Sean O'Bryan

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Other uses|Sean O'Brien (disambiguation){{!}}Sean O'Brien}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}

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| birth_name = Sean Michael O'Bryan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|9|10|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1991–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Samantha Follows|1995|}}

| children = 2

| relatives = Megan Follows (sister-in-law)
Ted Follows (father-in-law)

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Sean Michael O'Bryan (born September 10, 1963){{cn|date=August 2024}} is an American film and television actor from Louisville, Kentucky.{{cite book | last=Kleber | first=J.E. | title=The Encyclopedia of Louisville | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-8131-4974-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7EeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA289 | access-date=2024-08-19 | page=289}} He attended and graduated from St. Xavier High School.

Career

He co-starred with William Ragsdale on the series Brother's Keeper.{{cite book | last1=Dalton | first1=M.M. | last2=Linder | first2=L.R. | title=Teacher TV: Sixty Years of Teachers on Television | publisher=P. Lang | series=Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-8204-9715-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rear3se4zLwC&pg=PA118 | access-date=2024-08-19 | page=118}}{{cite book | last=Leszczak | first=B. | title=The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-4766-1539-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xe1ZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 | access-date=2024-08-19 | page=17}} Early television work includes guest roles on such television series as Married... with Children, MacGyver, Northern Exposure, Cold Case, Diagnosis: Murder, Quantum Leap, Murder, She Wrote, Chicago Hope, Roswell (season 3 episode 9), Roseanne (season 8 episode 19), Six Feet Under, Criminal Minds, The King of Queens and Dexter. More recent television credits include CSI, Bones, Melissa & Joey, Hot In Cleveland, The Mentalist, Leverage. He appears in the recurring role of Ron Donahue on The Middle.

His film credits include Chaplin, Crimson Tide, Phenomenon, Exit to Eden, Out to Sea, Big Fat Liar, Detective, Deck the Halls, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Yes Man, Vantage Point and both Princess Diaries films. His more recent films include Playing for Keeps, Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen and Mother's Day.

Personal life

O'Bryan moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, where he lives with his wife, actress Samantha Follows (sister of Canadian-American actress Megan Follows). They married in 1995 and have two daughters.{{cite web |title=my badass brilliant daughter rowan with moises arias "poe" aka RICO from her favorite rv show as a kid HANNAH MONTANA at the premiere of 5 FEET APART! Justin Badoni KILKED IT!!! @justinbaldoni ... outside of just being an awesome movie in general it was also an extremely accurate depiction of life with CYSTIC FIBROSIS!!! i hope everyone gets to see this special film!πŸŽ­βš˜πŸ‘βš˜πŸŽˆβš˜πŸ’ƒβš˜πŸŽ¬βš˜πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈβš˜πŸ”₯⚘@colesprouse @haleyluhoo @490tx @samantha.marjory @row.1 @mik_ob @megan follows @lypofo |url=https://www.instagram.com/sean.obryan/p/BvuCgfTAwX2/?img_index=1 |website=instagram.com}}{{cite web |title=BAREFOOT BEACH with my superstar daughter MikaylaπŸŒ΄πŸ’πŸŒπŸ’₯πŸŒ΄πŸ’πŸŒπŸ’₯πŸŒ΄πŸ’πŸŒπŸ’₯ |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CROoh9qpEaf/ |website=instagram.com}} His daughter Rowan suffers from cystic fibrosis and is an advocate for the disease.{{cite web |title=A QUARANTINE CONVERSATION WITH ROWAN O’BRYAN |url=https://baremagazine.org/A-Quarantine-Conversation-with-Rowan-O-Bryan |website=baremagazine.org}}{{cite web |title=Graduating photographer Rowan O’Bryan invites stares and demands equity for people with disabilities |url=https://goarts.ucla.edu/news/photographer-rowan-obryan-invites-stares-and-demands |website=goarts.ucla.edu}}

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable"

! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes

1991

| Frankie and Johnny

| Bobby

|

1992

| Chaplin

| Lewis Seeley

|

1993

| Heart and Souls

| John McBride

|

rowspan=2|1994

| Exit to Eden

| Tommy

|

Trapped in Paradise

| Dick Anderson

|

1995

| Crimson Tide

| Phone Talker

|

1996

|Phenomenon

|Banes

|

1997

|The Twilight of the Golds{{cite book | last=Keller | first=J.R. | title=Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-7864-8102-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB7kZ5geeyUC&pg=PA100 | access-date=2024-08-19 | page=100}}

|Steven

|

1998

| I'll Be Home for Christmas

| Max

|

1999

| Nice Guys Sleep Alone

| Carter

|

2000

|9mm of Love

|Michael

|Short film

2001

| The Princess Diaries

| Patrick O'Connell

|

2002

| Big Fat Liar

| Leo

|

2004

| The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

| Patrick O'Connell

|

rowspan="2" |2005

|Tom's Nu Heaven

| Father Bill Mitchell

| Co-producer

Automatic

| Brad Miller

| Co-producer

rowspan=2|2006

| Mission: Impossible III

| Party Goer

|

Deck the Halls

| Mayor Young

|

rowspan=6|2008

| Vantage Point

| Cavic

|

Player 5150

| Jerry

|

The Dark Horse

| Purse Snatcher

| Short film

Kink

| Guy Lysander

| Short film
Co-producer

The Coverup

| Jack Booker

| Also known as The Thacker Case

Yes Man

| Ted

|

rowspan=2|2011

| JumpRopeSprint

| Eddie Ruggle

|

New Year's Eve

| Pastor Edwin

| Segment: "Ahern Party"

