Sean Hayes
{{short description|American actor (born 1970)}}
{{other people}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Sean Hayes
|image = Sean Hayes (portrait).jpg
|caption = Hayes in 2010
|birth_name = Sean Patrick Hayes
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|6|26}}
|birth_place = Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S.
|death_date =
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|occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|producer}}
|years_active = 1996–present
|education = Illinois State University
|spouse(s) = {{marriage|Scott Icenogle|2014}}
}}
Sean Patrick Hayes (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained acclaim for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received nominations for six Golden Globe Awards and two Tony Awards, winning one of the latter.{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157246/awards| title=Will & Grace – Awards| publisher=IMDb|access-date=September 28, 2018}}{{cite web| url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/sean-hayes-will-and-grace-golden-globes-jack-mcfarland-news/| title=Sean Hayes ('Will & Grace') deserves first Golden Globe win| website=GoldDerby| last=Ruiz| first=Tony| language=en-US| date=October 23, 2017| access-date=September 21, 2018}}
He also runs a television production company called Hazy Mills Productions, which produces shows such as Grimm, Hot in Cleveland, The Soul Man, and Hollywood Game Night. He portrayed Jerry Lewis in the CBS film Martin and Lewis (2002). He is known for his appearances in films such as Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998), Cats & Dogs (2001), Pieces of April (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004), The Bucket List (2007), Igor (2008), The Three Stooges (2012), Monsters University (2013), and Am I OK? (2022). Since July 2020, he has co-hosted the comedy podcast SmartLess alongside Jason Bateman and Will Arnett.
Hayes made his Broadway debut playing Chuck Baxter in the musical revival Promises, Promises in 2010, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He portrayed God in the comedy An Act of God from 2015 to 2016 and Oscar Levant in the Doug Wright play Good Night, Oscar in 2022, the latter of which earned him the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play. He hosted the 64th Tony Awards in 2010 for which he was awarded a Primetime Emmy Award.
Early life
Hayes was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, the youngest child of five of Mary Hayes (1939–2018), the director of a non-profit food bank called the Northern Illinois Food Bank,{{cite news| url=http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180126/food-bank-leader---mother-of-sean-hayes---recalled-for-her-dedication| title=Food bank leader – mother of Sean Hayes – recalled for her dedication |newspaper=Daily Herald| location=Arlington Heights, Illinois| date=January 27, 2018| access-date=September 28, 2018| first=Marie| last=Wilson}} and Ronald Hayes, a lithographer.{{cite web| title=Sean Hayes Biography| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/68/Sean-Hayes.html| website=Film Reference| year=2008| access-date=June 11, 2010}} He is of Irish descent and was raised as a Roman Catholic in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn, Illinois. His father, an alcoholic, left the family when Hayes was five, leaving his mother to raise him and his siblings. He has been estranged from his father for many years.{{cite news| first=William| last=Keck| title=It's Not Easy Being Jack| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-24-ca-4036-story.html| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=December 24, 2000| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205113558/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/24/entertainment/ca-4036| archive-date=February 5, 2015| url-status=live| access-date=February 4, 2015}} [https://www.angelfire.com/il3/rachelzworld/latimes.html Alt URL]
After graduating from Glenbard West High School,{{cite news| url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130122/news/701229961/| title=Sean Hayes, suburban pal team up for TV success| date=January 22, 2013| first1=Jamie| last1=Sotonoff| first2=Dann| last2=Gire |newspaper=Daily Herald| access-date=February 5, 2015}} Hayes attended Illinois State University, where he studied piano performance. He left "two or three classes short" of graduation when he became music director at the Pheasant Run Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. Hayes worked as a classical pianist.{{cite book| last=Marshall| first=Corinne| title=The Q Guide to Will and Grace: Stuff You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know... About Will, Grace, Jack, Karen, and Lots of Guest Stars| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HikbAQAAIAAJ| year=2008| publisher=Alyson Publications| isbn=978-1-59350-083-2| page=79| quote=In the early days of his career, he supported himself as a classical pianist.}} He practiced improv at The Second City in Chicago.{{cite news| first=Ari| last=Karpel| title=Sean Hayes: I Am Who I Am| url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2010/03/08/sean-hayes-i-am-who-i-am| journal=The Advocate| date=March 8, 2010| access-date=February 22, 2014}} He also composed original music for a production of Antigone at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.{{cite book| title=People: Almanac 2003| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMFlLXWVZr8C| year=2002| publisher=Cader Books| isbn=978-1-929049-96-7| page=380| quote=Composed original music for a Steppenwolf production of Antigone.}} He moved to Los Angeles in 1995, where he found work as a comedian and an actor on stage and on television, including a commercial for Doritos which aired during Super Bowl XXXII in 1998.
