Sean Patrick Flanery

Sean Patrick Flanery
Born	Sean Patrick Flanery October 11, 1965 (1965-10-11) Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
Years active	1987 – present
Website
www.seanflanery.com

Sean Patrick Flanery (born October 11, 1965) is an American actor known for such roles as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints, Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone and for portraying Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as Bobby Dagen in Saw 3D. He is also known for his role as Sam Gibson on The Young and the Restless in 2011.

Early life

Flanery was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana and was raised in Houston, Texas.^{[citation needed]} His father was a medical equipment salesman and his mother a real estate broker. After attending Awty International School, Flanery graduated from Dulles High School in Sugar Land and attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston.^{[citation needed]}

Acting career

Flanery started acting in college after he joined an acting class to meet a girl that he had a crush on. He later moved to Los Angeles, California, in order to pursue his acting career.^{[citation needed]} Since 1988, he has appeared in over 53 films, including Powder, Simply Irresistible and D-Tox. However he is best known for playing Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints and Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He had a brief role as the ascended being Orlin in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Ascension". He appeared on the TV show The Dead Zone in the role of Vice-President Greg Stillson, until its cancellation. Flanery also appeared in an installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror playing a town sheriff who later became one of the antagonistic entity's possessed hosts in the episode "The Damned Thing". In March 2010, he was cast in the lead role in the sci-fi horror film Mongolian Death Worm. He also had a supporting role in 2010's Saw 3D. In April 2011, Flanery headed to the CBS soap The Young and the Restless, playing the part of "Sam," Sharon Newman's boyfriend from New Mexico.

Personal life

Sean Patrick Flanery
Style	Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Karate
Teacher(s)	Shawn Williams
Rank	Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu      Black Belt in Karate

Flanery has a black belt (promoted May 4, 2008) in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Shawn Williams and a black belt in Karate. He has a dog named Donut, named after the donuts she devoured shortly after being adopted by Flanery.

Flanery won the 1997 Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as the celebrity driver; the "Alfonso Ribeiro rule" forced him to "defend" his title as a professional driver under TGPLB rules, and won the 1998 race as a professional driver.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	A Tiger's Tale	Buddy
1993	Kingdom Come		Direct to video
1994	Frank & Jesse	Zack Murphy
1995	The Grass Harp	Riley Henderson
1995	Raging Angels	Chris
1995	Powder	Jeremy 'Powder' Reed
1996	Just Your Luck	Ray	Direct to video
1996	The Method	Christian
1996	Eden	Dave Edgerton
1997	Pale Saints	Louis
1997	Suicide Kings	Max Minot
1997	Best Men	Billy Phillips
1998	Girl	Todd Sparrow
1998	Zach and Reba	Zack Blanton
1999	Simply Irresistible	Tom Bartlett
1999	The Boondock Saints	Connor MacManus
1999	Body Shots	Rick Hamilton
2002	Kiss the Bride	Tom Terranova
2002	Con Express	Alex Brooks	Direct to video
2002	D-Tox	Conner
2002	Lone Hero	John
2002	Borderline	Ed Baikman
2004	The Gunman	Ben Simms
2005	The Storyteller	John
2005	Demon Hunter	Jake Greyman
2007	The Insatiable	Harry Balbo	Direct to video
2007	Veritas, Prince of Truth	Veritas
2007	Ten Inch Hero	Noah
2007	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song	Indiana Jones	Direct to video
2007	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception	Indiana Jones	Direct to video
2007	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapade	Indiana Jones	Direct to video
2008	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change	Indiana Jones	Direct to video
2008	Crystal River	Clay Arrendal
2009	Deadly Impact	Tom Armstrong
2009	The Whole Truth	Gary Langston
2009	The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day	Connor MacManus
2009	Sinners & Saints	Colin	Direct to video
2010	Scavengers	Captain Jekel
2010	Saw 3D	Bobby Dagen
2011	InSight	Det. Peter Rafferty

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Just Perfect		Television film
1990	My Life as a Babysitter		Television film
1992– 1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Indiana Jones	22 episodes
1993	The Accident	The Driver	Television film
1994	Guinevere	King Arthur	Television film
1994	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies	Young Indiana Jones	Television film
1995	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye	Young Indiana Jones	Television film
1995	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen	Indiana Jones	Television film
1996	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father	Indiana Jones (age 20)	Television film
1999– 2000	The Strip	Elvis Ford	10 episodes
2000	Run the Wild Fields	Tom Walker	Television film
2000	The Outer Limits	Eric	Episode: "Stasis"
2001	The Diamond Hunters	Johnny Lance	unknown episodes
2001	Acceptable Risk	Bobby	Television film
2001	Stargate SG-1	Orlin	Episode: "Ascension"
2001	Touched by an Angel	Daniel Lee Corbitt	Episode: "Famous Last Words"
2002	Charmed	Adam	Episode: "Happily Ever After"
2002– 2007	Stephen King's Dead Zone	Greg Stillson / Vice President Greg Stillson	19 episodes
2003	Then Came Jones	Sheriff Ben Jones	Television film
2003	The Twilight Zone	Dr. Paul Thorson	Episode: "Cold Fusion"
2004	Dead Lawyers	Jimmy Blake	Television film
2004	30 Days Until I'm Famous	Cole Thompson	Television film
2005	Into the Fire	Walter Harwig, Jr.	Television film
2006	Savage Planet	Randall Cain	Television film
2006	Secrets of a Small Town	Jimmy Lee Daniels	Pilot episode
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	The Big Hombre	Episode: "Double Cross"
2006	Masters of Horror	Sheriff Kevin Reddle	Episode: "The Damned Thing"
2007	KAW	Wayne	Syfy film
2007	Numb3rs	Jeff Upchurch	Episode: "Tabu"
2009	Criminal Minds	Darrin Call	Episode: "Haunted"
2010	Mongolian Death Worm	Daniel	Television film
2011-	The Young and the Restless	Sam Gibson	Soap opera

External links

• Sean Patrick Flanery at the Internet Movie Database