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{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1984)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Sean Roberts (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shawn Roberts
| image = Shawn Roberts.png
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|2}}
| birth_place = [[Stratford, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = 
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| other_names =
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| years_active = 1997–present
| notable_works = ''[[Resident Evil (film series)|Resident Evil]]''
| spouse = 
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'''Shawn Roberts''' (born April 2, 1984) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in [[list of zombie films|zombie films]] such as ''[[Land of the Dead]]'', ''[[Diary of the Dead]]'' and the ''[[Resident Evil (film series)|Resident Evil]]'' franchise.<ref name=dj>{{cite news|last1=Papadatos|first1=Markos|title=Chatting with 'Resident Evil' actor Shawn Roberts|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/entertainment/resident-evil-actor-shawn-roberts-talks-upcoming-acting-projects/article/433885|accessdate=29 November 2015|work=Digital Journal|date=21 May 2015}}</ref>

==Early life==
Roberts was born in [[Stratford, Ontario]].<ref name="star">{{cite news|last1 = Anderson|first1 = Jason|title = Interview: Shawn Roberts|url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2010/01/29/interview_shawn_roberts.html|accessdate = 29 November 2015|work = The Star|publisher = Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.|date = 29 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=filmref>{{cite web|title=Shawn Roberts Biography (1984-)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/79/Shawn-Roberts.html|website=Film Reference|publisher=Advameg, Inc.|accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|title=Shawn Roberts|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731575/|website=IMDb|accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
Roberts started acting when he played the wolf in a school play of ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'', which was seen by award-winning screenwriter Robert Forsythe. Forsythe, a friend of Roberts' father, helped him get a role in ''[[Emily of New Moon]]''.<ref name=tribute>{{cite web|title=Shawn Roberts biography|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/shawn-roberts/13162/|website=Tribute.ca|accessdate=29 November 2015}}</ref> Afterwards, he gained a role on ''[[Goosebumps]]'' as Brian O'Connor in the two-part episode, The Perfect School. Roberts went on to play Dean Walton in the Canadian television series ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]''. He has also co-starred with Anna Paquin. His film works include [[George A. Romero]]'s ''[[Land of the Dead]]'' and ''[[Diary of the Dead]]''. In 2010, he appeared in ''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]'', where he played villain [[Albert Wesker]].<ref name=dj /> He reprised the role of Wesker in 2012 in ''[[Resident Evil: Retribution]]''.<ref name=bloody>{{cite web|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|title=Entertainment Tonight Visits the Set of 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/19936/|website=Bloody Disgusting|accessdate=29 November 2015|date=23 April 2010}}</ref>

In 2020 he starred in a television movie ''[[Love Under the Olive Tree]]'', portraying Adam Cauldfield—the lead character's gay best friend and her co-worker.<ref name="whatshot">{{cite web|url=https://whatshotvlog.com/2020/06/20/hallmarks-love-under-the-olive-tree-cast-plot-trailer/|title=Hallmark's 'Love Under The Olive Tree': Cast, Plot & Trailer|work=What's Hot|date=June 20, 2020|accessdate=August 19, 2020|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200819105211/https://whatshotvlog.com/2020/06/20/hallmarks-love-under-the-olive-tree-cast-plot-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mvill">{{cite web|url=https://www.mediavillage.com/article/hallmark-breaks-new-ground-with-love-under-the-olive-tree/|title=Hallmark Breaks New Ground with 'Love Under the Olive Tree'|work=MediaVillage|first=Steve|last=Gidlow|date=June 19, 2020|accessdate=August 19, 2020}}</ref> He starred as [[Spartacus]] in the [[Legends of Tomorrow (season 6)|season 6]] premiere of ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://primenews.pl/rozrywka/seriale/2021/05/07/shawn-roberts-dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-sezon-6-spartakus/|title=DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Shawn Roberts in an unexpected guest appearance|work=Prime News|publisher=Virtual Press Sp. z o.o.|date=May 7, 2021|access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref>

Known for his heavily muscular physique. His biggest influences in acting include [[Action hero|action stars]]: [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Bruce Willis]], and [[Sylvester Stallone]].<ref name=dj/>

