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Seamus Dever | |
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| Born | Seamus Patrick Dever July 27, 1976 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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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 .
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]
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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Shooting LA | Colin | |
| 2002 | Monkey Love | Aaron Miles | Credited as Séamus Dever |
| 2002 | Outside the Law | Rick Michell | |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland | Phillip | |
| 2008 | Affairs in Order | Cyrus | |
| 2008 | The Essence of Depp | Dylan | |
| 2009 | Ready or Not | Marc | |
| 2014 | Sequestered | Obama | Short film |
| 2015 | The Extraordinary Farewell | H. Henry Locke | |
| 2023 | Invitation to a Murder | Lawrence Kane | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Lewis | 1 episode: "Behind Enemy Lines" |
| 2001 | She's No Angel | Cricket | TV movie |
| 2001 | Undressed | Randy | 1 episode: "Episode #4.1" |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Tom Murch | 1 episode: "Believers" |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | Ronald Phelps | 1 episode: "Moving On" |
| 2004 | Cold Case | Hank Dempsey | 1 episode: "The House" |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Snapshot | Billy | TV movie |
| 2005 | JAG | Caden Duran | 1 episode: "San Diego" |
| 2005 | Charmed | Mitchell Haines | 1 episode: "Freaky Phoebe" |
| 2005 | McBride: The Doctor Is Out...Really Out | Allan | TV movie |
| 2005 | Threshold | Agent Detoro | 2 episodes: "Trees Made of Glass: Part 2", "Blood of the Children" |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Adam Gilford | 1 episode: "Bite Me" |
| 2006 | CSI: NY | Charles Cooper | 1 episode: "Live or Let Die" |
| 2006 | NCIS | Graham Thomas | 1 episode: "Singled Out" |
| 2007 | Close to Home | Justin Matthews | 1 episode: "Making Amends" |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Paul Billings | 1 episode: "Kill Switch" |
| 2008 | General Hospital | Dr. Ian Devlin | 45 episodes |
| 2008 | Mad Men | Chuck | 1 episode: "For Those Who Think Young" |
| 2008 | Army Wives | Dr. Chris Ferlinghetti | 7 episodes |
| 2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Rich Henderson | 1 episode: "Save Our Souls" |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Drew Rich | 1 episode: "Young Man with a Horn" |
| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Tyler Mack | 1 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 Perry | 2 episodes: "Dead Flowers", "Personal Effects" |
| 2012 | Chelsea Lately | Kevin Ryan in Castle | 1 episode: "Episode 6.187 (Himself playing his Castle character)" |
| 2014 | The Chase | Himself | 1 episode: "Starry Eyed: Celebrity Episode" |
| 2018 | Legion | Don Eichman | 1 episode: "Chapter 14" |
| 2018 | Take Two | Todd Garlin | 1 episode: "Death Becomes Him" |
| 2018–2019 | Titans | Trigon | Recurring 3 episodes |
| 2019 | The Rookie | Chaz Bachman | Episode: "The Bet" |
| 2020 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Alexi Gonchgarov | Episode: "Russia, Russia, Russia" |
| 2023 | True Lies | Reed Kessler | Episode: "Honest Manipulations" |
| 2023 | NCIS: Hawai'i | Scott | Episode: "Nightwatch Two" |
| 2024 | Tracker | Max Miller | Episode: "Man's Best Friend" |
| 2024- | NCIS | Gabriel LaRoche | Recurring 3 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 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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