Bio
Shane Nestor is a full member of Irish Equity and AFTRA (and eligible to join SAG).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Film/Commercials (IRELAND)
Production Title | Character | Director | Producer |
Ulster Bank 6 Nations Comm. | Captain | Damian Farrell | Caboom |
Renault Scrappage Commercial | Sean | Irish Cashmere Media | |
Flexitimers’ Working Lunch | Peter | Ger Fox | Flexitimers |
TG4 Commercial | Coach | Speers | |
Bank of Ireland (infomercial) | Customer | Sean Walsh | Millbrook Studios |
A.T.A. Girl (Cork Film Festival) | Robert | Donogh MacCarthy | WS&F/WDM |
L’Oscurita (Short Film) | Jack | Alan Jacob | Alan Jacob |
Film/Commercials (USA)
Production Title | Character | Director | Producer |
Henry V (Feature) | Captain Mac Morris | Peter Babakitas | Peter Babakitas |
Christmas Jingle (Radio) | Levi Strauss | ||
Survivor (Phonecast) | Survivor | ||
Sinn Fein (Digital Animation) | Kevin (Lead) | Albert Hastings | Dreamworks |
Theatre
I trained and worked initially as an Actor and then when I founded Looking Through Windows Theatre Company in 2004, I gained experience as a Producer and Director also.
Ireland
Play | Character | Director | Theatre Co. |
A Tourist’s Guide to Terrorism | Pat | Alice Coghlan | The Edinburgh Fringe |
Two | 7 characters | Paul Keeley | Looking Thro’ Windows |
Oleanna | John | Shane Nestor | Looking Thro’ Windows |
True West | Lee | Shane Nestor | Looking Thro’ Windows |
Miss Canary Islands 1936 | Largo | Michelle Manahan | The Focus Theatre |
USA
Play | Character | Director | Theatre Co. |
The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Pato (understudy) | Richard Seyd | Berkeley Rep |
The Heidi Chronicles | Scoop | Rosenbaum Georgette | Pan Van Ness Theater Co. |
East | Dad | Nick Helvridge | Aggro Theater Co. |
Titus! | Marcus | John Fisher | University Berkeley |
Resurrection of Lazarus | One Man Show | Victoria Rue | Dario Fo Festival ’98 |
The Magdalen | Jacques Le’Fevre | Stephanie French | Inside/Outside Productions |
Training
Date | Institution | Course |
O9/09-6/10 | Institute of Art and Design, Dun Laoghaire | MA in Screenwriting |
09/98-05/00 | Ian McRae Acting Studio, San Francisco | Meisner Technique |
01/97-05/98 | American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco | Acting |
07-08/98 | Full Circle Productions, San Francisco | On-Camera Improvisation |
05-06/98 | Ed Hooks Studio, San Francisco | On-Camera Course |
10/87-06/91 | University College Cork | BE (Civil) 2H1 |