🎬Shane Black

Shane Black (born December 16, 1961) is an American filmmaker and actor who has written such films as Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero, and The Long Kiss Goodnight. He is also known as the original creator of the Lethal Weapon franchise. As an actor, Black is best known for his role as Rick Hawkins in Predator (1987).

He made his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005. Black went on to write and direct Iron Man 3 (2013), The Nice Guys (2016), and The Predator (2018).

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Play Dirty (2025)	Director / Writer		5.5
2	In Search of Tomorrow (2022)	Self - Interviewee		8
3	In Search of the Last Action Heroes (2019)	Self		8.5
4	Wolfman's Got Nards (2018)	Self	-	-
5	The Predator (2018)	Director / Writer		5.9
6	The Nice Guys (2016)	Director / Writer		7.6
7	Any Day (2015)	Gino		5
8	Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014)	Self		7.7
9	Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013)	Disembodied Voice (voice)		8
10	Iron Man 3 Unmasked (2013)	Self		7
11	Iron Man 3 (2013) Oscars 2014	Director / Writer		7.6
12	Tales from the Script (2009)	Self	-	-
13	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)	Director / Writer		7.9
14	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)	Self	-	-
15	Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)	Director / Writer		6.8
16	As Good as It Gets (1997) Oscars 1998	Cafe 24 Manager		7.2
17	The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)	Director / Writer		6.7
18	RoboCop 3 (1993)	Donnelly		5.3
19	Last Action Hero (1993)	Director / Writer		6.5
20	Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)	Director / Writer		7
21	The Last Boy Scout (1991)	Director / Writer		7.1
22	The Hunt for Red October (1990)	Crewman, USS Reuben James (uncredited)		7.7
23	Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)	Director / Writer		7.4
24	Dead Heat (1988)	Patrolman		6.8
25	Predator (1987)	Rick Hawkins		7.8
26	The Monster Squad (1987)	Director / Writer		7.6
27	Lethal Weapon (1987)	Director / Writer		7.7
28	The Executioner	Director / Writer	-	-
29	Lethal Weapon 5	Director / Writer	-	-