Sean Cullen

Sean Cullen plays Lance Maerov in Maria Schrader's new film, "She Said" (Universal), with Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan. In 2023, he will appear in Adrian Langley's WWI horror film, "Bunker" (Blue Fox Entertainment). 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. His most recent film release is "The Hating Game," adapted from the best-selling novel and directed by Peter Hutchings. Sean recently completed principal photography for the feature, "Phyllis, Silenced," written and directed by Roland Ellis. Sean's other film work includes "Revolutionary Road," 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," 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 "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 theatres, 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 2007 Portland (Oregon) "Drammy" for his work in Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman"; and shared in the San Francisco Chronicle's 2002 "Best Ensemble Award," playing "Gabriel Conroy" in Richard Nelson's adaptation/production of "James Joyce's The Dead." In 2020, Sean returned to his hometown of Buffalo, New York, to play "Sandy" in Scott Behrend's critically acclaimed production of Annie Baker's "The Antipodes," 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.