---
name: "Sean Callery"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sean-callery"
fi1m_id: "sean-callery"
imdb_id: "nm0130478"
tmdb_id: 1090864
wikidata_id: "Q1974128"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-24T12:06:54.648611+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sean Callery

## Identity

Sean Callery

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sean-callery
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sean-callery
- **IMDb ID:** nm0130478
- **TMDB ID:** 1090864
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1974128
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Callery, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1974128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130478/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1090864

Composer. Born 1 January 1964 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1964, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Sean P. Callery
- **Frequently works with:** [Brad Turner](https://film.one/person/brad-turner.md), [Howard Gordon](https://film.one/person/howard-gordon.md), [Alex Gansa](https://film.one/person/alex-gansa.md), [Bryan Spicer](https://film.one/person/bryan-spicer.md), [Chip Johannessen](https://film.one/person/chip-johannessen.md), [Claire Danes](https://film.one/person/claire-danes.md), [David Fury](https://film.one/person/david-fury.md), [Dwight H. Little](https://film.one/person/dwight-h-little.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 48 (1), 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Action & Adventure 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $118m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Callery, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1974128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130478/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1090864

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Homeland*](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md) (78), [*24*](https://film.one/tv/24.md) (78), [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67)
- **Apple TV:** [*Halo*](https://film.one/tv/halo.md) (52)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sean Callery is an American composer of film and television scores. Born in 1964 in Hartford, Connecticut, he studied piano performance at the New England Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1987. He began his career in Los Angeles working with digital audio technology before moving into scoring.

Callery is best known for his scores for the series *24* (2001–2010), *Homeland*, *Marvel's Jessica Jones*, *Bones* and *La Femme Nikita*. He has also composed for *Halo* and the 2021 film *The Marksman*. He wrote the main title theme and co-scored the Netflix limited series *The Beast in Me* (2025).

Callery has received five Primetime Emmy Awards, including for *The Beast in Me*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, televisionacademy.com, filmmusicreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Halo* (2022), Fi1m 52, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/halo.md)
- *Homeland* (2011), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *24* (2001), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Star Trek: Generations* (1994), Fi1m 48, Sound Effects Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-generations.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Halo* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/halo.md)
- *The Marksman* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *NEXT* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Hot Zone* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Inhumans: The First Chapter* (2017), Music
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Small Time* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Homeland* (2011), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *The Confession* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Kennedys* (2011), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Confession* (2011), series, Original Music Composer
- *Not Like Everyone Else* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Mayday* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Bones* (2005), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *24* (2001), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Sheena* (2000), series, Music
- *Blowback* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *La Femme Nikita* (1997), series, Original Music Composer
- *Star Trek: Generations* (1994), Sound Effects Editor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-generations.md)
- *A Mom for Christmas* (1990), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Sean Callery](https://film.one/media/person/23588/gallery-34ac0230182f.jpg) Sean Callery — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Sean_Callery.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/23588/gallery-e51a9aa456e1.jpg) Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Sean_Callery_%2826210953367%29.jpg/1280px-Sean_Callery_%2826210953367%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/23588/gallery-1e417f535701.jpg) Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sean_Callery_%2826210960127%29.jpg/1280px-Sean_Callery_%2826210960127%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/23588/gallery-5e79aa3a6d4b.jpg) Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sean_Callery_%2826210966797%29.jpg/1280px-Sean_Callery_%2826210966797%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/23588/gallery-578dec958b2b.jpg) Sean Callery speaking at the 2018 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Sean_Callery_%2841039476542%29.jpg/1280px-Sean_Callery_%2841039476542%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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