---
name: "Seán Gleeson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sean-gleeson"
fi1m_id: "sean-gleeson"
imdb_id: "nm0322443"
tmdb_id: 42662
wikidata_id: "Q7459526"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 April 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:33:19.822735+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."
---

# Seán Gleeson

## Identity

Seán Gleeson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sean-gleeson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sean-gleeson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0322443
- **TMDB ID:** 42662
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7459526
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gleeson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7459526, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42662

Director. Born 6 April 1965 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 April 1965, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–2003
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (1), 2000s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Gleeson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7459526, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322443/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42662

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Seán Gleeson is an English actor, director and producer. Born in London on 6 April 1965, he trained at St Martin's School of Art before working as an actor from 1989 in theatre, radio, television and film.

He is known for playing Conor Flaherty in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* (1997–1999) and Ronnie Woodson in *Doctors* (2003–2009). His other acting credits include roles in *Cold Mountain* (2003), *Midsomer Murders* (2016), *The Foreigner* (2017) and *Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators* (2018).

Gleeson began directing for television in 2007, with credits including 48 episodes of *Doctors* (2007–2013) and 11 episodes of *Casualty* (2013–2017). He later worked as a producer on *Casualty* (2020–2021) and as series producer on *Holby City* (2021–2022).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Cold Mountain* (2003), Fi1m 62, as Pistol — [page](https://film.one/film/cold-mountain.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Deer Woman Child* (2022), as Blacksmith
- *The Last Witness* (2018), as Court Officer
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Ron Greenvale
- *The Foreigner* (2017), as Billy Mahre
- *Cold Mountain* (2003), as Pistol — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/cold-mountain.md)
- *The Safe House* (2002), as Danny Hyde
- *Doctors* (2000), series, as Ronnie Woodson
- *The Woman In White* (1997), as Glyde's Servant
- *The Woman In White* (1997), series, as Glyde's Servant
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Rod Barkham — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Luke Kelly
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director, Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Conor Flaherty — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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