With his great-grandfather and grandmother both having careers in nightclubs during the vaudeville era, Shawn was born into a family line of entertainers; and was bitten by the acting bug at an early age. Onstage, Shawn has been afforded opportunities to play such wonderful characters as 'Sonny LaTieri' in 'Grease', 'Phoebus de Châteaupers' in 'Le Bossu de Notre-Dame', and 'Bela Zangler' in 'Crazy for You'. In film, Shawn has appeared as a silent actor in 'The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne', filmed television pilots, web-series, and a feature film. When he's not acting, Shawn returns to his Fortress of Solitude, where he geeks out watching an inordinate amount of television and movies ... for research purposes ... to perfect his craft.