Sean Cullen
0.4Acting

Sean Cullen

May 9, 1960 - Buffalo, New York, USA

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.

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Movie2003A Wrinkle in TimeHappy Medium
Movie2003RatsLenny
Movie2016He Does Not Want PeaceThomas Deline
Movie2024The ReunionMac Shepherd
Movie2013The Sound of Music Live!Franz
Movie2021The Hating GameAnthony Templeman
Movie2021RushedMr. Donohue
Movie2023BunkerCaptain Hall
Movie2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallJudge Newport
Movie2014GabrielJonathan Norton
Movie2022She SaidLance Maerov
Movie2010Cop OutCaptain Romans
Movie2015Louder Than BombsLars Hecht
Movie2010South PacificCmdr. William Harbison
Movie2016Chronically MetropolitanJames
Movie2002S1m0neBernard, Lawyer
Movie2020April FlowersFr. Randy
Movie2018PaternoDan McGinn
Movie2019Framing John DeLoreanRoy
Movie2019Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10Peppy Announcer (voice)
Movie2019CryptoBernard
Movie1997Cop LandOther Cop
Movie2019UnintendedSam
Movie2007Michael ClaytonGene Clayton
TV Show1999George and Martha26
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitArthur Pruitt1
TV Show1990Law & OrderGene Marchetti1
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBrett Trask3
TV Show2010Blue BloodsTom Breyer1
TV Show2011Body of ProofDaniel Robinson1
TV Show2011UnforgettableGordon Frost1
TV Show2017Frankie Drake MysteriesMr. Millard1
TV Show2015Dark MatterProfessor Brophey1
TV Show2011SuitsWarden2
TV Show1990Law & OrderProfessor Davis Mills1
TV Show2016BullRob Schaeffer1
TV Show2013House of CardsDean Austen1
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPete Campbell1
TV Show2003NCISFrank Raimey1
TV Show2017MINDHUNTERDirector Webster2
TV Show2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentLiam Montgomery1
TV Show2012ElementarySamuel Meher1
TV Show1990Law & OrderMatthew Lortell1
TV Show2020I Know This Much Is TrueDr. Yates1
TV Show2014The Mysteries of LauraLieutenant Monahan1
TV Show2009The Good WifeGreg Cady1
TV Show2023Fellow TravelersWillard Ballroom Singer1

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Movie2010Becoming OttoEditorEditing