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Sean Cullen(I)

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Sean Cullen
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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.
BornMay 9
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BornMay 9
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan in She Said (2022)
    She Said
    7.3
    • Lance Maerov
    • 2022
    Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, and Jonathan Groff in Mindhunter (2017)
    Mindhunter
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director Webster
    George Clooney in Michael Clayton (2007)
    Michael Clayton
    7.2
    • Gene Clayton
    • 2007
    Al Pacino in Paterno (2018)
    Paterno
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Dan McGinn
    • 2018

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    Actor



    • Ruby and the Well (2022)
      Ruby and the Well
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Mr. Brooks
      • 2024
    • The Reunion (2024)
      The Reunion
      • Mac Shepherd
      • 2024
    • John Leguizamo, Hani Furstenberg, and Isabelle Poloner in The Green Veil (2024)
      The Green Veil
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Larry
      • 2024
    • Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer in Fellow Travelers (2023)
      Fellow Travelers
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Willard Ballroom Singer
      • 2023
    • Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan in She Said (2022)
      She Said
      7.3
      • Lance Maerov
      • 2022
    • Bunker (2022)
      Bunker
      4.0
      • Captain Hall
      • 2022
    • Good Grief (2021)
      Good Grief
      Short
      • Ethan Galland
      • 2021
    • Lucy Hale and Austin Stowell in The Hating Game (2021)
      The Hating Game
      6.2
      • Anthony
      • 2021
    • Robert Patrick, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Vibeke Muasya, Jake Weary, and Jay Jay Warren in Rushed (2021)
      Rushed
      5.7
      • Mr. Donohue
      • 2021
    • Mark Ruffalo in I Know This Much Is True (2020)
      I Know This Much Is True
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Dr. Yates
      • 2020
    • The Rest of Us (2019)
      The Rest of Us
      2.2
      • Maddie's Dad
      • 2019
    • Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, and Jonathan Groff in Mindhunter (2017)
      Mindhunter
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director Webster
      • 2019
    • Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019)
      Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
      6.5
      TV Short
      • Peppy Announcer (voice)
      • 2019
    • Framing John DeLorean (2019)
      Framing John DeLorean
      6.5
      • Roy
      • 2019
    • Kurt Russell, Alexis Bledel, Luke Hemsworth, and Beau Knapp in Crypto (2019)
      Crypto
      5.2
      • Bernard
      • 2019

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    SEAN CULLEN SHOWREEL '24
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    AFTER THE DOG
    Demo Reel 5:48
    AFTER THE DOG
    AFTER THE DOG
    Demo Reel 5:48
    AFTER THE DOG
    From MINDHUNTER (Netflix)
    Demo Reel 1:48
    From MINDHUNTER (Netflix)
    From HE DOES NOT WANT PEACE
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    From HE DOES NOT WANT PEACE
    From PATERNO (HBO)
    Demo Reel 3:02
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    From BULL (CBS), "A Business of Favors"
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    From BULL (CBS), "A Business of Favors"

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    • Official sites
      • My activepitch.com homepage
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    • Alternative name
      • Sean J. Cullen
    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • May 9
      • Buffalo, New York, USA
    • Spouse
      • Tess HartmanJuly 30, 2011 - present (1 child)
    • Other works
      (October 26 to November 18, 1995) He played Albert Adam in P.G. Wodehouse's adaptation of Ferenc Molnar's play, "The Play's The Thing," in a Brown-Forman Classics in Context Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with William McNulty (Sandor Turai); Milton Carney (Mansky); Elizabeth Heflin (Ilona Szabo); V. Craig Heidenreich (Almady); Luke Sickle (Johann Dwornsitschek); Patrick Husted (Mell); Ben Mazzotta (Lackey) and Jonathan Gibson Wan (Lackey) in the cast. Jon Jory was director.

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      • Male

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      Appeared as the butler Franz in the NBC live on air production of "The Sound of Music.".

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