Sean Stone

{{Short description|American actor and television presenter (born 1984)}}

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| name = Sean Stone

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| caption = Stone in 2012

| birth_name = Sean Christopher Stone

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|29}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| othername = Sean C. Stone

| yearsactive = 1986–present

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|filmmaker}}

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| father = Oliver Stone

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Sean Christopher Stone (December 29, 1984) is an American actor, filmmaker, and television host. Stone hosted a show on the Russian state-funded network RT America until the network was shut down in 2022 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite news |last=Kang |first=Cecilia |date=2022-03-12 |title=What It Was Like to Work for Russian State Television |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/12/business/rt-america-russian-tv.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |issn=0362-4331}}

Biography

File:Sean Christopher Stone(0).jpg (the sword of Ali), a symbol of Shia Islam. Stone was a convert to that religion.|209x209px]]

Stone was born in New York City. He is the son of Elizabeth Burkit Cox and film director Oliver Stone and has appeared in several of his father's films.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2012/feb/15/sean-stone-muslim-religion-hollywood Sean Stone and Islam: what is it about religion and Hollywood?], The Guardian[http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16173541 Oliver Stone's Son Wants To Help US With Islam], Sky News, February 20, 2012[http://www.france24.com/fr/20120214-le-fils-doliver-stone-converti-a-lislam-iran Le fils d'Oliver Stone converti à l'islam en Iran] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216222223/http://www.france24.com/fr/20120214-le-fils-doliver-stone-converti-a-lislam-iran |date=February 16, 2012 }}, France 24, February 14, 2012Tim Molloy, [https://news.yahoo.com/oliver-stones-son-converts-islam-204027820.html Oliver Stone's son converts to Islam], Yahoo News, February 14, 2012 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223061148/http://news.yahoo.com/oliver-stones-son-converts-islam-204027820.html |date=February 23, 2012 }} His paternal grandmother was French."Télématin" (France 2), September 28, 2010.

A convert to Shia Islam in 2012,[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/sean-stone-oliver-stone-son-convert-islam-iran_n_1276389.html Sean Stone, Oliver Stone's Son, Converts To Islam During Iran Visit ], Huffington Post, February 14, 2012[http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2012/02/21/sean-stone-converts-islam-iran Sean Stone converts to Islam in Iran], Fox News, February 20, 2012[http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=258904 Sean Stone: Ahmadinejad is 'really misunderstood'], The Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2012{{cite web|last1=|first1=|last2=|first2=|date=June 27, 2012|title=Sean Ali Stone - My Journey to Islam - UMAA Convention 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBaJ9Cb1TDc&t=2m0s|access-date=May 19, 2014|website=|publisher=UMAA Convention 2012}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=February 2023}} in an interview with CNN, Stone said that he accepted Muhammad as the seal of the prophets.[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1202/22/cnr.05.html Interview With Filmmaker Sean Stone, Oliver Stone's Son], CNN News, February 22, 2012[http://blog.beliefnet.com/cityofbrass/2012/02/sean-bin-oliver-stone-converted-to-islam.html Sean bin Oliver Stone converted to Islam?], Beliefnet, February 25, 2012 Speaking to Bill O'Reilly, he claimed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements about Israel had been misunderstood.

Stone is a member of the Board of Advisors for the company MindShare Ventures Group based in New York City.{{cite web|title=MindShare Ventures Group - Board of Advisors|url=http://mindshareventuresgroup.com/board_of_advisors|work=mindshareventuresgroup.com}}{{Unreliable source?|date=June 2021}}

In his last episode on RT America, Stone criticized celebrities for speaking out against Russia's invasion, and claimed that Oprah Winfrey had banned Tolstoy's War and Peace from her book club, and said it was wrong to characterize Russian leader Vladimir Putin as "some kind of dictator".

Filmography

=Actor=

Salvador (1986) as Boyle's Baby
Wall Street (1987) as Rudy Gekko
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) as Young Jimmy Kovic
JFK (1991) as Jasper Garrison
The Doors (1991) as Young Jim Morrison
Heaven & Earth (1993) as Young Boy with Jesuit Missionaries
Natural Born Killers (1994) as Kevin
Nixon (1995) as Donald Nixon
U Turn (1997) as Boy in Grocery Store
Any Given Sunday (1999) as Fan
Fighting Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005) himself as narrator
Resurrecting Alexander (2005) himself as narrator
Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005) as narrator
W. (2008) as Fraternity Pledge #1
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) as Rumor Hedge Fund Trader #1
Nevo (2011) as Stephan
Greystone Park (2011) as Sean
American Road (2011) as Jack Kerouac
Don't Pass Me By (2012) as Josh Malek
Night Walk (2019) as Frank

=Director, producer, cinematographer, or screenwriter=

Fighting Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005) (as writer, producer, director, cinematographer)
The Death of Alexander (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
Resurrecting Alexander (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
Nuremberg: A Vision Restored (2007) (as producer, director, cinematographer)
Singularity (2008) (as writer, producer, director)
Greystone Park (2011) (as writer, director)
A Child's Night Dream (upcoming) (as writer, producer, director)
A Thousand Pieces (2020) (as narrator), Documentary about CIA and FBI corruption.{{cite web |title=A Thousand Pieces |url=https://www.athousandpieces.com/ |website=A Thousand Pieces}}