---
name: "Sean Cullen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sean-cullen"
fi1m_id: "sean-cullen"
imdb_id: "nm1332395"
tmdb_id: 104196
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 May 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T02:56:41.108689+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 Cullen

## Identity

Sean Cullen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sean-cullen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sean-cullen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1332395
- **TMDB ID:** 104196
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1332395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104196

Actor. Born 9 May 1960 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 May 1960, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Also known as:** Sean J. Cullen 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $107m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1332395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104196

## Biography

Sean Cullen is an American actor. He was born on 9 May 1960 in Buffalo, New York, and trained at St Bonaventure University and the Yale School of Drama.

His film credits include Gene Clayton in *Michael Clayton* (2007), roles in *Cop Land* (1997), *Revolutionary Road* (2008), *Cop Out* (2010) and *She Said* (2022). On television he has appeared in *Mindhunter* (2017–2019) as Director Webster, *Boardwalk Empire*, *Suits*, *House of Cards* and *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*. His stage work includes Broadway productions of *South Pacific* and *Golden Boy*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *She Said* (2022), Fi1m 73, as Lance Maerov — [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), Fi1m 63, as Dr. Yates — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md)
- *Michael Clayton* (2007), Fi1m 86, as Gene Clayton — [page](https://film.one/film/michael-clayton.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Worry Time* (2026), as Cac Man #2
- *The Reunion* (2024), as Mac Shepherd
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), series, as Willard Ballroom Singer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *Bunker* (2023), as Captain Hall
- *She Said* (2022), as Lance Maerov — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *The Hating Game* (2021), as Anthony Templeman
- *Rushed* (2021), as Mr. Donohue
- *April Flowers* (2020), as Fr. Randy
- *I Know This Much Is True* (2020), series, as Dr. Yates — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-know-this-much-is-true.md)
- *Unintended* (2019), as Sam
- *Framing John DeLorean* (2019), as Roy
- *Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10* (2019), as Peppy Announcer (voice)
- *Crypto* (2019), as Bernard
- *Paterno* (2018), as Dan McGinn
- *The Vanishing of Sidney Hall* (2018), as Judge Newport
- *Frankie Drake Mysteries* (2017), series, as Mr. Millard
- *MINDHUNTER* (2017), series, as Director Webster — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/mindhunter.md)
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Rob Schaeffer
- *He Does Not Want Peace* (2016), as Thomas Deline
- *Chronically Metropolitan* (2016), as James
- *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), as Lars Hecht, Melanie's Father
- *Gabriel* (2015), as Jonathan Norton
- *Dark Matter* (2015), series, as Professor Brophey
- *The Mysteries of Laura* (2014), series, as Lieutenant Monahan
- *The Sound of Music Live!* (2013), as Franz
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Dean Austen
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Samuel Meher
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Gordon Frost
- *Suits* (2011), series, as Warden
- *Body of Proof* (2011), series, as Daniel Robinson
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Tom Breyer
- *South Pacific* (2010), as Cmdr. William Harbison
- *Becoming Otto* (2010), Editor
- *Cop Out* (2010), as Captain Romans
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Greg Cady — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Michael Clayton* (2007), as Gene Clayton — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/michael-clayton.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Frank Raimey — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *A Wrinkle in Time* (2003), as Happy Medium
- *Rats* (2003), as Lenny
- *S1m0ne* (2002), as Bernard, Lawyer
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Liam Montgomery
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Arthur Pruitt, Brett Trask, Pete Campbell
- *George and Martha* (1999), series, Actor
- *Cop Land* (1997), as Other Cop
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Pierre Von Trapp
- *Swift Justice* (1996), series, as Bo Maxey
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Gene Marchetti, Professor Davis Mills, Matthew Lortell — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

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