rowspan=2|2012

| Playing for Keeps

| Assistant coach Jacob

|

Heaven

| Clerk

| Short film

2013

| Olympus Has Fallen

| Ray Monroe

|

rowspan=4|2014

| Puncture Wounds

| Detective Farragut

| Also known as A Certain Justice

Ice Cream Wallah

| Sean

| Short film

Irreconcilable

| Tommy

| Short film

Dawn Patrol

| Mace

|

rowspan=8|2016

| London Has Fallen

| NSA Ray Monroe

|

The Making of "London Has Fallen"

| Himself

| Documentary / NSA Ray Monroe

Get a Job

| Alan Fredricks

|

Mother's Day

| Male Cop

|

Don't Tell Kim

| Eddie Ruggle

|

Smoke Filled Lungs

| Ted

|

Squeal

| Williams

| Short film

Boulevard of Unspoken Dreams

| Tourist

| Short film

rowspan=3|2017

| Beatriz at Dinner

| Security Guard

|

First Night

| Hitman

| Short film

The Fix

| Vince

|

2018

| Golden Boy

| Johnny

|

|Rust Creek

|Sheriff O'Doyle

|

rowspan=2|2019

| Vaseline

| Dr. Larry

| Short film

The Derailers

| Merlin

| Short film

rowspan=2|2020

| Jumping the Gun

| Eddie Ruggle

|

The Stand at Paxton County

| Vin Scurlock

|

2021

| Boy Makes Girl

| Paulie

|

2023

| Missing

| Radio Host

|

=Television=

class="wikitable"

! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television

style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role

! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes

rowspan=2|1991

| MacGyver

| Willie

| Season 7 episode 2: "The 'Hood"

Sibs

| Luke

| Episode 5: "The Gift"

rowspan=2|1992

| Quantum Leap

| Phillip Ashcroft

| Season 4 episode 12: "Running for Honor - June 11, 1964"

Northern Exposure

| Kenny

| Season 3 episode 18: "My Mother, My Sister"

1992–1995

| Murder, She Wrote

| Steve Burke / Paul Hampton / Charlie D. McCumber

| 3 episodes

rowspan=5|1993

| Marked for Murder

|

| TV movie

The Legend of Prince Valiant

| Sir Geoffrey

| Voice
Season 2 episode 23: "The Blackest Poison"

Beverly Hills, 90210

| Charlie Dixon

| Season 4 episode 4: "Greek to Me"

Married... with Children

| Neuter

| Season 8 episode 6: "No Chicken, No Check"

Picket Fences

| Larry

| Season 2 episode 2: "Duty Free Rome"

rowspan=2|1995

| Pig Sty

| Joe "Iowa" Dantley

| Main role; 13 episodes

Here Come the Munsters

| Detective Cartwell

rowspan=3|1996

| Roseanne

| Doug

| Season 8 episode 19: "Springtime for David"

The Pretender

| Bradley DuMonte

| Season 1 episode 5: "The Paper Clock"

Mary & Tim

|

| TV movie

rowspan=5|1997

| Dark Skies

| Ray Loengard

| Episode 11: "The Enemy Within"

Touched by an Angel

| Jake Monroe

| Season 3 episode 21: "Have You Seen Me?"

Chicago Hope

| Flight Attendant Ken

| Season 4 episode 8: "Winging It"

Fame L.A.

|

| Episode 9: "Who Do You Love?"

Jenny

| Ethan

| Episode 8: "A Girl's Gotta Love a Wedding"

1998

| Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place

| Ted

| Season 1 episode 3: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Guy"

rowspan=2|1998-1999

| Brother's Keeper

| Bobby Waide

| Main role; 23 episodes

TGIF

| Himself

| 5 episodes

rowspan=2|1999

| A Touch of Hope

|

| TV movie

Jack & Jill

| Stan

| Season 1 episode 8: "Men Will Be Boys"

rowspan=4|2000

| The King of Queens

| Marc Shropshire

| Season 2 episode 18: "The Shmenkmans"

The Huntress

| Chick Talman

| Episode 8: "Partners"

Family Law

| Greg Philner

| Season 2 episode 2: "One Mistake"

Diagnosis: Murder

| Dave Caine

| Season 8 episode 2: "Blind Man's Bluff"

rowspan=4|2001

| Providence

| Dr. Rick Rozelli

| Season 3 episode 17: "Exposure"

Becker

| Randy

| Season 4 episode 6: "Get Me Out of Here"

Roswell

| Warren Turner

| Season 3 episode 9: "Samuel Rising"

True Love

|

| TV movie

rowspan=3|2002

| Grounded for Life

| Paul Ferris

| Season 2 episode 16: "Relax!"

