diff --git a/actors.xml b/actors.xml
index 2adbbe7..7cf954c 100644
--- a/actors.xml
+++ b/actors.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <ActorFrame InitCommand="%oat._actor.initFrame">
   <children>
-    <Layer Condition="oat._actor.cond()" Type="@oat._actor.type()" File="@oat._actor.file()" Font="@oat._actor.font()" InitCommand="%oat._actor.init"/>
+    <Layer Condition="oat._actor.noShader()" Type="@oat._actor.type()" File="@oat._actor.file()" Font="@oat._actor.font()" InitCommand="%oat._actor.init"/>
+    <Layer Condition="oat._actor.hasShader()" Type="@oat._actor.type()" File="@oat._actor.file()" Font="@oat._actor.font()" Frag="@oat._actor.frag()" Vert="@oat._actor.vert()" InitCommand="%oat._actor.init"/>
     <Layer Condition="oat._actor.next()" File="actors.xml" />
   </children>
 </ActorFrame>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.xml b/main.xml
index 45bd14e..34aeb25 100644
--- a/main.xml
+++ b/main.xml
@@ -285,6 +285,14 @@
     return currentActor ~= nil
   end
 
+  function oat._actor.hasShader()
+    return oat._actor.cond() and (currentActor.frag ~= nil or currentActor.vert ~= nil)
+  end
+
+  function oat._actor.noShader()
+    return oat._actor.cond() and not oat._actor.hasShader()
+  end
+
   function oat._actor.type()
     return currentActor.type
   end
@@ -293,6 +301,14 @@
     return currentActor.file
   end
 
+  function oat._actor.frag()
+    return currentActor.frag or 'nop.frag'
+  end
+
+  function oat._actor.vert()
+    return currentActor.vert or 'nop.vert'
+  end
+
   function oat._actor.font()
     return currentActor.font
   end
@@ -423,6 +439,43 @@
     return actor
   end
 
+  local function isShaderCode(str)
+    return string.find(str or '', '\n')
+  end
+
+  function Shader(frag, vert)
+    if actorsInitialized then error('uranium: cannot create an actor during runtime!!', 2) end
+    local actor = createProxyActor('RageShaderProgram')
+
+    local fragFile = frag
+    local vertFile = vert
+
+    local isFragShaderCode = isShaderCode(frag)
+    local isVertShaderCode = isShaderCode(vert)
+
+    if isFragShaderCode then fragFile = nil end
+    if isVertShaderCode then vertFile = nil end
+
+    if (frag and vert) and ((isFragShaderCode and not isVertShaderCode) or (not isFragShaderCode and isVertShaderCode)) then
+      error('uranium: cannot create a shader with 1 shader file and 1 shader code block', 2)
+    end
+
+    table.insert(actorQueue, {
+      type = 'Sprite',
+      frag = fragFile and ('../' .. fragFile) or 'nop.frag',
+      vert = vertFile and ('../' .. vertFile) or 'nop.vert',
+      init = function(a)
+        actor.__lock(a:GetShader())
+
+        -- shader code stuff
+        if isFragShaderCode or isVertShaderCode then
+          a:GetShader():compile(vert or '', frag or '')
+        end
+      end
+    })
+    return actor
+  end
+
   function Model(file)
     if actorsInitialized then error('uranium: cannot create an actor during runtime!!', 2) end
     if not file then error('uranium: cannot create a Model without a file', 2) end
diff --git a/nop.frag b/nop.frag
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f9acfe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nop.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#version 120
+
+uniform sampler2D sampler0;
+varying vec2 textureCoord;
+varying vec4 color;
+
+void main (void) {
+  gl_FragColor = texture2D( sampler0, textureCoord ) * color;
+}
diff --git a/nop.vert b/nop.vert
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1083a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nop.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#version 120
+
+attribute vec4 TextureMatrixScale;
+varying vec3 position;
+varying vec3 normal;
+varying vec4 color;
+varying vec2 textureCoord;
+varying vec2 imageCoord;
+uniform vec2 textureSize;
+uniform vec2 imageSize;
+uniform mat4 textureMatrix;
+void main() {
+	normal = gl_NormalMatrix * gl_Normal * vec3(1.0, -1.0, 1.0);
+	gl_Position = (gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex);
+	position = gl_Vertex.xyz;
+	gl_TexCoord[0] = (textureMatrix * gl_MultiTexCoord0 * TextureMatrixScale) + (gl_MultiTexCoord0 * (vec4(1)-TextureMatrixScale));
+	textureCoord = ((textureMatrix * gl_MultiTexCoord0 * TextureMatrixScale) + (gl_MultiTexCoord0 * (vec4(1)-TextureMatrixScale))).xy;
+	imageCoord = textureCoord * textureSize / imageSize;
+	gl_FrontColor = gl_Color;
+	color = gl_Color;
+}
diff --git a/typings.lua b/typings.lua
index 8cfaea5..bbfe5c9 100644
--- a/typings.lua
+++ b/typings.lua
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ function ActorSound(file) end
 ---@return ActorFrameTexture
 --- Defines an ActorFrameTexture actor.
 function ActorFrameTexture() end
+---@param frag string | nil
+---@param vert string | nil
+---@return RageShaderProgram
+--- Defines a shader. `frag` and `vert` can either be filenames or shader code.
+function Shader(frag, vert) end
 
 ---@param actor Actor
 --- Resets an actor to its initial state