25 Facts About Charles Shaughnessy

Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy was born on 9 February 1955 and is a British actor.

Charles Shaughnessy had recurring roles as Christopher Plover on The Magicians and St John Powell on Mad Men.

Charles Shaughnessy was born on 9 February 1955 in London, the son of Alfred Charles Shaughnessy, a television writer who was the scriptwriter for Upstairs, Downstairs, and actress Jean Lodge.

Charles Shaughnessy's brother, David Shaughnessy, is an actor and a television producer and director.

Charles Shaughnessy's great-grandfather Thomas Shaughnessy, the 1st Baron Shaughnessy, was an American-Canadian railway administrator of Irish descent.

Charles Shaughnessy appeared as Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1984 to 1992.

In 1986, he appeared with Betty White and Bert Convy on Super Password, and in January 1993, Charles Shaughnessy appeared in an episode of Murphy Brown as the title character's date to the inaugural ball.

Charles Shaughnessy portrayed Maxwell Sheffield opposite Fran Drescher on CBS's The Nanny from 1993 to 1999.

Charles Shaughnessy appeared in the Disney Channel 2002 made-for-TV movie Get a Clue.

Charles Shaughnessy was in the 2000 made-for-TV Halloween movie Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire starring Caroline Rhea; she guest-starred on The Nanny in 1998 as part of a cross-over with Hollywood Squares.

That same year, Charles Shaughnessy made two appearances on The WB's Sabrina, playing two different characters.

Charles Shaughnessy played Alec Colson in the 8th-season episode "Covenant" of Stargate SG-1.

Charles Shaughnessy voiced Dr Quintaine in the PC game Freelancer.

On 11 May 2002, Charles Shaughnessy won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his portrayal of Dennis.

On 8 August 2008, Charles Shaughnessy portrayed the murder victim in Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery.

Charles Shaughnessy portrayed the Cockney English accent for "The Boss" in the game Saints Row 2.

On 5 May 2009, Charles Shaughnessy made a guest appearance in the series The Mentalist episode "Miss Red" as the manager of a private club.

Charles Shaughnessy appeared on the popular TV show Hannah Montana as a talent show judge modeled after Simon Cowell in the episode "Judge Me Tender".

Charles Shaughnessy returned to Days of Our Lives in May 2010, in a storyline associated with the funeral of Alice Horton, briefly reuniting him with his former co-star Patsy Pease.

Since 2010, Charles Shaughnessy has starred on the soap opera web series The Bay as Elliot Sanders.

In June 2011, Charles Shaughnessy appeared as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, and returned there to play Georges in La Cage aux Folles in fall 2013.

Charles Shaughnessy made a guest appearance on the first-season finale of Fran Drescher's TV Land sitcom, Happily Divorced, first airing on 17 August 2011.

Charles Shaughnessy returned to Days of Our Lives for a limited run in May 2012 as Shane Donovan, in a storyline involving his return to the ISA and interacting with Hope and Bo Brady and Stefano DiMera.

Charles Shaughnessy returned in November 2013 for a three-episode arc, in which Shane and Kimberly deal with their daughter's drug use.

On 23 January 2014, it was announced that Charles Shaughnessy would assume the lead role in the play Harvey at the New Theatre in Overland Park, Kansas, after original star Judge Reinhold was offered the opportunity to leave the production.