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Sean O'Bryan

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Sean O'Bryan
Born
Sean Michael O'Bryan

(1963-09-10) September 10, 1963 (age 61)
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Samantha Follows
(m. 1995)
Children2
RelativesMegan Follows (sister-in-law)
Ted Follows (father-in-law)

Sean Michael O'Bryan (born September 10, 1963)[citation needed] is an American film and television actor from Louisville, Kentucky.[1] He attended and graduated from St. Xavier High School.

Career

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He co-starred with William Ragsdale on the series Brother's Keeper.[2][3] 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.

Personal life

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O'Bryan moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, where he lives with his wife, actress Samantha Follows (sister of Canadian-American actress Megan Follows). They married in 1995 and have two daughters.[4][5] His daughter Rowan suffers from cystic fibrosis and is an advocate for the disease.[6][7]

Filmography

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Films

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Film
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[8] Steven
1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas Max
1999 Nice Guys Sleep Alone[1] 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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Television
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"

References

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  1. ^ a b Kleber, J.E. (2014). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-8131-4974-5. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Dalton, M.M.; Linder, L.R. (2008). Teacher TV: Sixty Years of Teachers on Television. Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.). P. Lang. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-8204-9715-0. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  3. ^ Leszczak, B. (2014). The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4766-1539-4. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "my badass brilliant daughter rowan with moises arias "poe" aka RICO from her favorite rv show as a kid HANNAH MONTANA at the premiere of 5 FEET APART! Justin Badoni KILKED IT!!! @justinbaldoni ... outside of just being an awesome movie in general it was also an extremely accurate depiction of life with CYSTIC FIBROSIS!!! i hope everyone gets to see this special film!🎭⚘👍⚘🎈⚘💃⚘🎬⚘🤹‍♀️⚘🔥⚘@colesprouse @haleyluhoo @490tx @samantha.marjory @row.1 @mik_ob @megan follows @lypofo". instagram.com.
  5. ^ "BAREFOOT BEACH with my superstar daughter Mikayla🌴💐🌏💥🌴💐🌏💥🌴💐🌏💥". instagram.com.
  6. ^ "A QUARANTINE CONVERSATION WITH ROWAN O'BRYAN". baremagazine.org.
  7. ^ "Graduating photographer Rowan O'Bryan invites stares and demands equity for people with disabilities". goarts.ucla.edu.
  8. ^ Keller, J.R. (2010). Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7864-8102-6. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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