Felicity

| Paul

| Season 4 episode 14: "Raising Arizona"

Julie Lydecker

|

| TV movie

rowspan=3|2003

| JAG

| Season 9 episode 4: "The One That Got Away"

Las Vegas

| Bill

| Season 1 episode 9: "Year of the Tiger"

Abby

| Roger Tomkins

| Main role; 10 episodes

rowspan=5|2004

| A Place Called Home

| Dave

| TV movie

The Drew Carey Show

| Dean

| Season 9 episode 17: "Straight Eye for the Queer Guy"

Crossing Jordan

| Jake Gerloff

| Season 4 episode 2: "Out of Sight"

Center of the Universe

| Gary

| Episode 2: "The Lake House"

NCIS

| David Shields

| Season 2 episode 6: "Terminal Leave"

rowspan=2|2005

| Detective

| Elroy Doil

| TV movie

Six Feet Under

| Tom Wheeler

| 3 episodes

rowspan=2|2006

| In Justice

| Clark Sanders

| Episode 5: "Another Country"

Without a Trace

| Dr. Jeremy Burton

| Season 5 episode 3: "911"

rowspan=3|2007

| Criminal Minds

| Vincent Stiles

| Season 2 episode 19: "Ashes and Dust"

Private Practice

| Dave Walker

| Season 1 episode 2: "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor..."

Two Families

|

| TV movie

rowspan=2|2008

| Cold Case

| Steve Pratt '73

| Season 6 episode 1: "Glory Days"

Family Man

| Dwayne

| TV movie

rowspan=4|2009

| Hatching Pete

| Leon Ivey

| TV movie

FlashForward

| Father Seabury

| Episode 4: "Black Swan"

Lie to Me

| Tom McHenry

| Season 2 episode 4: "Honey"

Ghost Whisperer

| David Miller

| Season 5 episode 9: "Lost in the Shadows"

rowspan=2|2010

| Persons Unknown

| Bill Blackham

| Main role; 13 episodes

Dexter

| Dan Mendell

| 2 episodes

rowspan=5|2011

| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

| Reverend Rebetti

| Season 11 episode 14

Cinema Verite

| Johnny Hall

| TV movie

Bones

| Mike Shenfield

| Season 6 episode 21: "The Signs in the Silence"

Melissa & Joey

| Paul Reback

| Season 1 episode 23: "Going the Distance?"

Hot in Cleveland

| Andy

| Season 3 episode 5: "One Thing or a Mother"

2011–2018

| The Middle

| Ron Donahue

| 21 episodes

rowspan=2|2012

| Leverage

| Kip Bryden

| Season 5 episode 3: "The First Contact Job"

Good Luck Charlie

| Mr. Hammerstone

| 2 episodes

2013

| Mary and Martha

| Senator

| TV movie

rowspan=3|2014

| The Mentalist

| Emmett Fitzgerald

| Season 6 episode 14: "Grey Water"

Sweet Surrender

| Steve

| TV movie

Glee

| Roric

| Season 5 episode 19: "Old Dog, New Tricks"

2014–2015

| Scotch Moses

| The Boss / The Robber

| 2 episodes

rowspan=5|2015

| Table 58

| Coach Peterson

| TV movie

Whitney

| Hotel Manager

| TV movie

Banish'd

| King Norther

| Episode: "Pilot"

Workaholics

| Dave

| Season 5 episode 12: "Peyote It Forward"

The House Sitter

| Kyle Lawrence

| TV movie

rowspan=3|2016

| Agent Carter

| Detective Andrew Henry

| Season 2 episode 1: "The Lady in the Lake"

Murder in the First

| Sam Rydell

| 3 episodes

Adam Ruins Everything

| Bruce

| Season 1 episode 18: "Adam Ruins Immigration"

2017

| Two Sentence Horror Stories

| Jefferey

| Season 1 episode 5: "Second Skin"

rowspan=7|2018

| NCIS: Los Angeles

| Gavin Teed

| Season 9 episode 12: "Under Pressure"

Code Black

| Dr. Edlen

| Season 3 episode 12: "As Night Comes and I'm Breathing"

Christmas Break-In

| Pete Rush

| TV movie

Engaged to a Psycho

| Chandler

| TV movie

Superstore

| Ted

| Season 4 episode 8: "Managers' Conference"

Vows: A Life Sentence

| Bernie

| TV movie

Borderline Talent

| Bill

| Miniseries

rowspan=3|2019

| The Unicorn

| Jim

| Season 1 episode 8: "Turkeys and Traditions"

Dealbreakers

| Bill

| Season 1 episode 1: "Dealbreakers"

Nice Iranian Girl

| Jim

| Episode: "Chapter 1"

rowspan=2|2020

| The Real Bros of Simi Valley

| Jeff & Sandy's Friend

| Season 3 episode 3: "Decaf Kush"

Shameless

| George

| 2 episodes

2021

| 9-1-1: Lone Star

| Minefield Owner

| Season 2 episode 6: "Everyone and Their Brother"

References

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