Sean Mahon

{{short description|Irish stage and screen actor}}

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Seán Mahon is an Irish stage and screen actor. He is known for playing Nicky Giblin in the Broadway production of The Seafarer, Richard Hannay in the Broadway production of The 39 Steps and Michael Hess (the lost son) in the award-winning feature film, Philomena. In 2014 he was nominated for a best lead actor award for his portrayal of maverick cop Brian McGonigle in the Irish drama Red Rock.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/the-seafarer-4-1200554101/|title=Review: 'The Seafarer'|accessdate=25 December 2014|first=David|last=Rooney|date=6 December 2007|work=Variety}} On 9 July 2018, the BBC announced that Mahon would be joining the cast of EastEnders in 2018 to play Ray Kelly, the ex-husband of Mel Owen.{{cite tweet|user=bbceastenders|number=1016263978513829888|author=bbceastenders|date=9 July 2018|title=NEWS: Sean Mahon will be joining the cast of EastEnders later this summer to play Ray Kelly, the charming and mysterious ex-husband of Mel Owen and step-dad to her son, Hunter}}

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

| It Could Happen

| Doctor

| Short

2003

| Hulk

| Comanche Pilot #1

|

2003

| This Vicious Minute

| Husband

| Short

2005

| Mr. & Mrs. Smith

| Lucky

|

2005

| A.M.D.G.: A World Is Not Enough

| Ignatius Loyola

| Short

2006

| Eragon

|

| Voice

2007

| Reign of the Gargoyles

| Major James Deacon

| TV movie

2008

| Rend

| Thomas

| Short

2010

| Fair Game

| CIA Analyst #1

|

2010

| Exit the Castle

|

| Short

2011

| Higher Ground

| Liam Donovan

|

2012

| Dark Shadows

| Collinsport Cop

|

2012

| Zero Dark Thirty

| Prince Pilot 52

| Uncredited

2013

| Philomena

| Michael Hess

|

2014

| The Legend of Longwood

| Marc Dumonceau

|

2016

| The Last Treasure Hunt

| Ernie

|

2016

| Anthropoid

| Dr. Eduard

|

2018

| Don't Go

| Dave Pearse

|

2019

| End of Sentence

| Andrew

|

2021

| The Cursed

| John Adam

|

2024

| High Tide

| Bob

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

| Angel

| Truck Driver

| "Forgiving" (season 3, episode 17)

2002

| The Agency

| Delaney

| "Elite Meat to Eat" (season 2, episode 11)

2003

| Everwood

| Pseudo Patient

| "Blind Faith" (season 2, episode 6)

2003

| ER

| Community Hospital Doctor

| "Death and Taxes" (season 10, episode 7)

2003-2004

| Line of Fire

| Carl Sampson

| 4 episodes

2008

| As the World Turns

| George

| Episode #1.13387

2008

| Fringe

| Bartender

| "Safe" (season 1, episode 10)

2010

| Army Wives

| Professor George Kelling

| "New Orders" (season 4, episode 9)

2010

| Then We Got Help!

| Terry

| 20 episodes

2014-2015

| Red Rock

| Brian McGonigle

|

2016

| American Experience

| Senator Roscoe Conkling

| "Death of a President" (Season 28, episode 3)

2018-2019

| EastEnders

| Ray Kelly

| Regular Character

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Voice role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2006

| Call of Duty 3

| Peterson

|

References

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