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Sean O'Bryan | |
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| Born | September 10, 1963 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse | Samantha Follows (m. 1995) |
| Children | 2 |
Sean Michael O'Bryan (born September 10, 1963) is an American film and television actor from Louisville, Kentucky. He attended and graduated from St. Xavier High School.
He co-starred with William Ragsdale on the series Brother's Keeper . Early television work includes guest roles on such television series as Married... with Children , MacGyver , Northern Exposure , Cold Case , Diagnosis: Murder , Quantum Leap , Murder, She Wrote , Chicago Hope , Roswell (season 3 episode 9), Roseanne (season 8 episode 19), Six Feet Under , Criminal Minds , The King of Queens and Dexter . More recent television credits include CSI , Bones , Melissa & Joey , Hot In Cleveland , The Mentalist , Leverage . He appears in the recurring role of Ron Donahue on The Middle .
His film credits include Chaplin , Crimson Tide , Phenomenon , Exit to Eden , Out to Sea , Big Fat Liar , Detective , Deck the Halls , I'll Be Home for Christmas , Yes Man , Vantage Point and both Princess Diaries films. His more recent films include Playing for Keeps , Olympus Has Fallen , London Has Fallen and Mother's Day .
O'Bryan moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, where he now resides with his wife, actress Samantha Follows (sister of Canadian-American actress Megan Follows), and their two daughters.
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | Bobby | |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Lewis Seeley | |
| 1993 | Heart and Souls | John McBride | |
| 1994 | Exit to Eden | Tommy | |
| Trapped in Paradise | Dick Anderson | ||
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Phone Talker | |
| 1996 | Phenomenon | Banes | |
| 1997 | The Twilight of the Golds | Steven | |
| 1998 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Max | |
| 1999 | Nice Guys Sleep Alone | Carter | |
| 2000 | 9mm of Love | Michael | Short film |
| 2001 | The Princess Diaries | Patrick O'Connell | |
| 2002 | Big Fat Liar | Leo | |
| 2004 | The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Patrick O'Connell | |
| 2005 | Tom's Nu Heaven | Father Bill Mitchell | Co-producer |
| Automatic | Brad Miller | Co-producer | |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Party Goer | |
| Deck the Halls | Mayor Young | ||
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Cavic | |
| Player 5150 | Jerry | ||
| The Dark Horse | Purse Snatcher | Short film | |
| Kink | Guy Lysander | Short film Co-producer | |
| The Coverup | Jack Booker | Also known as The Thacker Case | |
| Yes Man | Ted | ||
| 2011 | JumpRopeSprint | Eddie Ruggle | |
| New Year's Eve | Pastor Edwin | Segment: "Ahern Party" | |
| 2012 | Playing for Keeps | Assistant coach Jacob | |
| Heaven | Clerk | Short film | |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Ray Monroe | |
| 2014 | Puncture Wounds | Detective Farragut | Also known as A Certain Justice |
| Ice Cream Wallah | Sean | Short film | |
| Irreconcilable | Tommy | Short film | |
| Dawn Patrol | Mace | ||
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | NSA Ray Monroe | |
| The Making of "London Has Fallen" | Himself | Documentary / NSA Ray Monroe | |
| Get a Job | Alan Fredricks | ||
| Mother's Day | Male Cop | ||
| Don't Tell Kim | Eddie Ruggle | ||
| Smoke Filled Lungs | Ted | ||
