![]() In January 2011, he won the Broadway World Boston Theater Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical (Large Theater). In August–September 2010, Shaughnessy appeared as King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot! at The Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. Horton as the producers were aware that the audience would not accept the portrayal of the character by anyone else. This plot development was necessitated by the real-world death of the actress who had long portrayed Mrs. Shaughnessy returned to Days of Our Lives in May 2010, in a storyline associated with the funeral of Alice Horton (played by Frances Reid), briefly reuniting him with his former co-star Patsy Pease (Kimberly). ![]() He also appeared on the popular TV show Hannah Montana as a talent show judge modeled after Simon Cowell in the episode "Judge Me Tender". His voice has been featured in commercials for Land Rover. On, Shaughnessy made a guest appearance in the series The Mentalist episode "Miss Red" as the manager of a private club. He also portrayed the Cockney English accent for "The Boss" in the game Saints Row 2, and more recently has voiced more commercials for Land Rover. In December 2008, he did the voice of Pietro in The Tale of Despereaux. As of September 2008, his voice was heard in a few television commercials for Range Rover cars. On 8 August 2008, Shaughnessy portrayed the murder victim (Samuel, Guru) in Murder 101 (film series): The Locked Room Mystery. On, Shaughnessy won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his portrayal of Dennis the Goldfish on Stanley. Shaughnessy appeared on an episode of NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and is also the voice of Dennis the Goldfish on the Disney Channel cartoon series Stanley. He played Alec Colson in the 8th-season episode "Covenant" of Stargate SG-1. That same year, Shaughnessy made two appearances on The WB's Sabrina (this show stars Rhea, Melissa Joan Hart, and Beth Broderick) playing two different characters. He was also seen in the Halloween 2000 made-for-TV movie Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire starring opposite Caroline Rhea (she guest-starred on The Nanny in 1998 as part of a cross-over with Hollywood Squares). Shaughnessy also appeared in the Disney Channel 2002 made-for-TV movie Get a Clue. When she tries to break it off, Shaughnessy's character murders Ross' gradually, his daughter uncovers the truth. This time, Ross portrayed the roommate of Shaughnessy's daughter (Dedee Pfeiffer) Shaughnessy's character, although married, forms an obsessive Lolita-esque relationship with Ross. In 1996, Shaughnessy was reunited with another co-star from Days of Our Lives – Charlotte Ross, who portrayed Shane's daughter Eve Donovan – for the TV movie A Kiss So Deadly. Living with Fran was canceled on, after two seasons. He and Drescher resumed acting together on Drescher's next sitcom, Living with Fran, wherein Shaughnessy appeared fairly frequently as her philandering but needy ex-husband, Ted. Shaughnessy is also well known for his portrayal of Maxwell Sheffield opposite Fran Drescher on CBS' The Nanny from 1993 to 1999. ![]() In 1986, he appeared with Betty White and Bert Convy on Super Password, and in January 1993, Shaughnessy appeared in an episode of Murphy Brown as the title character's date to the inaugural ball. His Days of our Lives character's romance with Patsy Pease's character, Kimberly Brady, made the duo into a soap supercouple and revived interest in Days among teenage viewers in the 1980s. Shaughnessy first became widely known for playing Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1984 to 1992. He moved to the United States to follow actress Susan Fallender, whom he eventually wed. After graduating, he decided to return to acting and enrolled in a London drama school, which led to him touring in a repertory company. While at Cambridge, he joined the Footlights club. ![]() After attending Eton College, he read for a law degree at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge where he wrote a thesis on the House of Lords. Having been born into a show-business family, he started appearing in plays during primary school. His great-grandfather Thomas Shaughnessy was an American-born Canadian railway administrator of Irish descent. His brother, David Shaughnessy, is also an actor and a television producer and director. Shaughnessy was born on 9 February 1955 in London, the son of Alfred Shaughnessy, a television writer who was the scriptwriter for Upstairs, Downstairs, and the actress Jean Lodge.
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