When what's around you - such as scripts, or like me being on the show and playing 18, now me doing this film playing 18 - it's kind of been what's been there for me.

His last performance was in December 2009. Both parents were musicians and had their own punk bands. West made his acting debut in 1995 with television series Picket Fences.

Ray Barnett in ER. He is currently portraying the role of Michael in The CW action drama television series Nikita. Shane West (born Shannon Bruce Snaith; June 10 1978) is an American actor punk rock musician and songwriter.