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Shane Black Bio, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Movies, Height and Predator

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Rachel Hickman

Published Jan 05, 2026

Shane Black Biography and Wiki

Shane Black is an American filmmaker and actor who was born on  December 16, 1961, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. He is best known for writing hit films such as Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero and The Long kiss Goodnight. Shane is also known for appearing in the 1987 Predator film as Rick Hawkins.

Shane Black Age and Birthday

Shane is 58 years old as of 2019, he was born on December 16, 1961, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on 16 December every year.

Shane Black Height and Weight

Shane is a man of average stature. He stands at a height of 5 feet and 8 inches, 1.78 meters. He also weighs 171.9 lbs (78 kgs).

Shane Black Wife

Shane likes to keep his personal life private hence information about his dating life is not available. It is therefore not known whether he is married or has any children. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.

Shane Black Net Worth

Shane has an estimated net worth of $16 million dollars which he has earned from his career as a filmmaker and an actor. This amount doesn’t include his valuable assets such as cars and houses.

Shane Black Predator

Shane is probably known for directing The Predator, a science fiction action film directed by Shane Black and written by Black and Fred Dekker. It is the fourth installment in the Predator franchise. Black had a supporting role in the original film, while John Davis returns as producer from the first three installments.

Starring Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, and Sterling K. Brown, it follows a group of PTSD-afflicted soldiers and a scientist who must team up to fight off an invading pair of Predators and prevent them from bringing extinction to mankind.

Shane Black Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Shane Black

  • Full Name: Shane Black
  • Age: 58years (2019)
  • Date of Birth: December 16, 1961
  • Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Education‎: Sunny Hills High School and UCLA
  • Birthday: 16th Dec
  • Nationality: American
  • Father’s Name: Not available
  • Mother’s Name: Not available
  • Siblings: Not available
  • Spouse: Not available
  • Children: Not available
  • Height: 1.78 m
  • Weight: 78 kgs
  • Profession: Filmmaker and Actor
  • Known For: Predator and Lethal weapon
  • Net worth: $16 million

Shane Black Quotes

  • An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build, and a gradual bringing together of all the separate threads of the plot. To see all of it coming together slowly is very rewarding for the audience.
  • Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

  • Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.
  • Any time anyone fires bullets in an action movie that doesn’t hit the target it immediately undermines the movie.
  • I’m ashamed to say this, but I watched every episode of ‘Starsky and Hutch’ as a kid. I loved that show, but now I think it’s stupid – they’d have a car chase for no reason, then Paul Michael Glaser would shoot the car and it would blow up.
  • I don’t mind women who want to act. That’s fine. It’s odd that men want to act, in that there’s still a degree of vanity associated with it.
  • You can win more arguments then you might think as a writer, even though you legally have no recourse, and your script can get muddied and altered in any way possible. You can use reason, logic, and passion to argue persuasively for a case in your favor.
  • For years I was doing the excruciating weightlifting of writing scripts – but then I stayed thin and someone else got all the muscles.
  • I think about the audience in the sense that I serve as my own audience. I have to please myself the way, if I saw the movie in a theater, I would be pleased. Do I think about catering to an audience? No
  • The worst of the action films are the ones where everything is one shout from beginning to finish. And there’s no differentiation between beats, like small or big, or quiet or expansive. It’s all just one loud shout.
  • I’ll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in awhile through movies we find a kind of honesty. There’s an honesty in fiction that’s as effective or even more powerful than the honesty of our lives. We can find something that’s genuinely true, like the chemistry between people or a statement that speaks to an audience.
  • What strikes me as memorable about ‘Predator’ was a lot of the decisions that were made so quickly turned out to be so iconic.
  • For me, the stamp that I impose on stuff comes from the fact that in the ’80s, when I was starting to write movies, I looked back to the ’70s. So the films I enjoyed as a kid were the thrillers that came out of the ’70s. Back then, you didn’t have action movies; you had adventure films or thrillers.

Shane Black Movies

  • The Nice Guys
  • The Predator
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • Iron Man 3
  • Predator
  • Lethal Weapon
  • The Last Boy Scout
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight
  • Lethal Weapon 2
  • Last Action Hero
  • The Monster Squad
  • Lethal Weapon 4
  • Lethal Weapon 3
  • RoboCop 3
  • Agent Carter
  • Edge
  • Wolfman’s Got Nards
  • As Good As It Gets
  • Dead Heat
  • Swing State
  • Any Day
  • A.W.O.L.

Frequently Asked Questions About Shane Black

Who is Shane Black?

Shane Black is an American filmmaker and actor who was born on  December 16, 1961, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. He is best known for writing hit films such as Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero and The Long kiss Goodnight.

How old is Shane Black?

Shane is an American national born on December 16, 1961, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

How tall is Shane Black?

Shane stands at a height of 1.78m.

Is Shane Black married?

Details about his love life are still under review. We will let you know when he gets in a relationship or when we discover helpful information about his love life.

How much is Shane Black worth?

Shane has an estimated net worth of $16 million dollars which he has earned from his career as a filmmaker and an actor. This amount doesn’t include his valuable assets such as cars and houses.

Where does Shane Black live?

He is a resident of Beverly Hills, Fremont, California USA, we shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them.

Is Shane Black dead or alive?

Shane is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.