Career
=Early career=
As a teenager, Hayes was an extra in the film Lucas (1986), which was filmed at his high school. He made his professional debut in the independent film Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998), which brought him wide attention.{{Cite web |last=mspacclown |date=October 12, 2020 |title=LGBT Movies: Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998) |url=https://the-avocado.org/2020/10/12/lgbt-movies-billys-hollywood-screen-kiss-1998/ |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=The Avocado |language=en-US}}
= ''Will and Grace'' =
{{main|Will & Grace}}
The same year, he was cast as Jack McFarland, a flamboyantly gay and frequently unemployed actor, in the NBC comedy series Will & Grace. The show became a long-running hit and Hayes' performance earned him seven consecutive Emmy Award nominations as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He won the award for his first nomination.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT1Cs06Z7qs |title=Sean Hayes wins 2000 Emmy Award for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |date=November 12, 2013 |last=awardscrazy |access-date=January 21, 2025 |via=YouTube}} He was also nominated for six Golden Globe Awards for his performances.
= Film =
Hayes also made film appearances in Cats & Dogs (2001), as Jerry Lewis in Martin and Lewis (2002), Wayne in Pieces of April (2003), The Cat in the Hat (2003), and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004). He was also the voice of Brain in the 2008 film Igor, and has guest-starred in television shows such as Scrubs and 30 Rock. In 2005, he was executive producer for Bravo's Situation: Comedy, a reality television series about sitcoms. He also executive produced The Sperm Donor and Stephen's Life, the two winning scripts that were chosen by NBC. He guest-starred in 2006 in the Adult Swim cameo-filled show Tom Goes to the Mayor (S2E15, "Bass Fest").{{cite web| url=https://reviewersunite.com/2018/05/17/super-recaps-tom-goes-to-the-mayor-bass-fest/| title=Super Recaps: Tom Goes to the Mayor (Bass Fest)| date=May 17, 2018| access-date=September 28, 2018| publisher=Reviewers Unite| last=Vetrano| first=Matt}} Hayes appeared as Thomas in the film The Bucket List (2007). On July 5, 2008, he made his New York stage debut as Mr. Applegate / Devil in New York City Center's Encores! production of Damn Yankees.{{cite news| first=Celia| last=McGee| title=Selling His Soul for the Part| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/theater/06mcge.html?8dpc=&_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1218596404-GpRhqaBreKmsEu7JVLJb1Q| newspaper=The New York Times| date=July 6, 2008| access-date=June 11, 2010}}
He also appeared as Mr. Hank Humberfloob and provided the voice of "The Fish" in The Cat in the Hat. In 2010, he reprised the role of Mr. Tinkles, the evil white Persian cat, in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.
