Shawn Reaves is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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. He is best known for the role of Harrison Davies, the brother of the main character Tru Davies (played by Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

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) on the Fox

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 television series, Tru Calling

Tru Calling

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.

Reaves studied acting in New York

New York

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 at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and coached privately with Harold Guskin.
Other film credits include: Dandelion

Dandelion (film)

Dandelion is a 2004 film directed and co-written by Mark Milgard and stars Vincent Kartheiser , Taryn Manning , Arliss Howard , and Mare Winningham...

(2004), Auto Focus

Auto Focus

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(2002) and Things Behind the Sun

Things Behind the Sun

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(2001).
He is currently living in Los Angeles.

Filmography

• Things Behind the Sun
  Things Behind the Sun
  Things Behind the Sun is a 2001 film starring Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann and directed by Allison Anders. Its title is taken from a song by Nick Drake....
  
  (2001) as Tex
• Auto Focus
  Auto Focus
  Auto Focus is a 2002 American biographical film directed by Paul Schrader that stars Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe. The screenplay by Michael Gerbosi is based on the book The Murder of Bob Crane by Robert Graysmith....
  
  (2002) as Bob Crane Jr. at 20
• Dandelion
  Dandelion (film)
  Dandelion is a 2004 film directed and co-written by Mark Milgard and stars Vincent Kartheiser , Taryn Manning , Arliss Howard , and Mare Winningham...
  
  (2004) as Arlee
• 8 Ball
  8 Ball
  8 Ball is the first E.P. by the Burden Brothers. It was released in 2002 on Last Beat Records. The disc was sold in a package along with a t-shirt, shotglass, and stickers on the band's website.-Track listing:-Personnel:...
  
  (2008) as Vincent
• Shadowheart (2009) as Johny Cooper

Television Work

• Tru Calling
  Tru Calling
  Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled....
  
  (2003–2005) as Harrison Davies
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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  (2006) as Daniel Hunter
• CSI: Miami
  CSI: Miami
  CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
  
  (2007) as Louis Sullivan
• Life (2007) as Eddie
• Sanctuary (2009)

Studies

He studied acting in New York at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and worked one on one with Harold Guskin. He has also studied with Lesley Kahn in Los Angeles and is a graduate of The Actors Circle, formerly Center Stage LA.

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