
Sean Cullen
Born
May 9, 1960 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
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

The Reunion
Mac Shepherd
2024

Fellow Travelers
Willard Ballroom Singer · (1 episode)
2023

Bunker
Captain Hall
2023

She Said
Lance Maerov
2022

The Hating Game
Anthony Templeman
2021

Rushed
Mr. Donohue
2021

April Flowers
Fr. Randy
2020

I Know This Much Is True
Dr. Yates · (1 episode)
2020

Unintended
Sam
2019

Framing John DeLorean
Roy
2019

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

Crypto
Bernard
2019

Paterno
Dan McGinn
2018

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Judge Newport
2018

Frankie Drake Mysteries
Mr. Millard · (1 episode)
2017

MINDHUNTER
Director Webster · (2 episodes)
2017

Bull
Rob Schaeffer · (1 episode)
2016

He Does Not Want Peace
Thomas Deline
2016

Chronically Metropolitan
James
2016

Louder Than Bombs
Lars Hecht
2015

Dark Matter
Professor Brophey · (1 episode)
2015

The Mysteries of Laura
Lieutenant Monahan · (1 episode)
2014

Gabriel
Jonathan Norton
2014

The Sound of Music Live!
Franz
2013

House of Cards
Dean Austen · (1 episode)
2013

Elementary
Samuel Meher · (1 episode)
2012

Unforgettable
Gordon Frost · (1 episode)
2011

Suits
Warden · (2 episodes)
2011

Body of Proof
Daniel Robinson · (1 episode)
2011

Blue Bloods
Tom Breyer · (1 episode)
2010

South Pacific
Cmdr. William Harbison
2010

Cop Out
Captain Romans
2010

The Good Wife
Greg Cady · (1 episode)
2009

Michael Clayton
Gene Clayton
2007

NCIS
Frank Raimey · (1 episode)
2003

A Wrinkle in Time
Happy Medium
2003

Rats
Lenny
2003

S1m0ne
Bernard, Lawyer
2002

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Liam Montgomery · (1 episode)
2001

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Arthur Pruitt · (1 episode)
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Brett Trask · (3 episodes)
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Pete Campbell · (1 episode)
1999

George and Martha
(26 episodes)
1999

Cop Land
Other Cop
1997

Law & Order
Gene Marchetti · (1 episode)
1990

Law & Order
Professor Davis Mills · (1 episode)
1990

Law & Order
Matthew Lortell · (1 episode)
1990