Background
Shepherd was born in London and attended Street Bonaventure"s School where he first discovered his love for acting. His mother is part-Burmese, and his father has some Chinese ancestry.
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He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Michael Moon in the soap opera EastEnders from 2010 to 2013. Shepherd"s first well-known role was in 1996 in This Life. He remained in the role for two series (1996–1997).
Other credits include The Best Manitoba (2005), The One That Got Away (1996), Maisie Raine (1998), Virtual Sexuality (1999), G:Montana - Greenwich Mean Time (1999), Forgive and Forget (2000), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), Boudica (2003), Layer Cake (2004), The Last Chancers (2004), Too Much Too Young (2005), and Dalziel and Pascoe.
He played Paul in Channel 4"s Plus One (2007) and appeared in Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse until 20 September 2008. Shepherd appeared in British Broadcasting Corporation Three sitcom Lunch Monkeys as Charlie Brierson.
On 17 January 2010, he appeared in the second episode of the second series of Being Human as Carl, a gay vampire. In 2011 he played the role of child abductor Max "Bag Manitoba" Harding in the British Broadcasting Corporation series Waking the Dead.
In July 2010, Shepherd"s casting as Michael Moon, the psychopathic cousin of Alfie Moon, in EastEnders was announced.
He made his first appearance on 1 October 2010. In May 2011, Shepherd was nominated in the Best Soap Newcomer category at the 2011 television Choice Awards for his portrayal of Michael. In March 2013, Shepherd announced that he would be leaving EastEnders later that year.
Michael"s last episode was on 1 November 2013, when he is killed by Janine.
Shepherd quit to explore new roles.
