Shawn Toovey's television credits include the films' A Seduction in Travis County, on the CBS Television Network, In Broad Daylight and Bed of Lies. He also appeared in the CBS mini-series The Fire Next Time with Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia.
For his performance in Dr. Quinn, Shawn won the 1993 Youth in Film Award as Best Actor in a Dramatic Series (Age ten and Under), the 1994 Spirit of the Prairie Award, presented by the governor of his home state of Nebraska, and a 1996 Young Artists Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Television Drama Series. He was also nominated for a 1997 Hollywood Reporter Young Star Award.
Shawn and his family are active in children's charities and community service. He has been a long-time friend to a child with cancer through the My Good Friend group, and also contributes his time to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Braille Institute, Meals on Wheels and various anti-child-abuse organizations.
Shawn was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and lived in Seward, Nebraska until he was four. His birth date is March 1.