Shane Jacobson

ActorProducerWriterDirectorProduction Mar 18 (age 56) Essendon, Victoria, Australia 1976–2026 (50 year career)

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Biography

Shane Jacobson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known as the "Dunny Man" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in the 2006 film Kenny and the spin-off TV series, Kenny's World. In 2006, he won the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for that performance. In 2017 and 2018 he presented Little Big Shots, on the Seven Network, based on the Ame…

Known For

Film

The Bourne Legacy

Mackie

Film

The Dressmaker

Alvin Pratt

Film

Ladies in Black

Mr. Miles

Film

Oddball

Swampy Marsh

Film

7 Guardians of the Tomb

Gary

Film

Brothers' Nest

Terry

Film

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

Barry Tregear

Film

Kenny

Kenny Smyth

Filmography

Acting (56)

Movies (33)

The Deb

2026 Upcoming

as Rick

Apr 9

How to Talk to Australians: The Movie

2026 Upcoming

as Cleaner

Apr 13

The Roast of John Cleese

as Self - Host

Ford v Holden

The Roast of Paul Hogan

2022

as Self - Roast Master

8.0

The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

as Neville Dundee

Never Too Late

as Bruce Wendell

Westgate Bridge Disaster: The Untold Stories

2020

as Narrator

The Show Must Go On

2019

as Self

3.0

7 Guardians of the Tomb

as Gary

The BBQ

as Dazza

Brothers' Nest

as Terry

Ladies in Black

as Mr. Miles

That’s Not My Dog!

as Shane

A Few Less Men

as Mungus

The Dressmaker

as Alvin Pratt

Oddball

as Swampy Marsh

Jack Irish: Dead Point

as Barry Tregear

The Apprentice

as Bob

Hanging with Hoges

as Himself - Host

Top Gear Festival: Sydney

2013

as Self - Presenter

The Bourne Legacy

as Mackie

Beaconsfield

as Brant Webb

Jack Irish: Black Tide

2012

as Harry Tregear

6.7

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

2012

as Barry Tregear

6.5

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

2012

as Detective Samuel Gorby

Surviving Georgia

as Johnnie

Charlie & Boots

as Boots McFarland

Cactus

as Thommo

Newcastle

as Reggie

Kenny

as Kenny Smyth

Tanaka

as Shane

Narcosys

2000

as Voice of Clones / Voice of Police / Bouncer

Television (23)

Mates on a Mission

2022

as Self

Australia: Now and Then

2021

as Himself - Presenter

Inside Central Station

2021

as Narrator

Little Big Shots

as Himself - Host

Jack Irish

as Barry Tregear

Jack Irish

as Barry Tregear

Goober

as Dad (voice)

Stop Laughing... this is serious

as Self

Open Slather

Fat Tony & Co

as Jim O'Brien

The Great Australian Bake Off

2013

as Himself - Host

6.5

The Time of Our Lives

2013

as Luce Tivolli

7.3

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery

2013

as Self

7.0

The Agony of Life

2013

as Self

It's a Date

as Hugo

Top Gear Australia

as Self - Host

Top Gear Australia

as Self

Australia's Got Talent

2007

as Himself

8.7

Thank God You're Here

2006

as Self - Guest Judge

Spicks and Specks

as Self

Top Gear

as Self

Australian Story

as Himself

AACTA Awards

as Self

Crew (14)

Movies (13)

The Roast of John Cleese

2024

Executive Producer

3.5

The Roast of John Cleese

2024

Writer

3.5

The Roast of Paul Hogan

2022

Executive Producer

8.0

Westgate Bridge Disaster: The Untold Stories

2020

Director

Westgate Bridge Disaster: The Untold Stories

2020

Executive Producer

Brothers' Nest

Executive Producer

Brothers' Nest

Writer

That’s Not My Dog!

Producer

That’s Not My Dog!

Writer

Hanging with Hoges

Producer

Hanging with Hoges

2014

Writer

Kenny

Co-Producer

Kenny

Writer

Television (1)

Open Slather

2015

Writer