Sean Cullen

Sean Cullen

Born 1960-05-09 (age 66) Buffalo, New York, USA
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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.

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Known For

The Hating Game
The Hating Game

2021

as Anthony Templeman

Cop Land
Cop Land

1997

as Other Cop

Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton

2007

as Gene Clayton

S1m0ne
S1m0ne

2002

as Bernard, Lawyer

Cop Out
Cop Out

2010

as Captain Romans

She Said
She Said

2022

as Lance Maerov

Crypto
Crypto

2019

as Bernard

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

2018

as Judge Newport

Rats
Rats

2003

as Lenny

Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs

2015

as Lars Hecht

Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs

2015

as Melanie's Father

Rushed
Rushed

2021

as Mr. Donohue

South Pacific
South Pacific

2010

as Cmdr. William Harbison

Framing John DeLorean
Paterno
Paterno

2018

as Dan McGinn

The Sound of Music Live!
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time

2003

as Happy Medium

Bunker
Bunker

2023

as Captain Hall

Worry Time
Worry Time

2026

as Cac Man #2

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

2019

as Peppy Announcer (voice)