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).

Filmography

• 2025Play Dirty — Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
• 2020Container — Thanks
• 2018The Predator — Director, Writer
• 2017Swing State — Luke
• Lethal Weapon — Writer
• 2016The Nice Guys — Director, Writer
• 2015Any Day — Gino
• 2015Edge — Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• Edge — Director, Teleplay, Executive Producer
• 2013Iron Man 3 — Director, Screenplay
• 2013Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter — Disembodied Voice (voice)
• 2005Kiss Kiss Bang Bang — Screenplay, Director, Screenstory
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Characters
• 1997As Good as It Gets — Cafe 24 Manager
• 1996The Long Kiss Goodnight — Screenplay, Producer
• 1993Last Action Hero — Screenplay
• 1993RoboCop 3 — Donnelly
• 1992Lethal Weapon 3 — Characters
• 1991The Last Boy Scout — Screenplay, Executive Producer, Story
• 1990The Hunt for Red October — Crewman, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
• 1989Lethal Weapon 2 — Story, Characters
• 1988Dead Heat — Patrolman
• 1987Lethal Weapon — Screenplay
• 1987Predator — Rick Hawkins
• 1987The Monster Squad — Writer
• Bannerman — Executive Producer, Writer, Director
• Cold Warrior — Director
• Lethal Weapon 5 — Characters
• The Executioner — Director

Appearances as themselves (19)

• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee
• 2019In Search of the Last Action Heroes — Self
• 2018Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero — Self
• 2018Wolfman's Got Nards — Self
• 2014Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe — Self
• 2013Iron Man 3 Unmasked — Self
• 2009Tales from the Script — Self
• 2008A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry — Self
• 2008The Business End: Violence in Cinema — Self
• 2008The Craft of Dirty Harry — Self
• 2008The Evolution of Clint Eastwood — Self
• 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry — Self
• 2001Predator: Camouflage — Self
• 2001Predator: Character Design — Self
• 2001Predator: Classified Action — Self
• 2001Predator: Old Painless — Self
• 2000If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' — Self
• 1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn — Self
• Predator: The Unseen Arnold — Self