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Sean Cullen

ActorBorn May 9, 1960 (64 years)
Sean Cullen was awarded the 2024 Katherine Cornell Award for his portrayal of Joe Keller in "All My Sons," at Buffalo's Road Less Traveled Theater. He's appearing now in the streaming series "The Green Veil," starring John Leguizamo; and later this year will play Mac Shepard in "The Reunion," a new feature written and directed by Roland Ellis. Sean's previous credits include Maria Schrader's "She Said" (Universal), with Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan; and "The Hating Game," adapted from the best-selling novel and directed by Peter Hutchings. Sean has appeared in Tony Gilroy's Oscar-nominated "Michael Clayton," starring George Clooney; and Lincoln Center's Tony-Award-Winning "Rogers & Hammerstein's South Pacific," directed by Bart Sher and starring Kelli O'Hara. Sean's other film work includes "Revolutionary Road," directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio; "He Does Not Want Peace," starring David Strathairn and Lindsay Duncan; "Simone," his first project with Al Pacino; "Cop Out," directed by Kevin Smith and starring Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan; "Rushed," starring Siobhan Fallon Hogan; "Unintended," starring Elizabeth Lail, directed by Anja Murmann; and Universal's "DeLorean," starring Alec Baldwin. Sean's TV credits include the recurring role of FBI Director William Webster in David Fincher's "Mindhunter" (Netflix); and guest-starring appearances in "I Know This Much Is True," adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance (HBO); Barry Levinson's "Paterno" (HBO), his second project with Al Pacino; "Bull" (CBS); "The Blacklist" (NBC); and a recurring role on "Suits" (USA). He also appeared as "Franz" in "NBC's The Sound of Music Live," starring Carrie Underwood. Sean's Broadway credits also include Clifford Odet's "Golden Boy," starring Yvonne Strahovski and Tony Shaloub; "James Joyce's The Dead," starring Christopher Walken; and the National Theatre of Great Britain's production of "Coram Boy." He has also appeared at more than twenty of America's leading regional theater's, including the Kennedy Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, San Francisco's A.C.T., the Ahmanson Theatre, Seattle Rep, the Alley Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse and the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Sean was awarded a Portland (Oregon) "Drammy" for his work in Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman"; he shared in the San Francisco Chronicle's "Best Ensemble Award," playing "Gabriel Conroy" in Richard Nelson's "James Joyce's The Dead"; and he was recognized with a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Award for playing Tom in "The Glass Menagerie." in 2020, Sean returned to his hometown of Buffalo, New York, where Road Less Traveled Productions recognized him as that theatre's "American Theater Master." In 2011, Bishop TImon-St. Jude High School honored him with its first "Timon Center for Media & the Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award." Sean is also a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and the Yale School of Drama.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
  • Gabriel
  • NightMan
  • Pensacola: Wings of Gold

Known For

  • Cop Out
  • The Hating Game
  • Bunker
  • Framing John DeLorean
  • Killer Rats
  • Gabriel
  • Unintended
  • In Stereo
  • Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
  • April Flowers
  • Wishfart

Filmography

2024
The Green Veil (TV Series) · as Larry
2023
Fellow Travelers (TV Series) · as Willard Ballroom Singer
2022
She Said · as Lance Maerov
2022
Bunker · as Captain Hall
2022
Ruby and the Well (TV Series) · as Mr. Brooks
2021
The Hating Game · as Anthony Templeman
2021
Rushed · as Mr. Donohue
2020
I Know This Much Is True (TV Series) · as Dr. Yates
2019
The Rest of Us · as Maddie's Dad
2019
2019
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 · as Peppy Announcer (voice)
2019
Crypto · as Bernard
2018
Skin · as Dr. Bruce Shack
2018
Unintended · as Sam
2018
Paterno · as Dan Mcginn
2017
Frankie Drake Mysteries (TV Series) · as Mr. Millard
2017
MINDHUNTER (TV Series) · as Director Webster
2017
2017
Wishfart (TV Series) · as Additional Voices
2017
Mysticons (TV Series) · as Conductor
2017
What Would Sal Do? (TV Series) · as Bishop Galloway
2017
April Flowers · as Fr. Randy
2016
Bull (2016) (TV Series) · as Rob Schaeffer
2016
He Does Not Want Peace · as Thomas Deline
2016
2015
Louder Than Bombs · as Lars Hecht
2015
One Bad Choice (TV Series) · as Mr. Shaw
2015
In Stereo · as Dr. Sean Garrett
2015
Dark Matter (TV Series) · as Professor Brophey
2015
Inspector Gadget (2015) (TV Series) · as Gator #1
2014
The Mysteries of Laura (US) (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Monahan
2014
Gabriel · as Jonathan Norton
2013
2013
The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Alexander Raskovitch
2013
House of Cards (US) (TV Series) · as Dean Austen
2012
Elementary (TV Series) · as Samuel Meher
2011
Unforgettable (TV Series) · as Gordon Frost
2011
Suits (TV Series) · as Warden
2011
Body of Proof (TV Series) · as Daniel Robinson
2010
Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Tom Breyer
2010
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series) · as Carl Billings
2010
Cop Out · as Captain Romans
2009
The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Greg Cady
2009
Star-ving (TV Series) · as Dave's Agent
2007
Michael Clayton · as Gene Clayton
2006
Auf ewig und einen Tag · as Bob Cunnings
2003
Shattered Glass · as Magazine Lawyer
2003
NCIS (TV Series) · as Frank Raimey
2003
A Wrinkle in Time · as Happy Medium
2003
Killer Rats · as Lenny
2002
S1m0ne · as Bernard, Lawyer
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Liam Montgomery
2000
The Huntress (TV Series) · as Edmund
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Brett Trask
1999
George and Martha (TV Series)
1997
NightMan (TV Series) · as Dock Foreman
1997
Pensacola: Wings of Gold (TV Series) · as Major Depaul
1997
Cop Land · as Other Cop
1996
Arli$$ (TV Series) · as Cast
1996
Swift Justice (TV Series) · as Bo Maxey
1994
Under Suspicion (TV Series) · as Jamie
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Gene Marchetti
1976
Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) · as Cmdr. William Harbison
1968
One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Dr. Levin
1952
Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Gil Robson

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