He played Larry Fine in the film The Three Stooges (2012).{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sean-hayes-play-larry-three-174439| title=Sean Hayes to Play Larry in 'Three Stooges' Movie| newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter| date=April 4, 2011| last=Kit| first=Borys| access-date=November 4, 2020}}
In 2017, Hayes played the role of Steven, the devil emoji in The Emoji Movie.{{cite magazine |last=Everett |first=Cristina |date=July 28, 2017 |title=See the Voices Behind the Emoji Movie Characters |url=https://ew.com/movies/voices-emoji-movie-characters/?slide=5708260#5708260 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
= Broadway =
He made his Broadway debut in the April 2010 Broadway revival of the musical Promises, Promises. He received a nomination for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Hayes was host of the 64th Annual Tony Awards on June 13, 2010, on CBS.{{cite magazine |first=Gina |last=DiNunno |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Sean-Hayes-Tonys-1018881.aspx |title=Sean Hayes to Host the Tonys |magazine=TV Guide| date=May 24, 2010| access-date=June 11, 2010}}
Hayes starred in the Broadway production An Act of God, June 6 to September 4, 2016, after engagements in Los Angeles and San Francisco.{{cite news |last=Viagas |first=Robert |date=June 6, 2016 |title=The Verdict: See What Critics Thought of Sean Hayes in An Act of God on Broadway |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/second-coming-god-opens-on-broadway-tonight-with-will-amp-grace-star-sean-hayes-com-363857 |journal=Playbill}}
In 2022, Hayes portrayed pianist Oscar Levant in the play by Doug Wright entitled Good Night, Oscar which premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.{{cite web|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-goodnight-oscar-goodman-theatre-review-20220322-fwpqlamppnchhaxymm6hvvwfdm-story.html|title= Review: Sean Hayes is a revelation in 'Good Night, Oscar' at Goodman Theatre. Broadway is surely next.|website= Chicago Tribune|date= March 22, 2022|accessdate= June 1, 2023}} He reprised the role on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, beginning in April 2023.{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2023/legit/reviews/good-night-oscar-review-sean-hayes-broadway-1235592711/ |title= 'Good Night, Oscar' Review: Sean Hayes Gives a Bravura Performance as Late-Night TV Virtuoso |author= Christian Lewis |date= April 25, 2023 |website= Variety (magazine) |publisher= Variety Media |access-date= May 1, 2023}}{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/theater/good-night-oscar-review-sean-hayes.html |title= 'Good Night, Oscar' Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas |author= Jesse Green |date= April 24, 2023 |website= The New York Times |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230425195002/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/theater/good-night-oscar-review-sean-hayes.html |access-date= May 1, 2023|archive-date= April 25, 2023 }} He received rave reviews for his performance earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He also received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play. In February 2025, it was announced that Hayes would make his debut on the West End reprising this role in a production at the Barbican Theatre in the summer of 2025.{{cite news |last1=Culwell-Block |first1=Logan |title=Sean Hayes Will Reprise Tony-Winning Good Night, Oscar Performance in London's West End |url=https://playbill.com/article/sean-hayes-will-reprise-tony-winning-good-night-oscar-performance-in-londons-west-end |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Playbill |date=February 3, 2025}}
= Other television work =
On November 15, 2010, he appeared in a satirical PSA for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In a 2008 interview in The New York Times, Hayes talked about a television project, BiCoastal, about "a guy with a wife and kids in California and a boyfriend in New York" for Showtime.{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 4, 2008 |title=New deal for CBS swinger |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-deal-cbs-swinger-118540 |access-date=February 5, 2015 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |agency=Associated Press}} He was the host of An All Star Tribute to James Burrows. Hayes has also guest starred as Buddy Wood on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.{{Cite web |last=Peck |first=Christopher |date=March 9, 2012 |title="Parks and Recreation" - Lucky episode review |url=https://blastmagazine.com/2012/03/09/parks-and-recreation-lucky-episode-review/ |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=Blast Magazine |language=en-US}}
= Producing and production company =
