Shawn-Douglas Brady is a fictional character from Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network.

In May 2015, Soap Opera Digest reported the character would be returning for the show's 50th anniversary, once again portrayed by Cook.

In high school, Shawn competes with Philip Kiriakis for the romantic affections of both Belle Black and Chloe Lane.

The following summer, Shawn and Belle join other teens from Salem High on an ill-fated trip to Puerto Rico.

While hunting for Alice Horton's missing ruby, Shawn is caught up in Jan Spears's personal tragedy.

She becomes pregnant after being raped while on the island, and Shawn offers to say he is the father to spare her any additional humiliation, tearing his relationship with Belle apart.

Fate intervenes - Shawn realizes his love for Belle, and he crashes his motorcycle through the window of St. Luke's, but can not stop her marriage to Philip.

Philip is awarded temporary custody of Claire and the devastated Shawn and Belle are ordered to take parenting classes.

Everyone knows Victor paid off the judge just as he has the Child Protective Service worker, and even Willow to testify in court against Shawn.

Mimi tells Shawn, just a day later while at the Kiriakis mansion to confront Philip, she saw a passport for Claire.

Shawn makes the decision that he and Belle have to beat Philip and Victor at their own game by kidnapping Claire and going on the run.

As they realize that death is a possibility they promise that if they get out of this to return to Salem as friends and that they will work out an agreeable custody arrangement.

Philip arranges for Shawn to get a job with a company that Titan owned, in Ohio—one that requires extensive travel.

It is not long before Shawn finds out how he landed the interview and by coincidence, he gets a call from Mimi about the baby that Philip is supposed to have with the surrogate mother.

On July 4, 2007, Shawn is supposed to go to the interview but instead flies out to Indianapolis to meet Lauren, the surrogate mother.

In October 2011, Hope mentions she received an email from Shawn, saying that he is glad that everything has worked out with his parents and that their granddaughter, Claire, misses them.

When Belle turns him down, telling him that their marriage is over and moves on with her ex-husband Philip, Shawn gets himself a job at Salem PD, where he meets Lani Price (Sal Stowers).

In late 2016, Shawn returns to Salem as his mother Hope Brady is on trial for the murder of Stefano Dimera.

Shawn and Belle return to Salem in December 2017 to support their daughter after the shooting of her boyfriend Theo Carver.

In November 2019, Shawn and Belle go to the last blast reunion in New York where they meet their old high school friends Philip Kiriakis, Mimi Lockhart, Chloe Lane, Susan, Kevin and Jason.

The wedding ends with a bomb caused by Eve Donovan and Vincent Bellman which eventually leads to the disappearance of Ben and the presumed death of Ciara Brady Weston.