Born 1960 (age 66) · Buffalo, New York, USA
Appears in 47 titles

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

Michael Clayton
6.8
Michael Clayton
2007
as Gene Clayton
Cop Land
6.8
Cop Land
1997
as Other Cop
Cop Out
5.5
Cop Out
2010
as Captain Romans
The Hating Game
7.3
The Hating Game
2021
as Anthony Templeman
S1m0ne
6.0
S1m0ne
2002
as Bernard, Lawyer
She Said
7.2
She Said
2022
as Lance Maerov
Louder Than Bombs
6.5
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Lars Hecht
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
6.7
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Judge Newport
Crypto
5.4
Crypto
2019
as Bernard
Paterno
6.2
Paterno
2018
as Dan McGinn
Rushed
6.7
Rushed
2021
as Mr. Donohue
Framing John DeLorean
6.1
Framing John DeLorean
2019
as Roy
A Wrinkle in Time
6.3
A Wrinkle in Time
2003
as Happy Medium
The Sound of Music Live!
6.3
The Sound of Music Live!
2013
as Franz
Bunker
6.9
Bunker
2023
as Captain Hall
Chronically Metropolitan
5.0
Chronically Metropolitan
2016
as James
Rats
4.3
Rats
2003
as Lenny
Gabriel
6.8
Gabriel
2015
as Jonathan Norton
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
6.3
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2019
as Peppy Announcer (voice)
Unintended
5.0
Unintended
2019
as Sam