| Squeal | Williams | Short film | |
| Boulevard of Unspoken Dreams | Tourist | Short film | |
| 2017 | Beatriz at Dinner | Security Guard | |
| First Night | Hitman | Short film | |
| The Fix | Vince | ||
| 2018 | Golden Boy | Johnny | |
| Rust Creek | Sheriff O'Doyle | ||
| 2019 | Vaseline | Dr. Larry | Short film |
| The Derailers | Merlin | Short film | |
| 2020 | Jumping the Gun | Eddie Ruggle | |
| The Stand at Paxton County | Vin Scurlock | ||
| 2021 | Boy Makes Girl | Paulie | |
| 2023 | Missing | Radio Host | |
| Television | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Willie | Season 7 episode 2: "The 'Hood" |
| Sibs | Luke | Episode 5: "The Gift" | |
| 1992 | Quantum Leap | Phillip Ashcroft | Season 4 episode 12: "Running for Honor - June 11, 1964" |
| Northern Exposure | Kenny | Season 3 episode 18: "My Mother, My Sister" | |
| 1992–1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Steve Burke / Paul Hampton / Charlie D. McCumber | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Marked for Murder | TV movie | |
| The Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Geoffrey | Voice Season 2 episode 23: "The Blackest Poison" | |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Charlie Dixon | Season 4 episode 4: "Greek to Me" | |
| Married... with Children | Neuter | Season 8 episode 6: "No Chicken, No Check" | |
| Picket Fences | Larry | Season 2 episode 2: "Duty Free Rome" | |
| 1995 | Pig Sty | Joe "Iowa" Dantley | Main role; 13 episodes |
| Here Come the Munsters | Detective Cartwell | ||
| 1996 | Roseanne | Doug | Season 8 episode 19: "Springtime for David" |
| The Pretender | Bradley DuMonte | Season 1 episode 5: "The Paper Clock" | |
| Mary & Tim | TV movie | ||
| 1997 | Dark Skies | Ray Loengard | Episode 11: "The Enemy Within" |
| Touched by an Angel | Jake Monroe | Season 3 episode 21: "Have You Seen Me?" | |
| Chicago Hope | Flight Attendant Ken | Season 4 episode 8: "Winging It" | |
| Fame L.A. | Episode 9: "Who Do You Love?" | ||
| Jenny | Ethan | Episode 8: "A Girl's Gotta Love a Wedding" | |
| 1998 | Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Ted | Season 1 episode 3: "Two Guys, a Girl and a Guy" |
| 1998-1999 | Brother's Keeper | Bobby Waide | Main role; 23 episodes |
| TGIF | Himself | 5 episodes | |
| 1999 | A Touch of Hope | TV movie | |
| Jack & Jill | Stan | Season 1 episode 8: "Men Will Be Boys" | |
| 2000 | The King of Queens | Marc Shropshire | Season 2 episode 18: "The Shmenkmans" |
| The Huntress | Chick Talman | Episode 8: "Partners" | |
| Family Law | Greg Philner | Season 2 episode 2: "One Mistake" | |
| Diagnosis: Murder | Dave Caine | Season 8 episode 2: "Blind Man's Bluff" | |
| 2001 | Providence | Dr. Rick Rozelli | Season 3 episode 17: "Exposure" |
| Becker | Randy | Season 4 episode 6: "Get Me Out of Here" | |
| Roswell | Warren Turner | Season 3 episode 9: "Samuel Rising" | |
| True Love | TV movie | ||
| 2002 | Grounded for Life | Paul Ferris | Season 2 episode 16: "Relax!" |
| Felicity | Paul | Season 4 episode 14: "Raising Arizona" | |
| Julie Lydecker | TV movie | ||
| 2003 | JAG | Season 9 episode 4: "The One That Got Away" | |
| Las Vegas | Bill | Season 1 episode 9: "Year of the Tiger" | |
| Abby | Roger Tomkins | Main role; 10 episodes | |
| 2004 | A Place Called Home | Dave | TV movie |
| The Drew Carey Show | Dean | Season 9 episode 17: "Straight Eye for the Queer Guy" | |
| Crossing Jordan | Jake Gerloff | Season 4 episode 2: "Out of Sight" | |