Aware that his role in Will & Grace "wouldn't go on forever," Hayes teamed up with friend Todd Milliner, whom he met at Illinois State University, to create the television production company Hazy Mills Productions in 2004.{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zS4zAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309,6966636&dq=hazy+mills+productions&hl=en| title=Oh curses, it's hard: 'Will & Grace' stars try to beat odds| last=Byrne| first=Bridget| date=July 21, 2006| agency=Associated Press| newspaper=The Free Lance–Star| location=Fredericksburg, Virginia| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026023902/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zS4zAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309%2C6966636&dq=hazy+mills+productions&hl=en| archive-date=October 26, 2020| access-date=August 18, 2013}} [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jul/21/en/FP607210324.html Alt URL]{{cite journal| title=Development Update: Eight Days a Week (The CW, New!)| url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7311| journal=The Futon Critic| date=March 1, 2010| access-date=June 11, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://hazymills.com/Hazy_Mills_Productions/The_Company.html |title=The Company |website=Hazy Mills Productions |access-date=August 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803040104/http://www.hazymills.com/Hazy_Mills_Productions/The_Company.html |archive-date=August 3, 2013}}{{cite news| last=Rose| first=Lacey| title=When Did Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner Take Over TV?| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/did-sean-hayes-todd-milliner-630155| newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter| access-date=September 19, 2013}} Hayes was co-executive producer of the TV Land original comedy series Hot in Cleveland, which premiered in June 2010 and ran for six seasons.{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sean-hayes-suzanne-martin-nbc-1202588506/| title=Sean Hayes Re-Teams With 'Hot in Cleveland' Creator for Comedy in Development at NBC| newspaper=Variety| last=Otterson| first=Joe| date=October 12, 2017| access-date=November 4, 2020}} He was also a co-executive producer of the NBC series Grimm,{{cite news| url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/01/breaking-nbc-orders-brothers-grimm-themed-pilot/| title=NBC Orders Brothers Grimm-Themed Drama From Buffy Scribe| last=Ausiello| first=Michael| journal=TVLine| date=January 28, 2011| access-date=October 15, 2011}} as well as creator and executive producer on another NBC series, Hollywood Game Night.{{cite web| url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/12/18/nbc-announces-bold-new-game-show-hollywood-game-night/162335/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221115638/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/12/18/nbc-announces-bold-new-game-show-hollywood-game-night/162335/| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 21, 2012| title=NBC Announces Bold New Game Show 'Hollywood Game Night'| last=Kondology| first=Amanda |website=TV by the Numbers| date=December 18, 2012| access-date=June 11, 2013}} Other television series produced by the company include The Soul Man and Sean Saves the World.
=Ventures with his husband=
Hayes and his husband, Scott Icenogle, produce lip-sync videos under their YouTube channel, The Kitchen Sync.{{cite web |title=The Kitchen Sync |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSCO7m_SlhyVlmeEdnBZiNQ |access-date=July 13, 2017 |via=YouTube}} They lip-synced to songs such as "Trouble" and "Burnitup!" Hayes has always had an interest in The Nutcracker and memorized the whole musical piece.{{cite magazine |last=Canfield |first=David |date=July 3, 2018 |title=Sean Hayes wrote a 'Nutcracker' prequel with his husband, and it looks adorable |url=https://ew.com/books/2018/03/07/sean-hayes-plum-preview/ |access-date=December 2, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}
= Podcasting =
In July 2020, Hayes, along with Will Arnett and Jason Bateman, created a comedy and talk podcast called SmartLess.{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=Jason Bateman, Will Arnett & Sean Hayes Launch 'Smartless' Podcast |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/smartless-podcast-n-bateman-will-arnett-sean-hayes-1202979210 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707221113/https://deadline.com/2020/07/smartless-podcast-n-bateman-will-arnett-sean-hayes-1202979210/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 29, 2021 |date=July 7, 2020}} He also hosts another podcast with Priyanka Wali called HypochondriActor.{{cite web |last1=Mazziotta |first1=Julie |title=Sean Hayes and Dr. Priyanka Wali Explore Celebrities' Health Issues on New Podcast Hypochondriactor |url=https://people.com/health/sean-hayes-dr-priyanka-wali-dig-into-celebrities-health-issues-on-new-podcast-hypochondriactor |website=People |access-date=June 29, 2021 |language=en |date=May 3, 2021}} Hayes starred in and was one of the executive producers for the Netflix series Q-Force, released September 2, 2021.
