Shane Black

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-12-16 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Shane Black

Biography

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 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. Black went on to write and direct Iron Man 3 (2013), The Nice Guys (2016), and The Predator (2018).

Production

1987

Lethal Weapon

as Screenplay

2005

2005

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

as Screenplay

1996

2025

Play Dirty

as Screenplay

2025

Play Dirty

as Director

1991

1991

The Last Boy Scout

as Screenplay

1991

The Last Boy Scout

as Executive Producer

1993

Last Action Hero

as Screenplay

2005

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

as Screenstory

2013

Iron Man 3

as Director

2013

Iron Man 3

as Screenplay

1987

2016

The Nice Guys

as Director

2016

The Nice Guys

as Writer

1998

Lethal Weapon 4

as Characters

2018

The Predator

as Director

-

The Destroyer

as Director

-

Cold Warrior

as Director

1989

2020

Container

as Thanks

2018

The Predator

as Writer

2025

Play Dirty

as Executive Producer

1992

Lethal Weapon 3

as Characters

1989

Lethal Weapon 2

as Characters

2015

Edge

as Writer

2015

Edge

as Director

2015

Edge

as Executive Producer

-

Lethal Weapon 5

as Characters

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