Shane Jerome Bourne (born 24 November 1949) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and television host.

He was raised by his mother Moreen "Pixie" (née Freeman, 1915–2000), a former model, with his younger brother Dannie.

[2][3] They had met at John Pinder's Reefer Cabaret concerts, where Bourne often acted as compere and/or performed stand-up comedy.

According to Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane, Bandicoot "mixed good-time rock'n'roll, blues, country and pop but failed to chart.

[2] Bourne was a well-known comedic face throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with an acting role on the Australian version of the British sitcom, Are You Being Served?

After a two-episode guest appearance on Blue Heelers in 2000, he took the lead role of lawyer 'Happy' Henderson (starring alongside Kerry Armstrong) in the ABC TV legal-drama series MDA.

The same year, he also joined the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars as the new co-host alongside Edwina Bartholomew, replacing Daniel MacPherson.