---
name: "Sean San Jose"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sean-san-jose"
fi1m_id: "sean-san-jose"
imdb_id: "nm0085772"
tmdb_id: 4178064
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T08:40:59.792838+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 San Jose

## Identity

Sean San Jose

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sean-san-jose
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sean-san-jose
- **IMDb ID:** nm0085772
- **TMDB ID:** 4178064
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085772/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4178064

Actor. Born in San Francisco Bay Area.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Also known as:** Sean Blackman
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085772/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4178064

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sing Sing*](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Sean San José is an American actor, writer, director and producer whose work is rooted in the San Francisco theatre scene. He co-founded the award-winning Campo Santo ensemble and served for fifteen years as Program Director of Performance at Intersection for the Arts. He is currently Artistic Director of Magic Theatre and Creative Executive at Edith Productions, Colman Domingo’s company.

San José has collaborated with Domingo for nearly thirty years, beginning in the early 1990s Bay Area theatre community. Their joint projects include the feature film *Sing Sing* (2023), in which San José plays Mike Mike. Earlier screen credits include *Dream for an Insomniac* (1996) as Juice (credited as Sean San Jose Blackman) and *Prospect* (2004) as Scout (credited as Sean Blackman). He received a Rainin/USA Fellowship in 2023 for his body of work.

*Sources: imdb.com, sfchronicle.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Train Dreams* (2025), Fi1m 79, as Carnival Barker — [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)
- *Sing Sing* (2024), Fi1m 84, as Mike Mike — [page](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Behind the Eight-Ball* (2026), as Francisco
- *Train Dreams* (2025), as Carnival Barker — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)
- *You'll Lose a Good Thing* (2025), as Angel
- *Sing Sing* (2024), as Mike Mike — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md)
- *Life Tastes Good* (1999), as Bernie
- *Dream for an Insomniac* (1996), as Juice
- *Mobsters* (1991), as Another Italian
- *Untitled Simon Rex Short Film*, Actor

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