==Filmography ==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
!scope=col class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
!scope=row| ''[[Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999 film)|Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang]]''
| Daniel
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
!scope=row| ''Sea People''
| Peter Warner
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2000
!scope=row| ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''
| David
| Credited as "Rogue's Boyfriend"
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2001
!scope=row| ''[[Get Over It (film)|Get Over It]]''
| Colin
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2002
!scope=row| ''[[We Were the Mulvaneys (film)|We Were the Mulvaneys]]''
| Zachary Lundt<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wertheimer|first1=Ron|title=TELEVISION REVIEW; The Perfect Family, Until the Night of the High School Dance|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/08/arts/television-review-the-perfect-family-until-the-night-of-the-high-school-dance.html|accessdate=29 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=8 April 2002}}</ref>
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2003
!scope=row| ''Fallen Angel''
| 18-year-old Terry
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2003
!scope=row| ''[[Word of Honor (2003 film)|Word of Honor]]''
| Young PFC. Sadowski
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2003
!scope=row| ''[[Detention (2003 film)|Detention]]''
| Corey Washington
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2003
!scope=row| ''[[Ghost Cat]]''
| Kurt
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2004
!scope=row| ''[[Taking Lives (film)|Taking Lives]]''
| Desk clerk
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2004
!scope=row| ''[[A Home at the End of the World (film)|A Home at the End of the World]]''
| Club boy
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2004
!scope=row| ''[[Zeyda and the Hitman]]''
| Alpha boy
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2004
!scope=row| ''[[Going the Distance (2004 film)|Going the Distance]]''
| Tyler
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2004
!scope=row| ''Siblings''
| Tom Muster
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2004
!scope=row| ''Mrs. Ashboro's Cat''
| Kurt
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2005
!scope=row| ''[[Stone Cold (2005 film)|Jesse Stone: Stone Cold]]''
| Bo Marino
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2005
!scope=row| ''[[Thralls (film)|Thralls]]''
| Jim
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2005
!scope=row| ''[[Land of the Dead]]''
| Mike<ref name=star />
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2005
!scope=row| ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen 2]]''
| Calvin Murtaugh
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2006
!scope=row| ''[[Skinwalkers (2006 film)|Skinwalkers]]''
| Adam Kilmer<ref>{{cite news|last1=Catsoulis|first1=Jeannette|title=A Werewolf War in Need of a Silver Bullet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/movies/11skin.html|accessdate=29 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=11 August 2007}}</ref>
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2006
!scope=row| ''[[Shock to the System (2006 film)|Shock to the System]]''
| Larry Phelps
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2006
!scope=row| ''[[Man of the Year (2006 film)|Man of the Year]]''
| Truck driver
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2007
!scope=row| ''[[Diary of the Dead]]''
| Tony Ravello<ref name=star />
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2007
!scope=row| ''[[Left for Dead (2007 horror film)|Left for Dead]]''
|Clark
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2007
!scope=row| ''[[Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming]]''
| Luke
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2007
!scope=row| ''It Was One of Us''
| George Watnick
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2008
!scope=row| ''[[Jumper (2008 film)|Jumper]]''
| English bartender
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2009
!scope=row| ''[[I Love You, Beth Cooper (film)|I Love You, Beth Cooper]]''
| Kevin<ref name=bethcooper>{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=A.O.|title=Hey, Nerd: Look Out, She's Not Your Type|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/movies/10love.html|accessdate=29 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=9 July 2009}}</ref>
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2009
!scope=row| ''Black Rain''
| Jack Webster
|
|style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| 2010
|''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]''
|David Burnham<ref name=star /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=A.O.|title=Jaw-Breaking Boston Detective Unravels His Daughter's Murder|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/movies/29edge.html|accessdate=29 November 2015|work=The New York Times|date=28 January 2010}}</ref>
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief]]''
|Camp demigod
|Uncredited
|-
|2010
|''[[Resident Evil: Afterlife]]''
|[[Albert Wesker]]
|
|-
|2011
|''Devil's Night''
|Clark
|
|-
|2011
|''[[Reel Love (2011 film)|Reel Love]]''
|Jay
|
|-
|2012
|''{{sortname|The|Music Teacher|nolink=1}}''
|Jace
|
|-
|2012
|''Broken Trust''
|Eric Robinson
|
|-
|2012
|''[[A Little Bit Zombie]]''
|Craig
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Wyatt Earp's Revenge]]''
|Young [[Wyatt Earp]]
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Resident Evil: Retribution]]''
| [[Albert Wesker]]
|
|-
|2013
|''Her Husband's Betrayal''
|Riley Coulter
|Television film
|-
|2014
|''Recipe for Love''
|Dexter Durant
|Television film
|-
|2014
|''The Girl He Met Online''
|Andy Collins
|
|-
|2014
|''Feed the Gods''
|Will Oates
|
|-
|2015
|''I Do, I Do, I Do''
|Max Lorenzo
|
|-
|2015
|''40 Below and Falling''
|Redford<ref name=dj />
|
|-
|2016
|''Ms Matched''
|Ben
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Resident Evil: The Final Chapter]]''
| [[Albert Wesker]]
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[XXX: Return of Xander Cage]]''
| Jonas
|
|-
| 2020
| ''Tainted''
| Koso
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Defining Moments (film)|Defining Moments]]''
| Jack
|
|-
| 2022
| ''Two Minutes to Midnight ''
| Schultz
| pre-production
|-
| 2022
| ''Here for Blood''
| Tom O'Bannon
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1997
|''[[Goosebumps (1995 TV series)|Goosebumps]]''<ref name=star />
|Brian O'Connor
|Episodes: "The Perfect School: Part 1" and "The Perfect School: Part 2"
|-
|1998–2000
|''[[Emily of New Moon (TV series)|Emily of New Moon]]''
|Teddy Kent
|23 episodes<ref name=star />
|-
|1999
|''[[La Femme Nikita (TV series)|La Femme Nikita]]''
|Milan
|Episode: "Imitation of Death"
|-
|1999

