Shane Black
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1961-12-16
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Strike Battleship Engineers
- Dawnsong Promotional Edition
- Devils Demons and Dead Men
- Incredible Untold Story of Sailor Moon
- Strike Battleship Marines
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Film & TV
Writing · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American filmmaker and actor who has written such films as Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero, and The Long Kiss Goodnight. He is also known as the original creator of the Lethal Weapon franchise. As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Rick Hawkins in Predator (1987). He made his directorial debut with the…
Known for
- In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee2022
- In Search of the Last Action Heroes — Self2019
- Wolfman's Got Nards — Self2018
- Swing State — Luke2017
- Any Day — Gino2015
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe — Self2014
- Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter — Disembodied Voice (voice)2013
- Iron Man 3 Unmasked — Self2013
- Tales from the Script — Self2009
- The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry — Self2008
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 770
- Total plays
- 1,432
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 22,782x
- The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities
· 1973 · cited 19,676x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,678x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEGTJAREFF METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, AND A PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF THE CHROMIC ACID TITRATION METHOD
· 1934 · cited 16,588x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1961-12-16 ) December 16, 1961 (age 64) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Los Angeles ( BA )
- Occupations
- Film director film producer screenwriter actor
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Notable work
- Lethal Weapon The Last Boy Scout The Long Kiss Goodnight Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Iron Man 3 The Nice Guys The Predator
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Key dates
- Born
- 16 December 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Black
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Shane Black at 53rd Saturn Awards 2026.jpg
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Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor, known for his distinctive style of action and action comedy films. He originated the Lethal Weapon franchise, and has also written such films as The Monster Squad (1987), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Last Action Hero (1993), and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Hawkins in Predator (1987).
He made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. Black went on to write and direct Iron Man 3 (2013), The Nice Guys (2016), The Predator (2018) and Play Dirty (2025).
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