Shane Jacobson

Master of Ceremonies

Shane Jacobson is one of Australia’s great acting talents and is in high demand at corporate events as a Master of Ceremonies and keynote speaker.
As an MC or event host Shane is witty and professional, ensuring your event is a success. As a speaker he delivers highly entertaining and engaging keynote speeches and after dinner talks about his unique life. Either way, Shane will make your event one to remember!

Shane Jacobson is one of Australia’s most loved, award-winning actors, presenters and entertainers. His incredible and varied career spans over 40 years both in Australia and internationally.

Based in Melbourne

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Book Shane Jacobson MC: Award-Winning Actor and Corporate Host

Event organisers who book Shane Jacobson MC secure one of Australia’s most loved and award-winning actors, presenters and entertainers, whose incredible and varied career spans more than four decades in Australia and internationally. Shane Jacobson is in constant demand at corporate events as a master of ceremonies and keynote speaker, bringing wit and professionalism to every stage he steps onto.

Shane found worldwide recognition for his lead role in the mockumentary film Kenny in 2006, winning the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His subsequent film credits include Cactus with Bryan Brown, Charlie and Boots with Paul Hogan, the Hollywood blockbuster The Bourne Legacy alongside Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz, the hugely popular Oddball with Sarah Snook, and The Dressmaker with Kate Winslet, Judy Davis and Liam Hemsworth. More recently he has appeared in The BBQ with Magda Szubanski, Guardians of the Tomb with Kelsey Grammer, The Very Excellent Mr Dundee with Paul Hogan and John Cleese, and Never Too Late with James Cromwell and Jacki Weaver.

As an MC and event host, Shane is witty and professional, ensuring every event is a success. As a speaker, he delivers highly entertaining and engaging keynote speeches and after-dinner talks drawing on his unique life story, from starting out in amateur theatre and the Melbourne Gang Show as a child, through decades in stand-up, radio, television and film. Either way, Shane will make your event one to remember for all the right reasons.

Shane has also judged on Australia’s Got Talent, hosted Little Big Shots and co-hosted Top Gear Australia and The Great Australian Bake Off, giving him an easy, natural rapport with audiences of every kind, from intimate boardroom functions to large-scale conferences and gala dinners. Based in Melbourne, Shane is available to MC and speak at corporate events across Australia.

The successful film Kenny (2006) brought Shane world-wide recognition as well as an AFI Award for best lead actor. Shane’s subsequent credits include Cactus (2008) with Bryan Brown, Charlie & Boots (2009) with Paul Hogan, Surviving Georgia (2011) with Holly Valance and Pia Miranda, Hollywood blockbuster The Bourne Legacy (2012) with Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton and Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz, the hugely popular Oddball (2015) with Sarah Snook and Deborah Mailman.
The Dressmaker (2015) with Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving and, more recently, The BBQ (2018) with Magda Szubanski, That’s Not My Dog! (2018), Guardians of the Tomb (2018) wth Kelsey Grammer, Brothers’ Nest (2018) with his brother Clayton Jacobson, Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black (2018), The Very Excellent Mr Dundee with Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase and John Cleese (2020) and Never Too Late with James Cromwell, Jacki Weaver and Jack Thompson (2020).