Personal life
Hayes refused to discuss his sexual orientation for many years, saying he believed that audiences would therefore be more open-minded about his characters.{{cite episode| credits=Host: Terry Gross| title='Will And Grace' Star Sean Hayes Steps To Broadway| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126219932| type=Interview: audio/transcript| series=Fresh Air| network=NPR| station=WHYY-FM| date=April 29, 2010| access-date=June 11, 2010}} Nevertheless, after the success of Will & Grace, he was frustrated to find himself typecast, only receiving offers for gay roles. To avoid questions about his sexuality, he declined interview offers from gay publications during the run of the show. In response to a satirical piece run in The Advocate, which criticized him for being opaque about his sexual orientation, he appeared to imply that he is gay, stating: "Really? You're gonna shoot the gay guy down? I never have had a problem saying who I am. I am who I am." He also indicated that he was in a relationship. He feels he has "contributed monumentally to the success of the gay movement in America, and if anyone wants to argue that, I'm open to it." After he received Outfest's Trailblazer Award in 2016 he addressed this criticism in his speech, saying in part: "Looking back at my choice to stay silent, I am ashamed and embarrassed. What was I thinking? [...] I know I should've come out sooner, and I'm sorry for that, especially when I think about the possibility that I might have made a difference in someone's life."{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2016 |title=Sean Hayes Says He's 'Ashamed And Embarrassed' For Staying Closeted |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sean-hayes-outfest-speech_n_580fa8bae4b08582f88c58cf |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}
He received an honorary PhD from Illinois State University in February 2013.{{cite news |last=Sobota |first=Lenore |url=http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/actor-sean-hayes-former-fairleigh-dickinson-president-receive-honorary-degrees/article_dd585e18-7c84-11e2-98b8-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Actor Sean Hayes, former Fairleigh Dickinson president receive honorary degrees |newspaper=The Pantagraph |location=Bloomington, Illinois |date=February 21, 2013 |access-date=February 6, 2014}} In November 2014, Hayes announced that he had married his partner of eight years, Scott Icenogle.{{cite news |first=Cavan |last=Sieczkowski |title=Sean Hayes Marries Longtime Partner Scott Icenogle |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/20/sean-hayes-marries_n_6192854.html |work=HuffPost |date=November 20, 2014 |access-date=November 20, 2014}} In October 2017, while appearing on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hayes revealed that he had been hospitalized with a rare condition in which his small intestine burst. The intestine was repaired.{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sean-hayes-was-hospitalized-his-small-intestine-burst-1051703| title=Sean Hayes Was Hospitalized After His Small Intestine Burst| first=Katherine| last=Schaffstall| work=The Hollywood Reporter| date=October 25, 2017| access-date=October 26, 2017| language=en}}
Hayes has been open about living with atrial fibrillation, a cardiac disorder that causes him to frequently visit the ER to get his heart shocked back into sinus rhythm whenever his heartbeat is too irregular or rapid. About his condition, Hayes has said, "When I go to the ER, I'm like Norm from 'Cheers.' They're like, 'Sean!', because I'm in there all the time."{{Cite web |last=Segarra |first=Edward |title=Sean Hayes recalls visiting hospital twice in the same night for 'heart issue' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/11/21/sean-hayes-hospital-visit-twice-heart-issue/76487651007/ |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}
Acting credits
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Silk Stalkings | Roger | Episode: "Services Rendered" |
| 1998–2006, 2017–2020 | | Will & Grace | Jack McFarland | 246 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2001 | Rugrats | Talent Show Director | Voice, episode: "And the Winner Is.../Dil's Bathtime/Bigger Than Life" |
| Scrubs | Nick Murdoch | Episode: "My Super Ego" | |
| Saturday Night Live | Himself/host | Episode: "Sean Hayes/Shaggy" | |
| 2002 | Martin and Lewis | Jerry Lewis{{cite book| last=Rowan| first=Terry| title=World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide Volume II L-Z| date=January 17, 2012| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ytrGBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA21| publisher=Lulu.com| isbn=978-1-105-46543-7| page=21}} | Television film |
| rowspan="3" | 2006 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Tour Guide | Episode: "Bass Fest" |
| Lovespring International | Victor | Episode: "A Rear Window" | |
| Will & Grace: Say Goodnight Gracie | Jack McFarland | Television film | |
