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Shane Cortese

Actor

Wellington-born Shane Cortese spent a decade in the United Kingdom — much of it starring in stage musicals — before returning to Aotearoa, to play psycho Dominic Thompson in Shortland Street. Two years later he showed his dance prowess on Dancing with the Stars, then was tapped to play Loretta’s boyfriend on Outrageous Fortune. Next came three seasons as the lovelorn Mac, on quiz show drama Nothing Trivial. The talented all-rounder continues to sing (with his 8-Track Band) and act (The Brokenwood Mysteries). In 2017 he began working in Auckland real estate, to complement his acting work.  

We’re a lot more clever now in the way we write and deliver, and that’s probably got to do with writers working with actors a second and third time round. We’re in each other’s head space. Shane Cortese in 2010, on developments in Kiwi television comedy

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Interview

Shane Cortese: On being a Shortland Street baddie...

Interview, 2013

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Shortland Street - Past Memories

2017, Subject - Web

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Westside

2015 - 2020, As: Danny Peters - Television

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Step Dave

2015, As: Eugene - Television

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The Brokenwood Mysteries

2015 - 2022, As: Dennis Buchanan - Television

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Auckland Daze - Series Two

2013, As: Shane (episodes 1, 4 & 6) - Web

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Nothing Trivial

2011 - 2013, As: Mac - Television

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The Almighty Johnsons

2011 - 2013, As: Colin - Television

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Nothing Trivial - First Episode

2011, As: Mac - Television

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SPCA Rescue - Christchurch Earthquake Special

2011, Narrator - Television

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Intrepid Journeys - Sri Lanka (Shane Cortese)

2008, Presenter - Television

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Burying Brian

2008, As: Brian Welch - Television

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Burying Brian - First Episode

2008, As: Brian - Television

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Dancing with the Stars

2005, Contestant - Television

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Dancing with the Stars - Backstage (Series One)

2005, Contestant - Television

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Dancing with the Stars - Shane Cortese excerpt (Series One Final)

2005, Contestant - Television

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Maddigan's Quest

2005, As: Timon's father - Television

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Outrageous Fortune

2006 - 2010, As: Hayden - Television

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Animal House/SPCA Rescue

2011-2012, Narrator - Television

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Shortland Street - Dominic meets a fiery end

2004, As: Dominic Thompson - Television

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Shortland Street - Tina-Anne Harrison's birth

2004, As: Dominic Thompson - Television

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Shortland Street

2003 - 2005, As: Dominic Thompson - Television

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Shortland Street - Highlights from the first 15 years

1992 - 2007, As: Dominic Thompson - Television