
Sean Cullen
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
Acting History
2024
The Reunion as Mac Shepherd
2023Fellow Travelers as Willard Ballroom Singer
2023Bunker as Captain Hall
2022She Said as Lance Maerov
2021The Hating Game as Anthony Templeman
2021Rushed as Mr. Donohue
2020April Flowers as Fr. Randy
2020I Know This Much Is True as Dr. Yates
2019Unintended as Sam
2019Framing John DeLorean as Roy
2019Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 as Peppy Announcer (voice)
2019Crypto as Bernard
2018Paterno as Dan McGinn
2018The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as Judge Newport
2017Frankie Drake Mysteries as Mr. Millard
2017MINDHUNTER as Director Webster
2016Bull as Rob Schaeffer
2016He Does Not Want Peace as Thomas Deline
2016Chronically Metropolitan as James
2015Louder Than Bombs as Lars Hecht
2015Dark Matter as Professor Brophey
2014The Mysteries of Laura as Lieutenant Monahan
2014Gabriel as Jonathan Norton
2013The Sound of Music Live! as Franz
2013House of Cards as Dean Austen
2012Elementary as Samuel Meher
2011Unforgettable as Gordon Frost
2011Suits as Warden
2011Body of Proof as Daniel Robinson
2010Blue Bloods as Tom Breyer
2010South Pacific as Cmdr. William Harbison
2010Cop Out as Captain Romans
2009The Good Wife as Greg Cady
2007Michael Clayton as Gene Clayton
2003NCIS as Frank Raimey
2003A Wrinkle in Time as Happy Medium
2003Rats as Lenny
2002S1m0ne as Bernard, Lawyer
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Liam Montgomery
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Arthur Pruitt
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Brett Trask
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Pete Campbell
1999George and Martha
1997Cop Land as Other Cop
1990Law & Order as Gene Marchetti
1990Law & Order as Professor Davis Mills
1990Law & Order as Matthew Lortell





