SEAN CULLEN

Sean Cullen
Sean Cullen
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: May 9, 1960
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

Starring

Cac Man #2
Mac Shepherd
Willard Ballroom Singer
2023·
Bunker
Captain Hall
2022·
She Said
Lance Maerov
2021·
Rushed
Mr. Donohue
Anthony Templeman
Fr. Randy
Sam
2019·
Crypto
Bernard
Peppy Announcer (voice)
2018·
Paterno
Dan McGinn
Judge Newport
Director Webster
Mr. Millard
2016·
Bull
Rob Schaeffer
Thomas Deline
Professor Brophey
Melanie's Father, Lars Hecht
2015·
Gabriel
Jonathan Norton
Lieutenant Monahan
Dean Austen
Samuel Meher
2011·
Suits
Warden
Gordon Frost
Daniel Robinson
Tom Breyer
Cmdr. William Harbison
2010·
Cop Out
Captain Romans
Greg Cady
Gene Clayton
2003·
NCIS
Frank Raimey
2003·
Rats
Lenny
Happy Medium
2002·
S1m0ne
Bernard, Lawyer
Liam Montgomery
Pete Campbell, Brett Trask, Arthur Pruitt
1997·
Cop Land
Other Cop
Bo Maxey
1996·
Arli$$
Pierre Von Trapp
Matthew Lortell, Professor Davis Mills, Gene Marchetti

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