, Frank John Hughes, Adam James, Damian Lewis, Tim Matthews, Richard Speight Jr., Shane Taylor, and Michael Fassbender in Band of Brothers (2001)

Donnie Wahlberg, Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, and Peter Youngblood Hills in Band of Brothers (2001)

Shane was born on the south coast of England, although his family line is also Scottish and American. He attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and received the Cameron Mackintosh Scholarship Award.

Shane's extensive screen credits include the regular role of Cpl. Eugene "Doc" Roe in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's commercially and critically acclaimed Band Of Brothers. He played Osman in The Day Of The Triffids alongside Dougray Scott, Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson; and Craig Hanson, a season regular alongside Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton and Charles Dance in Strike Back: Vengeance.

Shane also played the character of Andy Stafford alongside Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon in Quirke for the BBC; and as Captain Thomas Preston, in the History Channel's Sons Of Liberty, starring Ben Barnes, Henry Thomas, Rafe Spall and Dean Norris.

Shane's film credits include the award winning independent, Bomber; Devil's Playground; Walking With The Enemy alongside Ben Kingsley; and Hunter Killer with Gerard Butler, Linda Cardellini and Gary Oldman.

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