Sean Cullen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1960-05-09

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

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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Acting History

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