Sean Cullen

Sean Cullen

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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TV Series

George and Martha

George and Martha

8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.4
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9
Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

7.801
Body of Proof

Body of Proof

7
Unforgettable

Unforgettable

7.176
Frankie Drake Mysteries

Frankie Drake Mysteries

6.5
Dark Matter

Dark Matter

6.7
Suits

Suits

8.2
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.4
Bull

Bull

7.046
House of Cards

House of Cards

8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9
NCIS

NCIS

7.622
MINDHUNTER

MINDHUNTER

8.1
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.565
Elementary

Elementary

7.598
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.4
I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True

7.576
The Mysteries of Laura

The Mysteries of Laura

7.1
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

7.598
Fellow Travelers

Fellow Travelers

8.36

Movies

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

6.245
Rats

Rats

4.1
He Does Not Want Peace

He Does Not Want Peace

8
The Reunion

The Reunion

0
The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live!

6.3
The Hating Game

The Hating Game

7.3
Rushed

Rushed

7
Bunker

Bunker

6.8
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

6.7
Gabriel

Gabriel

6.7
She Said

She Said

7.24
Cop Out

Cop Out

5.553
Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs

6.454
South Pacific

South Pacific

9
Chronically Metropolitan

Chronically Metropolitan

5.1
S1m0ne

S1m0ne

6
April Flowers

April Flowers

6.7
Paterno

Paterno

6.201
Framing John DeLorean

Framing John DeLorean

6.1
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10

6.3
Crypto

Crypto

5.4
Cop Land

Cop Land

6.788
Unintended

Unintended

4.7
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

6.788