1. In 2019, Jacobson became a judge on Australia's Got Talent.
19 Facts About Shane Jacobson
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Shane Jacobson began his career on the stage at the age of 10 with amateur theatre and the Melbourne Gang Show.
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Shane Jacobson was hired to play to corporate functions, impersonating business icons and luminaries.
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In 1999, Shane Jacobson received a regular segment on Melbourne's Gold FM radio station, called The 60 Minute Challenge.
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Shane Jacobson created the character voice of Sergio the Hairdresser, who featured regularly on Gold FM's Breakfast Show.
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Shane Jacobson's focus eventually moved towards the camera and he began acting in music videos, short films and television commercials whilst continuing to perform audience warm-ups for major TV networks.
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In 2006, Shane Jacobson starred in the Australian mockumentary film Kenny as Kenny Smyth, a Melbourne plumber who works for plumbing company Splashdown.
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In 2007, Shane Jacobson filmed two Australian feature films Cactus, directed by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan and released in cinemas in May, and Newcastle, directed by Dan Castle and released later in 2008.
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On 24 April 2009, Shane Jacobson guest co-hosted Australian television program The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies, while the program's regular male co-host Larry Emdur was on holidays.
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Shane Jacobson was co-host of the short lived car show Top Gear Australia with Steve Pizzati and Ewen Page which ran for two seasons from 28 September 2010 on Nine Network to 13 September 2011.
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In June 2011, the Herald Sun revealed that Shane Jacobson would be starring in the TV mini series Beaconsfield, the story of the Beaconsfield Mine collapse, playing the role of Brant Webb.
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In 2013, Shane Jacobson co-hosted the first season of The Great Australian Bake Off an Australian reality television baking competition.
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Shane Jacobson starred as Luce Tivolli in the 2013 ABC drama The Time of Our Lives, which ran for two seasons.
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In mid-2018 Shane Jacobson hosted Little Big Shots Australia for Channel 7.
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In 2019, Shane Jacobson became a judge on Australia's Got Talent alongside Lucy Durack, Nicole Scherzinger and Manu Feildel.
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In June 2022, Shane Jacobson was announced to be returning as a judge on Australia's Got Talent, alongside new judges Kate Ritchie, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.
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In 2020, Shane Jacobson starred in the Australian comedy-drama film Never Too Late which had been filmed in Adelaide, South Australia the previous year.
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In 2021, Shane Jacobson was the narrator for the SBS documentary Inside Central Station.
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Shane Jacobson credits Scouting shows, including Melbourne Gang Show and Bayside Showtime as first piquing his interest in the performing arts.