
Sean Cullen
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1960-05-09 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Sean J. 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.
Known For
TV Shows (21)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Arthur Pruitt / Brett Trask / Pete Campbell

Law & Order
1990
as Gene Marchetti / Professor Davis Mills / Matthew Lortell

NCIS
2003
as Frank Raimey

Suits
2011
as Warden

Blue Bloods
2010
as Tom Breyer

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Liam Montgomery

The Good Wife
2009
as Greg Cady

Elementary
2012
as Samuel Meher

House of Cards
2013
as Dean Austen

Bull
2016
as Rob Schaeffer

Arli$$
1996
as Pierre Von Trapp

Unforgettable
2011
as Gordon Frost

Body of Proof
2011
as Daniel Robinson

MINDHUNTER
2017
as Director Webster

The Mysteries of Laura
2014
as Lieutenant Monahan

Frankie Drake Mysteries
2017
as Mr. Millard

Dark Matter
2015
as Professor Brophey

Fellow Travelers
2023
as Willard Ballroom Singer

I Know This Much Is True
2020
as Dr. Yates

Swift Justice
1996
as Bo Maxey

George and Martha
1999
Movies (25)

The Hating Game
2021
as Anthony Templeman

Cop Land
1997
as Other Cop

Michael Clayton
2007
as Gene Clayton

Cop Out
2010
as Captain Romans

S1m0ne
2002
as Bernard, Lawyer

She Said
2022
as Lance Maerov

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Judge Newport

Crypto
2019
as Bernard

Rats
2003
as Lenny

South Pacific
2010
as Cmdr. William Harbison

Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Lars Hecht / Melanie's Father

Paterno
2018
as Dan McGinn

Framing John DeLorean
2019
as Roy

Rushed
2021
as Mr. Donohue

Bunker
2023
as Captain Hall

A Wrinkle in Time
2003
as Happy Medium

The Sound of Music Live!
2013
as Franz

Chronically Metropolitan
2016
as James

Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
2019
as Peppy Announcer (voice)

April Flowers
2020
as Fr. Randy

Worry Time
2026
as Cac Man #2

Gabriel
2015
as Jonathan Norton

Unintended
2019
as Sam

He Does Not Want Peace
2016
as Thomas Deline

The Reunion
2024
as Mac Shepherd
About 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. Sea… With 46 credits spanning from 1990 to 2026, Sean Cullen has appeared in 25 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sean Cullen Movies
- The Hating Game (2021) — as Anthony Templeman
- Cop Land (1997) — as Other Cop
- Michael Clayton (2007) — as Gene Clayton
- Cop Out (2010) — as Captain Romans
- S1m0ne (2002) — as Bernard, Lawyer
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