Seamus Dever

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Seamus Dever
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Born
Seamus Patrick Dever

(1976-07-27) July 27, 1976 (age 48)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Spouse
(m. 2006)
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Seamus Patrick Dever (born July 27, 1976) is an American actor known for his role as Detective Kevin Ryan in the ABC series Castle .

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Early life

Dever was born in Flint, Michigan, and moved at the age of six to Bullhead City, Arizona, where he grew up. [1] He graduated as valedictorian of Mohave High School, completed his undergraduate studies at Northern Arizona University, and holds MFAs in Acting from the Moscow Art Theatre and Carnegie-Mellon University. [2]

Personal life

A lifetime member of the Actors Studio, Dever married Juliana Dever on May 27, 2006. [3] Juliana played Jenny Ryan, Ryan's wife, on Castle . [4] He is a cousin of Broadway actress Jeanne Arnold and Canadian singer-songwriter Feist. [5]

Dever and his wife are vegetarians. [6] Both are also supporters of Best Friends Animal Society. [6]

Dever also starred in a celebrity episode of the American version of The Chase , in Season 3 (2014), where he scored 11 questions in the preliminaries and led a team with Dean Cain to defeat the Chaser, Mark Labbett.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Shooting LAColin
2002Monkey LoveAaron MilesCredited as Séamus Dever
2002 Outside the Law Rick Michell
2006 Hollywoodland Phillip
2008Affairs in OrderCyrus
2008The Essence of DeppDylan
2009 Ready or Not Marc
2014SequesteredObamaShort film
2015 The Extraordinary Farewell H. Henry Locke
2023 Invitation to a Murder Lawrence Kane

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Lewis1 episode: "Behind Enemy Lines"
2001 She's No Angel CricketTV movie
2001 Undressed Randy1 episode: "Episode #4.1"
2001 Crossing Jordan Tom Murch1 episode: "Believers"
2003 Without a Trace Ronald Phelps1 episode: "Moving On"
2004 Cold Case Hank Dempsey1 episode: "The House"
2005 Mystery Woman: Snapshot BillyTV movie
2005 JAG Caden Duran1 episode: "San Diego"
2005 Charmed Mitchell Haines1 episode: "Freaky Phoebe"
2005McBride: The Doctor Is Out...Really OutAllanTV movie
2005 Threshold Agent Detoro2 episodes: "Trees Made of Glass: Part 2", "Blood of the Children"
2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Adam Gilford1 episode: "Bite Me"
2006 CSI: NY Charles Cooper1 episode: "Live or Let Die"
2006 NCIS Graham Thomas1 episode: "Singled Out"
2007 Close to Home Justin Matthews1 episode: "Making Amends"
2007 CSI: Miami Paul Billings1 episode: "Kill Switch"
2008 General Hospital Dr. Ian Devlin45 episodes
2008 Mad Men Chuck1 episode: "For Those Who Think Young"
2008 Army Wives Dr. Chris Ferlinghetti7 episodes
2008 Ghost Whisperer Rich Henderson1 episode: "Save Our Souls"
2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Drew Rich1 episode: "Young Man with a Horn"
2009 Drop Dead Diva Tyler Mack1 episode: "The Dress"
2009–2016 Castle Detective Kevin Ryan Main cast
173 episodes
Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Bromance (shared with Jon Huertas)
2010 Dark Blue Nick Perry2 episodes: "Dead Flowers", "Personal Effects"
2012 Chelsea Lately Kevin Ryan in Castle1 episode: "Episode 6.187 (Himself playing his Castle character)"
2014 The Chase Himself1 episode: "Starry Eyed: Celebrity Episode"
2018 Legion Don Eichman1 episode: "Chapter 14"
2018 Take Two Todd Garlin1 episode: "Death Becomes Him"
2018–2019 Titans Trigon Recurring
3 episodes
2019 The Rookie Chaz BachmanEpisode: "The Bet"
2020 NCIS: Los Angeles Alexi GonchgarovEpisode: "Russia, Russia, Russia
2023 True Lies Reed KesslerEpisode: "Honest Manipulations"
2023 NCIS: Hawai'i ScottEpisode: "Nightwatch Two"
2024 Tracker Max MillerEpisode: "Man's Best Friend"

Video games

YearTitleRole
2002 Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix Additional voices
2018 Far Cry 5 John Seed
2024 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Felix Neumann

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References

  1. "Q&A with Flint-born Seamus Dever, a.k.a Det. Kevin Ryan on ABC's "Castle"". mlive. February 27, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "Biography - Seamus Dever | The Official Site". November 11, 2018. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  3. "Castle's Seamus Dever Compares His Real Wedding to His TV Wedding". Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  4. Matt Richenthal (January 6, 2012). "Seamus Dever on Castle wedding episode, grappling over donuts". TVFanatic.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  5. "Seamus Dever's Twitter". October 4, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "An Actor of Character". Vegetarian Times . 38 (396, number 8): 20. September 2012.