Shimon "Shim" Moore is a rock music songwriter, producer, performing artist, as well as a TV and film actor. Shimon was born on November 11, 1982, in Sydney, Australia. Acting career He began his acting career at the age of nine when he was cast for an ice cream commercial which led to other commercial roles including Kellogg's and McDonalds. At the age of ten he became interested in music and began learning to play instruments and writing songs. At the age of 17 Shimon became a professional movie actor when he was cast for the leading role of Jamie Duncan, a young teenager enchanted with mythical powers, in the 2000 fantasy fiction film Selkie. Three years later he appeared in an episode of the TV show All Saints as hospital patient Tim Mannix, but during all of this time he was also developing his own music. Music career In 1997, Moore co-founded the band Sick Puppies and became the front man, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for 17 years. The Sick Puppies began their journey to fame after winning the Sydney (Triple J) Unearthed competition, against 3,000 other entries in 2000 with their single "Nothing Really Matters". When the band moved to Los Angeles, California in 2005, they struggled to find a record label who would sign them until 2006 when Shimon uploaded a video to YouTube about the Free Hugs Campaign and used one of the songs he had written with the band, "All The Same", as the soundtrack. To promote the video and band Shimon appeared TV shows including 60 minutes, Jay Leno, and The Oprah Winfrey show. Virgin Records signed the band to their label a month later. They released 3 full-length albums Dressed Up As Life, Tri-Polar, and Connect. Tri-Polar was later also re-recorded into an acoustic mini album called Polar Opposite. Shimon played 725 concerts in 13 countries with The Sick Puppies in the US, UK, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia sometimes with other acts including Evanescence, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Papa Roach, Sevendust, Deep Purple, Nickelback, Korn, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Three Days Grace and Mötley Crüe. In 2009, Moore wrote and co-produced the song "War" for the video game Street Fighter which became the soundtrack for the national advertising campaign. Also in 2009 he appeared in the documentary "Rock Prophecies" which won the Audience Award