Although Shane Black started out as an actor, his main claim to fame is as the screenwriter responsible for the some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s including Lethal Weapon

At the height of his career he was the highest paid screenwriter in the Hollywood movie industry. He received US$1.75 million for his screenplay The Last Boy Scout

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Internet Movie Database (IMDb) entry for Shane Black