Shawn's performance career began as the only kid breakdancing in one-stoplight towns of Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. His first big break came in a 7th grade stage play in which he got to wear a faux fur coat as the leader of a rock band. He was hooked. (On acting. Not faux fur.) As an adult, he's appeared on TV in Get Shorty, Chambers, and 2 Years of Love, and his TV pilot Get In Where You Fit In was a 2019 Second Round Selection at the Austin Film Festival.