| Center of the Universe | Gary | Episode 2: "The Lake House" | |
| NCIS | David Shields | Season 2 episode 6: "Terminal Leave" | |
| 2005 | Detective | Elroy Doil | TV movie |
| Six Feet Under | Tom Wheeler | 3 episodes | |
| 2006 | In Justice | Clark Sanders | Episode 5: "Another Country" |
| Without a Trace | Dr. Jeremy Burton | Season 5 episode 3: "911" | |
| 2007 | Criminal Minds | Vincent Stiles | Season 2 episode 19: "Ashes and Dust" |
| Private Practice | Dave Walker | Season 1 episode 2: "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor..." | |
| Two Families | TV movie | ||
| 2008 | Cold Case | Steve Pratt '73 | Season 6 episode 1: "Glory Days" |
| Family Man | Dwayne | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Hatching Pete | Leon Ivey | TV movie |
| FlashForward | Father Seabury | Episode 4: "Black Swan" | |
| Lie to Me | Tom McHenry | Season 2 episode 4: "Honey" | |
| Ghost Whisperer | David Miller | Season 5 episode 9: "Lost in the Shadows" | |
| 2010 | Persons Unknown | Bill Blackham | Main role; 13 episodes |
| Dexter | Dan Mendell | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Reverend Rebetti | Season 11 episode 14 |
| Cinema Verite | Johnny Hall | TV movie | |
| Bones | Mike Shenfield | Season 6 episode 21: "The Signs in the Silence" | |
| Melissa & Joey | Paul Reback | Season 1 episode 23: "Going the Distance?" | |
| Hot in Cleveland | Andy | Season 3 episode 5: "One Thing or a Mother" | |
| 2011–2018 | The Middle | Ron Donahue | 21 episodes |
| 2012 | Leverage | Kip Bryden | Season 5 episode 3: "The First Contact Job" |
| Good Luck Charlie | Mr. Hammerstone | 2 episodes | |
| 2013 | Mary and Martha | Senator | TV movie |
| 2014 | The Mentalist | Emmett Fitzgerald | Season 6 episode 14: "Grey Water" |
| Sweet Surrender | Steve | TV movie | |
| Glee | Roric | Season 5 episode 19: "Old Dog, New Tricks" | |
| 2014–2015 | Scotch Moses | The Boss / The Robber | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Table 58 | Coach Peterson | TV movie |
| Whitney | Hotel Manager | TV movie | |
| Banish'd | King Norther | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Workaholics | Dave | Season 5 episode 12: "Peyote It Forward" | |
| The House Sitter | Kyle Lawrence | TV movie | |
| 2016 | Agent Carter | Detective Andrew Henry | Season 2 episode 1: "The Lady in the Lake" |
| Murder in the First | Sam Rydell | 3 episodes | |
| Adam Ruins Everything | Bruce | Season 1 episode 18: "Adam Ruins Immigration" | |
| 2017 | Two Sentence Horror Stories | Jefferey | Season 1 episode 5: "Second Skin" |
| 2018 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Gavin Teed | Season 9 episode 12: "Under Pressure" |
| Code Black | Dr. Edlen | Season 3 episode 12: "As Night Comes and I'm Breathing" | |
| Christmas Break-In | Pete Rush | TV movie | |
| Engaged to a Psycho | Chandler | TV movie | |
| Superstore | Ted | Season 4 episode 8: "Managers' Conference" | |
| Vows: A Life Sentence | Bernie | TV movie | |
| Borderline Talent | Bill | Miniseries | |
| 2019 | The Unicorn | Jim | Season 1 episode 8: "Turkeys and Traditions" |
| Dealbreakers | Bill | Season 1 episode 1: "Dealbreakers" | |
| Nice Iranian Girl | Jim | Episode: "Chapter 1" | |
| 2020 | The Real Bros of Simi Valley | Jeff & Sandy's Friend | Season 3 episode 3: "Decaf Kush" |
| Shameless | George | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Minefield Owner | Season 2 episode 6: "Everyone and Their Brother" |
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