|''Real Kids, Real Adventures''
|Andrew Shearman
|Episode: "Scout's Honor: The Stephanie Shearman Story"
|-
|1999
|''{{sortname|The|Famous Jett Jackson}}''
|Alex
|Episode: "Popularity"
|-
|1999
|''[[Animorphs (TV series)|Animorphs]]''
|Skater Dude
|Episodes: "Changes: Part 2" and "Changes: Part 3"
|-
| 1999
| Undercover Angel
|Henry
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Twice in a Lifetime (TV series)|Twice in a Lifetime]]''
|Young Buzzy Walsh
|Episode: "Even Steven"
|-
|2002
|''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]''
|Jeremiah
|Episode: "Atavus High"
|-
|2002–2004
|''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]''
|Dean Walton
|5 episodes<ref name=star />
|-
|2003
|''[[Starhunter]]''
|
|Episode: "Rebirth"
|-
|2004
|''[[Wild Card (TV series)|Wild Card]]''
|Josh Dickens
|Episode: "Candy Land"
|-
|2006
|''[[Falcon Beach]]''
|Hurst
|7 episodes<ref name=star />
|-
|2007
|''{{sortname|The|Virgin of Akron, Ohio|nolink=1}}''
|Owen
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2007
|''[[Flash Gordon (2007 TV series)|Flash Gordon]]''
|Garus
|Episodes: "Ascension" and "Secrets and Lies"
|-
|2009
|''[[Wild Roses (TV series)|Wild Roses]]''
|Foster
|4 episodes
|-
|2009
|''[[Psych]]''
|Billy
|Episode: "Tuesday the 17th"
|-
|2009
|''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]''
|Austin
|Episode: "Good God, Y'All"
|-
|2009
|''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]''
|Darren Kovacs
|Episode: "Behind the Blue Line"
|-
|2011
|''[[Being Erica]]''
|Milo
|Episode: "Erica's Adventures in Wonderland"
|-
|2012
|''{{sortname|The|Firm|The Firm (2012 TV series)}}''
|Tom Connelly
|Episode: "Chapter Five"
|-
|2012
|''{{sortname|The|Listener|The Listener (TV series)}}''
|Tyler Ross
|Episode: "Lockdown"
|-
|2013
|''{{sortname||Cracked|Cracked (Canadian TV series)}}''
|Johnny Francos
|Episode: "Hideaway"
|-
|2016
|''Undercover Angel''
|Henry
|Hallmark Movie
|-
| 2016
| ''Ms Matched''
| Ben Reynolds
| Hallmark Movie
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]''
| Grady Banks
| Episode: "Party Line"
|-
| 2019
| Timeless Love
| Thomas
| Hallmark movie
|-
| 2019–2021
| ''[[Heartland (Canadian TV series)|Heartland]]''
| Sam Langston
| Episodes: "Wild One", "Fairytale", "Outsiders"
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Love Under the Olive Tree]]''
| Adam Cauldfield
| Hallmark movie
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Legends of Tomorrow]]''
| [[Spartacus]]
| Episode: "Ground Control to Sara Lance"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]''
| Simon
| Episode: "It's a Wonderful Game"
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Event
! Award/category
! Work
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| 2012
| Canada International Film Festival
| Rising Star Award<br /><small>(shared with [[Crystal Lowe]] and [[Kristopher Turner]], among others<ref name="imdbawards">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731575/awards?ref_=nm_awd|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201217102828/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731575/awards?ref_=nm_awd|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-12-17|title=Shawn Roberts (II) – Awards|publisher=[[IMDb]]. [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com, Inc.]]|accessdate=December 17, 2020}}</ref>)</small>
| ''A Little Bit Zombie''
| {{won}}
!scope=row | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/207396169386112/?active_tab=about|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201216094947/https://www.facebook.com/events/207396169386112/?active_tab=about|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-12-16|title=Fantasia – A Little Bit Zombie – Red Carpet, Meet & Greet Plus Director Q & A|publisher=[[Facebook]]. Facebook, Inc.|accessdate=December 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/a-little-bit-zombie-invading-czech-republic-241350|title=A Little Bit Zombie invading Czech Republic|work=Sudbury|date=Jun 19, 2012|accessdate=December 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="imdbawards"/>
|-
| 2017
| Culture Beat Awards
| Most Attractive Canadian Actor
| {{n/a}}
| {{won}}
!scope=row | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731575/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201220202611/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731575/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-12-20|title=Shawn Roberts (II) – Biography|publisher=[[IMDb]]. [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com, Inc.]]|accessdate=December 20, 2020}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0731575|name=Shawn Roberts}}

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[[Category:People from Stratford, Ontario]]
[[Category:Canadian male film actors]]
[[Category:Canadian male television actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Ontario]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian male actors]]
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