| 2006–2007 | | Campus Ladies | Marshall | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | 30 Rock | Jesse Parcell | Episode: "Hiatus" |
| 2008 | Man Stroke Woman | Various | Television film |
| 2010 | 64th Tony Awards | Host | Television special |
| 2010–2015 | Hot in Cleveland | Chad | Episode: "One Thing or a Mother" Also executive producer; 124 episodes |
| 2011–2017 | Grimm | Executive producer; 108 episodes | |
| 2012–2016 | The Soul Man | Executive producer; 11 episodes | |
| rowspan="3" | 2012 | Portlandia | Sean | Episode: "Cops Redesign" |
| Parks and Recreation | Buddy Wood | Episode: "Lucky" | |
| Up All Night | Walter | 4 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" | 2013 | Smash | Terrence Falls | 3 episodes |
| American Dad! | Foster | Voice, episode: "Lost in Space" | |
| 2013–2014 | Sean Saves the World | Sean Harrison | 15 episodes Also executive producer |
| 2013–2020 | Hollywood Game Night | Himself | 2 episodes Also creator, executive producer; 6 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | The Millers | Kip Finkle | 11 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2014 | The Comeback | Himself | Episode: "Valerie Gets What She Really Wants" |
| How Murray Saved Christmas | Edison Elf | Voice, television special | |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show | Himself/Guest Host | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2016 | Crowded | Executive producer; 13 episodes | |
| Maya & Marty | Himself/various | 2 episodes | |
| An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Himself/host | Television special Also executive producer{{cite web| title=Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows| url=http://www.nbc.com/must-see-tv-an-all-star-tribute-to-james-burrows| website=NBC| access-date=February 22, 2016}} | |
| Hairspray Live! | Mr. Pinky | Television special | |
| 2017–2020 | Tangled: The Series | Pete the Guard | Voice, 21 episodes |
| 2019 | |Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Mr. Frank Lorenzo | Episode: "Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons" |
| 2020, 2022 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself/host | 6 episodes{{Citation |title=Guest Host Sean Hayes on Vaccine Hesitancy, Making Out with Julie Bowen & A Big Honeymoon Surprise |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOWOmbp_aJo |language=en |access-date=June 21, 2022}}{{Cite web |date=June 20, 2022 |title=Jimmy Kimmel Live's first guest host of the summer starts tonight |url=https://lastnighton.com/2022/06/20/jimmy-kimmel-live-first-guest-host-summer-starts-tonight/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=Last Night On |language=en-US}} |
| 2021 | |Q-Force | Steve Maryweather | Voice, main role |
| rowspan="2" | 2022 | |Murderville | Santa Claus | Episode: "Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery" |
| Lego Masters | Himself | Episode: "Start Your Engines" | |
| 2024 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Christopher Mantle | 2 episodes |
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable unsortable" | ||||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Damn Yankees | Applegate | New York City Center, Encores! | {{cite web| url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Sean-Hayes/| title=Sean Hayes Theatre Credits| website=BroadwayWorld| access-date=July 13, 2017}} |
| 2010–2011 | Promises, Promises | Chuck Baxter | Broadway Theatre, Broadway | |
| 2015 | rowspan=2 | An Act of God | rowspan=2 | God | US Tour | |
| 2016 | Booth Theatre, Broadway | |||
| 2022 | rowspan=3|Good Night, Oscar | rowspan=3|Oscar Levant | Goodman Theatre, Chicago | |
| 2023 | Belasco Theatre, Broadway | |||
| 2025 | Barbican Theatre, London (upcoming) | {{cite magazine |last1=Culwell-Block |first1=Logan |title=Sean Hayes Will Reprise Tony-Winning Good Night, Oscar Performance in London's West End |url=https://playbill.com/article/sean-hayes-will-reprise-tony-winning-good-night-oscar-performance-in-londons-west-end |access-date=February 6, 2025 |magazine=Playbill |date=February 3, 2025}} |
Awards and nominations
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- Sean Hayes. Biography Resource Center Online. Gale Group. 1999.
External links
{{Commons category|Sean Hayes (actor)}}
- {{IMDb name|5003|Sean Hayes}}
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Category:20th-century American comedians
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American comedians
Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American LGBTQ comedians
Category:American male comedians
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male musical theatre actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:American sketch comedians
Category:Comedians from Chicago
Category:GLAAD Media Awards winners
Category:Illinois State University alumni
Category:LGBTQ people from Illinois
Category:LGBTQ television producers
Category:Male actors from Chicago
Category:People from Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Category:The Second City Training Center alumni